The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-06

discussion OI the trust question. ! DO not ms
state the fact, think, when say he Is dis.
cussng this issue in the manner which has char
aetcrizcd all the other discussions with which
he has favored the public lie does not Under
take to go into tho merit Of the question, for
that would rot he Bryanesluc. He knows that
such a coursc must eliminate the political ad'
vantage which hr setks for his party to his own
Advancement, and therefore lie does not make IT,
The argument which he makes Is addressed 10
prejudice backed up by nisstatemcnts, Illogical
IN presentation and unfair IN deduction. There
is no man Of any prominence today standing IN
defense d: illegal combinations OF capital
whether great or small, formed for the purpose
Of throitling all competitions raising the price
of articles OF consumption and burdcning the
people. But there are vast number vino. rec.
ognizibg the economic so,indncss i'll thc adlcu
volume OF business 10 be obtained through ag.
trcgatcd capital. properly brought together and
wisely managed, deny that from such any harm
llows TO either The consumer or the laborer
They go further, and assert, with an emphasis
hot TO he mistaken, that far from being harrnul,
sucii combinations arc on the contrary product
i've Of good, most cf all to the laboriny man.
nm not speaking for combinations Illegal. un
sound and unsafe. but solely for those which,
though large in the amount Of capital invested,
have regard for all the rules which control in
ordinary business affairs. On principle, do
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to the interests of the citizen because a thous
,nl men are employed by one concern instead
"t one hundred, or a million dollars OF capital
invested rather than one hundred thousand
Talk Of Trusts.
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ine niis'n'ormh'ioh Wn'ch Is OH every h'hu
upon 'his subject mas arisen IRON an ,hs'stehce
upon o'Se"Ss'"'l OF !. III .he l'eh' %, p".''san
politics instead of in that of economic truth and
history. II those who are now protesting 50 Wig
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.s''s VI so'a'ieu TRUSTS "ou'h oe''er 'n'"r'"
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