The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-21

injurious TO society, and in connection.
said: base my contention on the great
principle of common law, whicn is
equally ths aching OF Christian morality
so TO use ones property, as not to tnjure
others. forbids any other application or
use OF rights orspowers conferred Mr.
Pollard quoted among other authorities
on trusts, Prof. jerks, or Cornell Uniyer-
sity, Senator w. e. Chambers. the report
of the Iuxow Committee to the State
Senate of New York. and ex-President
zCleyeland's message to Congress in 1886.
..F'irsk.' declared the Speaker. Il place
IN the scale that power which resides in
the trusts, of fixing the price of raw
material. + charge that this power, is
NOT only Injurious, but q dangerous me:,ace
to society. Take, for instance, the article,
petroleum Us the inevitable result of the
much-abused Standard Oh CcimpaEy,s
control Of the manufacture OF kerosene
oil. there is but one buyer in the market
OF this article-namely. The Standard
OH Company"
The second point he made was the more
absolute and, therefore, more dangerous
power Of fixing the price Of the maaufac-
tured article.
His discussion of the subject was COM
plete and able, and in closing he said:
'Mr. President, my argument is sub
mitted: but I beg before closing ITO utter
q word of warning. I would, il could,
arAlse my courtrynlen and point them to
The dangers that threaten their liberties.
The laboring classes of American, l be-
lieye, are the freest, the most intelligent,
and the best-paid laborers in the world.
These facts should be the pride of every
American citizen. To the common people
we must look for the perpetuity of our
institutions Hence we should jealously
guard against every curtailment of these
blessings and against every encroachment
upon these safeguards Of our liberties; for
it is true as Edmund Burke says, that
lit is sometimes as hard to persuade slaves
to be free as to compel freemen to be
slaves.
II would not look despairinsly on the
future of the republic. The people may
sometimes be careless and inert; they
may not always be responsive to calls to
duty: they may seem to forget that eter-
nal vigilance is the price of liberty But,
sooner or later, they will arouse them
selves and tread wicked laws and base
combinations under foot.
Mr.. Pollard was followed by Mr.. Frank
Dickerson, of New York. He took the
position that labor organizations We're
trusts, and said that he believed that as it
had been in the past it would be in the
future. When they demanded exoroitant
wages 1HEeHliOIf NOuiu 'iIc lidSS "
labor and supply the demand. The trusts,
he said, are not good, but take the men
who are at their heads, they are good.
bad and Indifferent, and believe they are
the natural consequences of our progress
and hnve come to stay.
The discussion was closed by Rev. Frank
Dickson of Hartford, Conn., who made
the most interesting though brief speech
of the evening.
Among those who arrived last night
We're: J. G. Council, OF Alexandria; Prof.
T. H johnson, of Pennsylvania; +. c.
Woods. of Upland, Pa; Rev. f. 3. Beale.
of Apponattox: e. A. Winfree, of Cul-
pepper; John T. Dickerson, of Chicago; DR..
L. A. Caudle, of Chicago; DIR. S. 3. Nee
ser, of Worchester; Rev. w. w. Williams,
of Mathews county: DR.. A. A. Rice, OF
Appomattox. and DR.. e. NJ. Poteat.
TO-DAY,S PROGRAMME.
To-day at 10 A. M, 'Wherein Lies
the Efficacy of Jesus Work in the Re-
D. D., Richmond. Va; Professor W. l..
Poteat, Wake Forest College. Appointed
spea kers, Rev. J. e. Sagebeer, Phi. D.,
Germantown, Pa; j. j. Taylor, Norfolk,
Va. Discussion, P NJ, 'Romanist Sur
vivals in Professionalism. Writers. Viii
Rev Frank NJ. Goodchild, New York city.
Appointed speakers, Rev. Sparks W. Mel
ton. Augusta, Ga. Madison c. Peters, D.
D.. New York city. Discussion
Thursday-1O a. N, ..Weak Points in
the Baptist Position Writers, Rev. E.
T. Tomlinson, Phi. c., Elizabeth, n. J.;
E. f. Woodburn, ID. D., Alleghany City.
Pa. Appinted speakers. *. B. Tupper
u D., LII. D., Philadelphia. Pa: Albert
G. Lawson, D. D., Camden, n. ]. Dis
cussion. 3.S0sP. NJ, "Child Nature in Bap-
tist Polity" Rev. W. c. P. Rhodes, D.
d., Brooklyn, N. Y. Closing words
Night, reception and dinner by Bap-
tist Social Union of Richmond. at Ma
congress will be the guests.