New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-04

makes 1t difficult TO deal with the new conaltlons
thus created The contrast offered In hghiy spe-
ciazed industrial community between the very
and While naae sr normal condtions
by an tn e rs whole
this is by no means always the case In our sa ae
contrasted with much poverty and some Of the
sath has beer been acquired Or is psed IN
pGea and b sgos q hnRsr has n
tpiying and celebrating real comforts or even in
which produce at a 0G
nation 1t is the colossal waste of the means OF nu
forms of social advertisement and composition that
gives force to passions which menace the wn noe
writer points out that the only efectuai check lies
the sy Pf uRG oF g Of Rn By
lettering the freedom Of individual action would pe
aimed at Probably the large majority Of the
ho S fxI5 IN but aa
dent to the oonferrng OF great benefits on the Saa
amassng them may have been The 1c n pa
G or by
| resulted. The true questions to be asked are Has
Of wealth By amy man? We're the rights Of that
protected by a% II se these rights and ali SINH
lar rights. ought to be guaranteed by additional
ton Of the indvidua "a against wrong not the
tempt to limit and hamper the acquisition and out
It is almost equally dangerous either to blink evils
strike them a spirit OF ignorant revenge, there
by doing far more harm than Is remede F The
tons and by action which, while taken boldly and
1t is well to remember on the one hand that the
Of b is a n IN e e ado0
| ton of what is unreasonable; and on the other
! laws which have been put upon the statute books
have been put there by Jealous reformers with ex-
TRUSTS
| This problem has hundred phases. The rela-
| ton Of the capitalist and the wageworker makes
one; the proper attitude of the State toward ex-
State toward the question of the ownership and
running so-called public utilities third. But
has the greatest prominence is the question of
what are commonly termed trusts" meaning by
iy fourshing by virtue Of some monopolistc ele-
feature in the Industrial revolution Which has pro
crossed so rapidly during recent years
produces hardship because in its later stages it has
The inventions and discoveries and the new
methods Of taking advantage of the business facii,
the
to s with such n ndPq s naa e
| to accommodate itself to the new conditions with
accOmmodaton of the class takes place at times
| The change which would be unaccompanied by
hardship il It came slowly may be fraught with
Is in the end bsnefGal oeeiesonaIS moreGvsT'
| even when, It is the whole beneficial, it has
wheh are the in With ou
present knowledge to discover any remedy. In 9TH
cost that Would make It worse than the trouble
itself In yet others it is possible, by acting with
I w hh leaving Re or II f dc no ws
srGy R we do not desire to put them
AN INEVITABLE DEVELOPMENT.
| The machinery OF modern business is so vast and
complicated that great caution must be exercised in
introducing radical changes for fear the unforeseen
effects may take the shape of widespread disaster.
Moreover. much that is complained about is
opment of modern industrial life. We have
moved far away from the Old simple ID days when
itself and relied upon outsiders a fraction
even Of fhe uSea Of e very magS of Re
on the sae BOOKS of years. haTa beep ace
| most absolutely ineffective because they have
hey housh to DC With na eden en- Mht
modern ii industrial conditions and could not be
wheels of modern progress by also eliminating the
conditions. Not only trusts, but the immense i'm
Gr n nke ar 1ne v 81 e tive
enterprises, and many other features of modern
away With steam and eieetricy but the most
ardent denouncer of trusts WOULD hesitate to advo-
do as practical men is to look the conditions
| tonal side of the question, which has it's proper
place to blind US to the fact that there are other
abuses are, with their causes, and to what extent
grave character. it is worse than idle deny.
cunning is allowed the free rein which, thanks
the growth OF humanity during the past centuries,
just long there will be field for the best effort
capable of feeling an impulse of generous indgna-
ton and who is farsighted enough to appreciate
fects are bad enough when the interruptions indi-
when he works in conjunction with his fellows
ly crystallized custom. largely of remedies
with which humanity has become thoroughly famil-
be- e 9n nr 6e s Gf WrG Ro
the opportunity to inf1ict others primitive people
murder, because the conditions of the existing
| ciety allow the development of thieves and muir
1t does not provide for the punishment of forgery,
because there is nothing to forge. and therefore
timent, often unconscious or but semi-conscous,
the rom 6os oy se bis
lord he was then protected in his freedom by stat
ditions were new. and there were no laws which
prevented the use of unguarded machinery in the
! the conscientious employers by the unscrupuious
| until legislation put them equality. When
in finding the proper remedy; and the evils grow
more complex the remedies become increasingly
| in seeking TO apply remedy blindIy yet this is
| just what has been done in reference to trusts.
UNINTELLIGENT LEGISLATION
Much OF the legislation not only proposed but en-
gent than the medieval bull against the comet and
has been particle more effective. Yet there
| can and must be courageous and effective remedial
| legislation
license and lack of supervision and regulation is the
| best possible is absurd. The men who endeavor
/ prevent the remedyng of real not only
show callous disregard for the suffering Others
the adopon Of WonSbe 10
which would subvert whole industrial fabric
The chicanery and the dishonest. even though not
| through which