Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-02-14
ANTITRUST MEN
! HAVE A HOT TIME
,,.I.rs Statement, Before o' Com
nIttsc on Resolutions
rygAcn A SUPREME JUDGE
49,. ,,palry Agrees on an Al
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iorm Parry

rarly Dispatchesl
p-After heated de-
ai',s'' .i i,I. committee Of the
vi. o., ' sss,-roro, decided to report IT
ra.ir.a y 'I government ownership :. Of
il''' - "a FOR their seizure on pay
nlI'aa' .e r value, and without pay
r'rl q 80 arst.rsd stock or other hcu-
a'fl u There was a sharp DIS,
rs N the committee, and several
ar', ,',~ ~ members brought on Os
" ~, 10 make the platform reaa as
% CIV Ken drawn up, that the govern
nav s,,,,i seize the railroads on pay,
mt shol.u ,,si value" and without
zsnl Of ,'frspcblse values, Unani-
ryn's aeton was finally oo .sl.o eah IT, Vs y
r.s' out the words ai ..,,is
aluls and inserting The phrase w, wa !,
uIoss ~ M other fictitious values.
nna s.SSr'ftee also unanimously Ia
ID CONN.,, nopular legislation as a
.I,s q obtaining the result
HEATED DISCUSSION
,,..,ss,on In the committee-room
zoe I. s,E The dellberaiions OF me
~ eI n.sy N me conference. lgnatius
.l.. Nv John p. Altgeld. a. y MG'
h ils y Iowa. and George Fred VII
we urged the committee 70 s.r! .H'
- ..S ma resolutions proposed ,, s'ale,
~. KAT any payment for rallroiaus
,s ' ~ exclusive " franchise yalle'
a ,-,i \ a long fight" said MI. Ait
i's s.r5 II Mil be years before we
~ en- actual discussion Of the
~. .,',lon on which We are TO base
..s~spt Let US not ehcuhloer '"e
s.gsslon with i now .,,,o,
M ~ encumbered the proposition
.layes with a statement OF VIVA
Dv,W do with them, we Woulu
~, b,ye freed them said Mr. Dom
uly :. hovover took the
-, ,lie OF the question. we ar
~, bsfore the people, he SAID. lie!
= Min the whole, plain truth ana
hen Judge OF H. 49,, ,.,.,,
i.rv simpson also favored TINS view
,.s,.d that he had had years OF ex'
..s,es with this question In Kansas
A. declaration brought on a warm
"a uth Representative McQuirk'
.vor're not the only one who has
M ,,perIences said the latter.
eWl' I'm no spring chicken" re-
ID me Kansas statesman.
'.ynr feathers have all been plucked
,.,ir' retorted bis Iowa opponent
VIsy startling statements were mace
NJ. the committee. among them one
President NJ. l.. Lockwood, In when
VA that before the government
T-yhlp OF railroads was finally Sc
M Il would be necessary to I'M
IA al least one justice Of the fed
napreme Court.
y committee also considered a
ysatlon 10 recommend TO the atten-
d Congress Senator Pettigrew's
gki government ownership OF rail-
"a but Il was voted down.
4. platform, as agreed upon by the
,-niitee on resolutions, and as II VIII
trbm.,ied 10 the conference for adop-
"a tomorrow morning, Is preceded by
aig address TO the voters OF the
a..ifE
ADDRESS ISSUED.
MS address urges the people TO or
pils at once TO deprive trusts OF
etf power. II recites the methods
lnnel by the trusts. and the effects
heir operations upon the people at
1gs and cites as particularly aggres-
ts he Standard Oh trust. the beet
1st the elevator trust. the anthracite
til trust the sugar trust, the steel
rla and the paper trust. These great
tntlnaiions Of capital, the address
.Sares bear down all competition and
nE maintain their powers over the
p'pls through discrimination In rail-
iiy nles and terminal facilities.
Continuing, the address says; "As a
ciinhatlon Of this aggregation Of gi-
nrtt trusts an inscriptions lobby
~ threatens to set up an all-embrac-
Y bank trust This lobby demands
M lhe government wholly surrender
Y private corporations it's sovereign
'.ieuon o. issuing money. In so far as
way junction affects PAPER money. II
lil We're done a banking trust would
lHsR which would regulate the vol
.us oi paper money. and dictate COM
.aal discounts in the interests OF
: 'hs great trusts, and 10 which bank
q n general would sustain similar
tl'loh TO that which grocers already
tgstT INV '"0 'us"'
WHAT WILL RESULT.
lN utnd Of this trust-making PROF.
lhmSiakable. II II continues
Nv gfea trusts governed by a few
Iupllous men viii direct the
~ Of American industries and be
~, masters politically as well as in
r.aetid.ly OF the American people.
"u9N themselves producing. they
L celermne the character and ex-
80. s' " Production by others and will
ls,. s-'e oui compensation by their own
n,t',s VIII. And no power known
u g y. l4W win then be strong enough
,,r sIahe ihem Of Even revolution
-. pe hopeless. For In this Repub.
h. .' s,a,',q'ucal equality, when the sin.
a. ' s' 81 power shall have been
u,,.s s5suied' everything viii have been
r1i 49,. uif desDotisms Of the trusts
h. sl'ahce as IL Is even now adyanc.
Fiha s.d ms name and with the might
= ts ~s . Vnly remedy for the trust evn
q sy,, aVeiluon Of legallzed privilege
" mo-. hlha by legalized privileges
MA % powers derived from law
d ~ solne persons or classes enjoy
e.-s,.,s'A elusion n others and which
IN .na, create private monopolles n
Rove . w privileges that trusts live
N i,sb nave their being. We must
gie ~. 70 me fundamental principle
lris,lria,s ..l,aiaiion u Independence he
maj y .hai on men are entitled M
rss ~ 80 under the law. There
~ ma y, 10 localized discrimination
rtpe !, ,s as now exists whether by
sg N.Y. " Avs regulating public policy
sVst b eu,,rectly creating privileges.
h,s ,. address recommends three Local.
ti ,e.sIes as objects FOR The in.
rr1s,ee as follows: First the
Rtar,i,. created hv tariffs for he
.. rriv .l oi goods by trusts; second
" ns, ,,sse created by surrenderiny
sr7o,s,'. issuing function 10 nrIysts
sssieS IN, \, ana. third tho privilege
sss' " telegraph and railway fran.
Ss. s.s taking up the oues,lor ., /,
Nars ,bs, me address saws: 1--WE
,tx'Hcsbly IN, .ae problem n trusts IS