The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-09-29
4aify Eagle
..similia simiIibus curantur.
NJ. NJ. MURDOCH. Editor.


That is in English, Like like cures, or IN western
nr,ance he hair of the dog is good his bite The
Eagle has held as its readers that in the trust
would be found the cure for in other WORDS
that no trust can long maintain monopoly from the fact
that nenpoved or other capital inevitably step in
Independently for of the profits and thus by COM
on force the trust out or down prices. No one
combine of capital superior to other possible
combinations of capital railroad that is making TOO
much money is sure to be paraIleed by new railroad
bank whose dividends excessive will very soon ma
by its side an incorporated competitor Commerce self
regulating Supply exist in the absence Oh oeau
and no demand goes long unsupplied-
The battles of socaled will be against each
other per force of the facts in the foregoing
paragraph against the public or the consumer
The more arbitrary trust management or railway man
agement or an incorporated management of any character
the more sure the fight it must meet
The New Commercial edorialy calls attention TO
an instance now. aps Carnegie and other great
steel concerns being unable to with the railroad
companies for rates seaboard which would enable
them to successfully compete foreign productions are
getting ready to railway line of their own and
in connection with These organizations Of capital
will logically take each other The steel men must
have the necessary rate railroads in question must
meet new competing line, built purpose to take their
traffic The Iron Age in this same connection declares
that the the dangers of fusng of interests is
always certain less swift application The real
or apparent of trust or combine OF capital
serves only to competition desiring portion Of the
profits The strife between the giants will leave
nothing the part of the people or the con-
suer of the great steel and railway
organizations but every conceivable enterprise in which
capital may be employed in a combined way.
AS Roosevelt put it the other day in Denver, good
rop year means big growth weeds So trusts flourish
in good times If potato vines there would
be no potato bugs Pop the Democratic
apers aver and the that the Rockefeers
vanderbIts Goulds Astors will soon have all the
money there is country leaving the people without
cent If that be true all left without cent
we won't have any money buy oil with money
TO nav railroad fares so the Rockeeers Vanderbis
and the trusts viii all go the of patronage,
and this proves the truth text "sima slnibus
curantur" hair of the dog will have cured his
bite
Trusts primarily came destructive competition, and
they have followed times. That is true of
them in Europe they years before at
tempt was made to organize country Trusts
or capital combinations doing business
of them fourshing since 1873 and later in
other parts of Europe United has had
commissioner there studying them. Professor jerks
of the Industrial Commission will report
gress in December says preliminary report that
while the trust question is not discussed much in
Europe and in England country,
as numerous abroad they in the United States
Fierce competition the small profits of Individual
tabishents he asserts which led the
organization both this country and in Europe
many put together in the United States
so that the promoters might stock
and thus quickly surely get rich
England publicity said to be the best Of
restraining rapacitS Besides the knowledge
the possessors of money through publicity,
comes opportunity capital
wise again. the fierce competition individuals and
companies which inspired the Incorporated will
combinations capital opposition
by destroyed otherwise regulated
and in the interest Of the consumer