New-York tribune., 1900-07-17
THE TRUSTS AND THE PEOPLE
The Rev. Sam P. Jones, in The Manufacturers Rec
ord, Baltimore.

The Rev. Sam P Jones in The Manufacturers Rec
ord, Baltimore
buT3 req t6 y & and o. s P 5e
nay be 50. and practically II may be very untrue
baco e '@TgaTd on on ITt5[ the sugar LT9SI m Ths To-
was formed I was paying 40 cents a gallon for
kerosene oil; I an getting It now for 10 cents a
years ago, but when the combines set in we got
Il az hEe and one quarter When the Whlskey
Up whtskey Where the poor devils couldn't get it,
where they can pay The Government s. is a gallon
the public have II at about 12lz cents a gallon.
There is no doubt about the aggregation OF wealth,
ne re- ~ | a-1oI ~ I g Ia, ~ IASl sGs @ "a can @ 80
- an al e Cne12er man 4 IS or mas nsen MANI anu
blnations, many think, will eat US up blood rare.
Occasionally get on a little ter1water road that
is not IN the combination, and I want to double
my accident policies and be satisfied with fifteen
mile an hour gait and console myself with the idea
mat can ride all day Tor d3llaI but when ! get
Win Their gekedus fortS miles an 6ogr Testi5u
trains with parlor cars sleeping cars dining cars
destination, and all this for about TWO cents mile
Give me the road that Is in the combine TO carry
Public sentiment is the safeguard which is thrown
nations Of infereEf Th, S4andsr5 oil r,E railroad
pubic sentiment as he snowbank to the rays Of
The sun Trusts and combines viii not hurt Ihe
later on. when these great bulky institutions be
E,e z - 60 - T-rt.4 o~' ~ritsl+.,
nor more are Interested in the great trusts of the
country. Those nifty thousand men know that there
are seventy millions OF other people in America and
their wisdom teaches them where boundary lines
themselves and disaster their business. No com
Lhelt va @ ~ ~ ~ ei4 pI'''I's'' CULo42
OF course. political capital can be made out OF
raise the black aag to fight them; but thou
sand times afraid OF demagogues and poll
ticans thar ] am efralo OF trusts and combines, % i
being Of the citizen but the overthrow OF all that
Sde | T aT6 we we a9 better Bsy less attenion to What
We cali trusts and combinations and more attention
State and National governments Mr. Stead, IN his
58iR Four Of Chicago" and says Of them that
their methods clean and their transactions are
honest but that in the road OF fhelr success ne
blood and bones Of the victims over whom
me ion l means the downfall Of other men ana
other combinations. One preacher is preaching 10
slider seventy-hve full house and hundred a
perfect lam: one physician making $1,000 year,
and forfV iittIe doctors in the neighborhood NOT
making their grub. Wanamaker se4ng t @2ooV0ssu wv
cerkshps in his store Il is the suE{iVai @ OF ne ne
nIsSs of!aiDs n Hi1! D +owering into the clouds and
valleys below the level OF tne sea ne MAGE 4 4hes
% PTa 10 ~ 1srees ~ the Rockies and the Ale
some very small fishes, and when the whales come
along the little FISH have 10 hide OUT. have travI I
eIled over this country from ocean 10 ocean ana ana
years have watched the progress oI b t no ~
the professions as they marchel. t ndNs yet ID ~
a
trusts hurt the masses or permanently Ialseu @ Le
price Of any product I thousand times more
willing o deal with the trusts and combines ana
purchase their products than am 70 put my none
into institutions and lmperl nay h4aings, @
conscious OF their want Of stability and fearing
their final downfall 49, as... Ioo,.-
OF course, these great combinations aHecl lesIh-
Iation II they do control IL IN many instances
interest yet they have eye upon the puoIlc
sentiment all the time, conscious tnat they can
% jr1sfs far further. Here ana tneFH Ihey
ia We shut a mandatory or closeu up an
iiLLsr+n+jon and affected some individuals, but We
are not looking from that STANDPOINT W htl We
look al the seventy million or our popuIa l4gl G
saw they are only procuring cheaper ahd 9HSyIns Sys
for less money these products thah they coulu nave
CoDe under other circumstances.
UTirE the hna disintegration of trusts ana COM
Eines-Uhich Will inevitably come "hen HIahc4at
and =hFinkage OF values shau coIne-oL
the surplus OF their product VIII De thrown
Coa ~ market and only the stockholders IN these
IIers nd combines will suffer. As sure as thal lhe
- sofnes whenever any institution becomes uIl-
S.ttaf5y because Of its size and bulk II VIII many
fail Cf own WelEL,L = ta,,a,a +ra+ o,s NJ
-. rssrees of the stringency and shrinkase OF
IIi9~ IIi9 a. mis- country E because We nave not gone
Fa@S- +ha with our products as We ShuuIa
oul - While there Is d demand TOT our pIou-
nave Go.SS o. ryo and mandatory Of this country
.eS5 ,y;G always be plenty OF money b4L Hhs'
tLrIS and corn and cotton and al! klnos OF manu-
W4lstlS drug the market, ana no deinhHu
ih-tAtt have Etringeucy ana marc ilfTsH
LOT tLItt5 ~ over the seas snaIl pe aden
Bll "lle rc5I,ers into foreign countries, and the
Win % oui ihIel,ebt back the ships, then we shaI
golu Ders6nIaIv These great conlbntt tleiIs ate
houfIsii Pg-ars IN this country that can do ttls
tllt oi.iJ - a negro and old mule can make
tniLs "a .atton- fellow with two hundred uoliaE
oaTf can make lumber pul oills a5ss ;r fnr-
can build ships and open markets Ia 4OA
egn lands