The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-27
Addressed Large Crowd in Nebraska
City Yesterday.
REMEDIAL LEGISLATION NEEDED.
If Elected President the Federal Id
miaisira,ion Would Be Found
Moving Against Combimations
Contrary TO Law.

ny Associated prcss.)

had announced mat ne would deal Win
the trust question AM the Argo s'ateii
Company, OF tits city
Mr.. Bryan came down from Ltt!coiti
this Afternoon. He was Accompanies ~, "
Mrs Bryan and personal friends ana atso
by quite q number OF supporters rom
Lincoln and other towns on Inc Wy,
The party was met ~ the railroad s'attotl
by TWO or three marching CLUBS, anu oy
a large number of admirers VINO eScot eeH
them 10 their hotel. There were not 1la any
alni;iendly interruptions, bat eEiueii'.s
some Lsd been expected, Ter previous ~
the meeting the Mayor Of the cily is7ueu
an order saying that there haa pss.t
r7lors OF trouble and warning against ~
The. meeting was held in the coafl-tlouss
grounds. and the people stood undef lle
trees and much OF the time IN Tue i -
,yy-1,ila Mr. Brvan spoke. lie plunged INTO
local trust questions at the very beginning
az his speecn. He spoke in part as io--
lows: ----c,,z
Mr. BRYAN said: .o7. no
Democrats of representing me LViStS
Ial,,IesS,,t.es r?sentidn this becal Sc the
Y,.r,nl,iicans Of Nebraska City nave me.
.,,s ,,-n.est..5 against the enforcement o.
:. st.,t,,4a ,f The State OF Nebraska ana Il
y2e,,nl,Iican iydce was chairman g lAe
4esnI,ltieps committee. NMie llie ihee'liA7
was called a ncn-partisan one 4ts pa
pose was purely poliucAi anu - >
,,.7ila to note taat the Republicans seem
better able to enforce the statutes against
1petty offenders than they are 70 eHlo1Ss
statutes against great corporations.
..7-h.a attorney general has commenced
,,roceed;n-s not TO destroy local man
fac,1,riac establishment but to prevent
.bs manufacturing establishment from en-
t,-inc into a trust. In this connection 1t
may be well 10 note the Inherent steps
winch have been taken. The -Argo MaLo-
featuring Company, Of Nebraska CITY,
was = prosperous corP0Tattol. .,-1 %
d..uce Of this. quote from the. 'ConseE1y-
five, tnahllshei by ec,-SecTctary of ASrl-
culture, J. Sterling Norton of Nebraska
CITY. Nav y. 1883 Here is what the Con-
servative says:
:. therefore. when the Conservative
points with pride TO the Argo factory at
Nebraska City. which turns out 80 tons
of starch every twentE-four hours. hlia9
markets therefor and successfully com
jet-s in America and Europe WIN l1i7
National Starch Trust, it is not in eN-
te.nuation or mitigation Of views expressed
heretofore 1t is merely REPUTABLE cyl
dence of the fact that no combine or
capi:sll can crush out 4 well managed con-
Germ. Nebraska City IN its cereal mills
and Argo factory mas Two successful pants
which no trust mas as yet been able 10
bur. bully or wheedle. TINS plainly IL
illustrates tiae fact that intelligent COM
petition can enter the markets against
all trusts and win out
1T VIII be seen that the National
Starch Company is denounced as trust,
and the Conservative declares that the
Arso Company was able 10 compete with
the trust and no trust had been able 10
buy the Arso Company
TRUST FORMED.
..About the first OF September, 1899,
few months after the editorial comment
which | have just read, tie ATgo Com
many iolne5 the United Starch Company
and the Conservative Of September 81, l>iS
ouoted an article from the Commercial
and Financial World, from which | take
the following extract:
Ever since the Starch Trust or the
National Starch Manufacturing Company
bepan business. there has been talk among
those manufacturers OF strong compete
tive organization and this We have now
tho pleasure of recording, has al length
fa.sn brought to pass. There has Just been
ORGANIZED under the laws of the State OF
N.lw Jersey. with a capital Of $6,t9l,F00,
powerful concern --ader the name OF the
limited Starch Company, which is con-
EQIlIaflDf or DUILBLIldl4pIl VI 80 ing t'S'-
starch manufacturing concerns in the
limited States that are not in the trust
the Oswego starch factory, the American
Glucose Manufacturing Company, Of Buff
falo. Gilbert 5. Graves, the Argo Manu-
featuring Company, OF Nebraska city,
Neb.; j. O. Martins Company, and the
Sioux City Starch Works. These concerns
are the largest and most important manu-
facturers Of line grades of starch in the
United States, ana their transactions are
in the aggregate Of enormous magnitude
THIRD STEP
About a year later, that is, IN August
or September of this year, 1909, the third
step was taken and the United Starch
c.,nnany ioined the trust. First. we have
an independent company, growing and
n-asper:ng upon It's merits; second, this in
dependent company joins other companies
70 fight the starch trust, and third. this
company, with its associates,
Joins the starch trust, and competition is
at last destroyed. If any citizen of
Nebraska Ctty thinks that this starch
company is not trust. lei him read the
extracts from the Conservative which j
have quoted, and he Will find that this
has been recognized at all |
times as a trust
Mr. Bryan then quoted extensively from
editorial articles IN Air. Mortoa's Conserva-
tive, showing hostility TO trusts. Com
in general way, Mr.. Bryan |
said:
IF the people Of Nebraska City defend
the starch trust they must be prepared
10 defend all The other trusts, for 1t is inn |
possible for them 10 destroy trusts located |
elsewhere and defend trust located IN !
their OWN city. Are the people OF Nebras-
ka city willing 10 subject themselves and |
their countrynen 10 the eXtortion prac- !!
iiced by all The trusts in order maintain |
one trust which has q factory IN their city? /
As a matter Of fact, the people Of Ne
traska City are more interested N the DIS |
solution of the starch trust taar the peo- |
pie of other parts of the State. When the |!
Argo was an Independent company j; was
controlled by citizens of Nebraska City.
and Nebraska City interests could be con |,
s!dered by its homogeneous, but # the
National Starch Company. with head
quarters in New York, IS allowed 20 alb
serb this Industry. the control viii be re-
moved from Nebraska City 10 New York.
,na the wishes and interest of the people
SC Nebraska CITY viii have little conssde-
,ation.
ADVANTAGES OF TRUSTS.
Mr.. Charles Z. Flint. OF Boston, is one
,f.the directors OF the United Starch Com
AMY and Mr. Flint made a speech in