The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-15
THE TRUST,
ILLEGAL.
SHALL We PERMIT REAL
tLNIERO GOVERNMENT
~ % BACK AGAIN
~ The MONEY
CENTEkS.
aeI-igUSI WORK FOR s08!K CARO-.
LIMA FARMERS.

..arera Of Jo'Ee Walter Clark Before
... NogtH CsrOllns Tobacco OroOer,'
a4s9ciati1n In session ia JtaJeixb. Oc-
..D.r z4tb, 1900.
-pprec ate the hOnOr Of All invI-
.Yu To- address you, though can
1a .J but briefly. AT time, when
&. many are timid In opposing the
.aUrmous Influence of the illegal
..nJinatiOns of capital which n de
..n"e of the law exist and find great
H.r1t and 40 mOlcatatiOn in COntjn-
N.L 10 exist, = u have the courage.
.. your convictions. Without hest
's.IJu or re5erV alton, / will say to
yuu that | AIN with you, not half
saE but altogether aud entirely
>fh you. The law should le u
rr.rnc In d land where the will OF
.as people expressed through their
laprc7entstivea Is the law and the
sr.ste5t a5 we'll as the hunblest
should bow in submission to it.
t'V NNibiC9N vi the Culltu states,
n, 'he Act Of 1890, chapter Gt7,
tupWn a. the "Sherman Antitrust
Law, prohibits trusts under d pen
ally of s., 200 and one years lmpri-,
Ynmcut, and that Act has been he'd
Constitutional by the Supreme Court
nt the United States i'm no less than
three well known de .isIOnI. In
NurIh Carolina also, since Chapter
-, Act 1899, trusts have been illt.-
-aI and subject TO penalty Of$lO 900
aud ten years imprisonment. That
Act defines Il trust IA "any arrange
mrut for the purpose Of increasing
ur decreasing the price of any elias,
vt products beyond the price that
would he fixed by the natural de-
maud or supply Yet it is trust.
thus douhly illegal by both State and
National law, aud whose managers
have been every day Tor ten years
past liahl" I" tin"nnd mpri-Onment,
which WIN inpuniiy oPpressc1 you
aud piles ny tn" wealth which be-
long To you in their UvrrflOwing cOf-
ters. 1t IL to right your wrongs and
10 insist upon the vindicati0n of the
outraged aud violated majesty OF the
law that you have assembled. This
Is not the aSsemblage of the men of
any on" party, for if it we're, pro-
priety would forbid that ! should
address you. But ii is an assemblage
OF representatives of one OF our
greatest Industries, irreSp ctive of
party, to demand tho faithful exc
'ution of the laws, and that there
should be an enforcement of the Law
against those who find enormous
wealth In its habitual violation as
we'll as against those who violate il
without profit.
When the great armies of Europe
IN 1914, In overwhelming nu nbers
we're c0nverging upon Paris, defend
td by n trble band under NapoleO /,
All unexpected movement of that
great genius discOn erted them 80
hat an Immediate retreat was begun
by their vast forces. That night an
unsigned note, In female hand,
coming from Paris, was delivered
into the hands of the commanding
general. 1t read: "YOu can do ev-
rrything and you attempt nothing"
That note changed the face Of the
world. \ cnunciI was held, the ar
my RbOut-iaced, and marched straight
un Paris. The great military mon
archy of Napol, ON fell. So it should
- said Ia the American people.
You complain of the evils the trusts
inhict upon you. You complain
that the earnings of the producer,
aud the profits OF the small dealer,
and the opportunity OF advancement
of the many aIe all conf Gated fol
the creation ofa few multi-million
aires. The people should be told;
"Why do you complain" The rem
cdy is in your own hands. You car
10 everything and you attemp
nothing" The people are all pow
ertul when they really will it. A
one exercise of their will they cal
take charge of this government from
constable to President. IT mem
hers of State legislatures and Con
Kress are unfaithful, the peopl
should marx their course and el"c
others. II statutes passed in th'
public interest are held unconstiIu
tioual by judges, then the same peO
pie who made the Constitution cal
amend it if really necessary, or i
the fault is in the judges remov,
them and put better men in thei
places. The servant is not abov,
his master, and judges and all othe
public officials are only servants o
the people, and they are nothin,
more.
Inc statutes making trusts illega
nave not been enforced. Then lool
INTO IL and see what public servant
nave been lacking in zeal to enforc
the law.
Those who are friendly to tn
trusts say there are no trusts. Tn
defence OF these hirelings of illega
eOmbinatiOns-fOr no man unless re
e'Ving benefit from them would dc
iend them-sounds like a plea set u
Dy young lawyer whose client wa
sued for damaging a kettle he ha
borrowed. His plea ran this way
~ The kettle was not cracke
"hen he returned 1t. (2) 1t ws
cracked when he got it. (3) He neve
Rad the blamed old kettle. So thss