New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-18
REWARDS FOR THE FAITHFUL.
INsINCERITY OF THE DEMOCRATIC DE-
NUNCIATION OF TRUSTS.
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: I'VE express unqualified opposition TO
those immense combinations of capital commonly
known trusts which are concentrating and
monopolizing industry and business, crushing out
independent producers Of limited means destroying
competition. restricting opportunities for labor
artihcally limiting production. raising prices, and
by reason of their alarming multiplication through
OUT the country are rapidly creating a condition
which is becoming lntolerable. The Demo-
cratic party pledges itself that II intrusted
power in either the State or the Nation 1t will
devote its best energies to the relief OF the people
from these oppressive monopolies."
Such was the expression of the recent State Con-
Vention OF the Democratic party in New-York.
And then the same convention as II to emphasize
its insince-ly, proceeded choose delegates to
its National Convention Richard Croker. Augustus
Van Wyck, John F. Carroll and John Whalen. each
of whom is VIGOROUSLY identified as a stakeholder
with that meanest and most oppressive of all
trusts-the American Ice Company. These gentle
men will go 10 the National Convention with their
pockets we'll lined with stock to assist in for
mulating an expression by that body equally strong
IN its denunciation Of trusts that printed above
and equally meaningless and fnsfncere
The following extract from Richard Cookers
testimony before the Mazet Committee on April H.
1899. has special interest just now:
,QI,So you are working for your pocket?
QThen it is not matter Of wide
up? Alt is. ITO the victor belong the spoils."
we would expect every one Ievery Tammany Office
holderl to stand by.
Within the last two years the city OF New-York
has been sorely vexed and disturbed by Insist
ence and persistence OF a mysterious combination
Of unknown composition calling itself the Ramapo
Water Company to secure contract at exorbitant
rates to furnish the city with additional water 1t
is noteworthy fact that this attempt was obsi-
nately pressed by Tammany Office hoders-au
claiming to be Democrats-and that they. aside
from the attorneys who appeared for the COM
pany were the only visible representatives of that
particular trust combination whose
caused the city greater anxiety and created
greater Juror in the public mind than any recent
raid prior TO that of the Ice Trust.
And now comes the Ice Trust whose stockhoId-
ers include Democratic officials from the Mayor
down. with civil and criminal judges in numbers
Thus is emphasized Mr.. Cookers motto that ITO
the victor belong the spoils" and thus also is Illus
trated the honesty Of Democratic enmity TO the
trusts.
The funny part Of this serious business-this
brazen attempt to deceive the people. the more
easily to rob them-is seen in the organ Of Bryan
ism, pure Democracy and antitrust crusade,
which announces the work Of the late convention
OF its party in sending lot of eminent stock
holders to the highest convention OF its party in
these bold capital letters:
The Democratic Rascals Are Being Brought to
Punishment by Democrats!
And again:
Any party may have Individual scoundrels among
us meinoeTs, even among those II mas mistakenly
certify is the manner In which IL treats these men
after they have been found out.
And the manner in which the Democratic party
of this State treats them Is boost them up into
National prominence and send them TO control the
New-York, June s, 1900.