New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-28
M0NETT ATTACKS TRUSTS.
THE Ex-ATToRNEY-GENERA OF OHIO
DENoUNCES MoNOPoLIES.
DECLARES ONE CIRCUIT JUDGE RECEIVES A
SALARY FROM A CORPORATION SPEAK
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Under the auspices of the Manhattan Single Tax
Club in Assembly Hail. n East Twenty-third-st
last night. ex-Attorney-GeneraI F. S Monett OF
Ohio attacked trusts and corporations as well
monopolies of all sorts. The meeting presided
over by James r. Brown president of the Man
haitian Single Tax Club Mr. Brown, IN his in
troductory remarks. spoke in high terms Of the
speaker Of the evening who was enthusiastically
received. Mr.. Monet spoke in part follows:
Gentlemen of the Manhattan Single Tax Club:
| owe you something OF APOLOGY, inasmuch as
viii depart from my usual custom in addressing
knowing that am near r''9 No g Broadway' and
am sure that you viii bear viii me while read
NO doubt you have all heard of my work within
claim 10 have some control over trusts
am not here to advocate the division Of prop
erty put to insist on the God given right OF every
Individual believe 1 am not out of place in
should be made TO bear the burden OF taxation
equally with the poor man In Ohio we have or
In doing that we secured untold blessings for our
You call this, I believe an Empire State; that
Is, sovereignty According to its definition Il ex-
eminent is nothing less than corporation; so,
consequently mt this Empire State is CORPORATION
the forty-four States combined form ideal trust
If we want to look for a definition of this latter
we can ind it easily in the Federal Government
If the Rockefellers the Morgans and the Have
meyers aemonstrate that the man with the hoe can
ton then the economist tells us that it is the
part of your State and my State tell what part
pay The Federal Government should not reie-
exercising proper conlrol over them, Ihey nave
the power TO levy a tribute on consumer as well
hoardings from rebates obtained from the rail-
roads; wnie o{her P9Tu9ns nave been obtained 5y
that every such dollar has been wrongfully gotten,
in excess Of what such oil is actually worth in the
market. These creatures the monopolists and the
posed in them. With this sword of the Govern
sesbbard thew Beat the State and their pathway
is strewn either side with human wrecks
Here the speaker read from testimony taken as
well from opinions of Judges in the Standard
Oil inquiry conducted by him time ago The
reports of the Interstate Commerce Commission
were also referred to at great length by MI
Monet in his attack trusts. He added that
Judge Mitchell had recently stated in the most
emphatic terms that monopolies have been re-
garded as contrary TO the spirit Of the common
law and dangerous to the Republic. In another
shaft of sarcasm against the Standard Oil Trust
Mr. Monet described 1t as a modest Sunday
school church-building and philanthropc organize
ton, which has extracted from the public 100 per
cent more for its commodity than it is really
worth. Continuing, he said
The Importance Of this question and the serious
results observed by the economic writer and telt
by the business man, have justified me in taking
up so much Of your valuable time have tTIeq
to YOU the 6ossibuities of abuse on the part Of
such Governmental crea lures. These abuses are
against public policy and are injurious TO the
denominations so obtained in utter contravention
of the constitutional guarantee and in violation or
the statute and common law.
I have to demonstrates to you that the granting
away Of Government rights without Limitation or
regulation TO this creature is creating a govern
ment within government; that such creature Is
v these usurpers to their of7cers agents and
salary of United States Senator would not fur
nish pin money TO them
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and said. amid some confusion: Il think we ought
TO have special prayers for being blessed with hav
ing such a Christian Rockefeller"
The speaker paused and looked surprised as sew
eraI persons left their seats and went out When
quiet was restored, Mr.. Monett continued
have tried to show that it is as impossible for
United States Senator 10 serve the gTantor or the
serve God and Mammon, and neither should he at
Now. here is your remedy for the wrong. It is
vested directly in the executive officer OF the State
the highest courts Of those said respective soy
e oca aegds 70 new nsf6gT gg6res frees
silver gold standard, double tax or single TAX
proved needs the courts TO weigh out exact JUS
tice against the rich and powerful with the same
even hand that 1t would for the poor depraved
pauper. ,-.,-
nor grow discourased as 70 LhS power o. olL
eminent which is to be found IN the in{egG[y OF
Government from the work of the usurper. The
courts are lax
At this point the speaker was interrupted by a
man in the body OF the han who shouted out, The
courts all rotten"
Yes" resumed the speaker, we have one United
States Circuit Judge who is getting 5000 year
from a corporation
In closing Mr.. Monet said that If the Attorney
General of this State and the Attorney Generals
OF the other States undertook the work trusts and
and monopoies would not exist longer
than sixty days He said 1t is within the power OF
these public servants to destroy them.
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