The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-10-01
Bryan Devotes His Entire
Speech to the Trust
Question
SPOKE AT NEBRASKA CITY
70 a Large Outdoor Audience the
Democratic Nominee Discussed
Illegal Combinations In
Clear and Intelligent
Manner.

Nebraska City. Neb.. September 2s.-
Hon W. j. Bryan spoke here 10 a large
crowd tonight The speech had been
locked forward TO with much interest, De-
cause Mr.. Bryan had announced that he
would deal with the trust question rs AZ
fec,cd by the suit Instituted by Attorney
General Smyth to annuI the sale OF the
Ars-o starch Works. OF this city. to the
National Starch Company, p0pusarN
known as the SI2rch Trust
Mr. Bryan was accompanied 10y nrs-
Bryan and personal friends and also DN
quite a n1mbcr a. supporters from
Lincoln ami other tOwus on the way
There were not mdny unfrendly inter
TuptiUns. hut evidently some had bc,a sA-
pected. Tor previous 10 lie mves'ns IN.
mayor 81 the city ISSUED an Order s~siis
that there had been TGmOTS 81 trOubIN a-is.
warning against it.
Tne meeting Tas held IN the cSufuiVuSe
grounds. ami the people stood under the
Irses aud iIuch al tine time IN ne ram
while jar. Bryan spoke
Reasons Why Trusts Are Bad.
Mr.. Bryan discussed a phase OF the
trust question:. aud said that the attorney
general asd commenced proce, Gings an
the case I'll tIc ArgS Starch Company
Lot 20 destroy 4 local manufacturers
establishment. but - prevent the Iaaiu-
fac1urIl., esgab.ishmCnt from entering
into a trust
In this connection ne noted The diiierent
STEPS which lie said had been taken The
Args Company. II Nebraska City was a
prosperous corporation. As evidence OF
tins he quoted from The Conservative
tp11IiShl1 by ex-Ss-Teiary OF Agriculture
4 sterling MuEtos.. IL Nebraska Cltyp,
which sgid iu IN editorial May =. -. that
ho grllst iss.J yet been able 10 buS' ouiig
" WhcL-s.c the Arso company.
'.Abuut the first Of September OF 1899. a
few months after the editorial cuisl;hea-
which { have just read sad Air- ~ : al.
the ArEu company joined the IhisSi
Starch company About a year later. IN
August or september of this Xe1-. l$sJ.
tbs. thir: step WAS taken and the United
Starch Gpsmi - 1nIaeu the trust fHrst-
W. have "u -uss'I'e,iic"t c''ihl,'ts, 5A"~
lUS ami % SperpuS, upon Its merits sec
Uud. this independent company J--ns
other companies 10 usht tire s.arcn .FuSI
and. thiul. ,h-s indep ndcnt company,
with ir- assistants Joins JlIe starch trust,
auI .umTet.,ion IS II last destroyed
Mr. Bryan then quoted extensively
from editorial articles in Mr.. Morton's
Conservative showing hostility to trusts.
Commenting in a general way, AIR. Bryan
said.
--If the people II Nebraska city defend
tine starch trust they must b. prepared u
defend aIl the other trusts, Tor AZ is i'm
possible for them 90 destroy trusts To-
Gated clssw here anu defend a trust To-
Gated IN their own city The people Of
your town have already seen ciStilicrH
closed G.wu by the whisky trust What
= t. prevent the Arso company from be
Ing closed down by the starch truStf
When All tine factories belong TO one
corporation thc closing down or one fac
tory does uut bring loss 10 the corpora
tlnu because the work can b. carried on
somewhere else. Eut the Argo company
as am independent company could not
close down without serious loss there
fore tlle chances are greater in favor OF
the lue.tt factory tCiuE closed down I'M
der q trust than under independent man
ageUeut-
9dcr the trust system a strike in
Cue factor brings M loss TO the COM
Eluy. b4t ID uu-as bring great loss TO the
employee Let me give you case IN
point the birmingham Ace-fferald Of
September 18th contained the following
dispatch from GeSS.ssrlgr. Ala
90 Work YVES resumed at the Central
Foundry Company plant yesterday The
men who went cut uu strike early last
week returned rn work On the company =
terms The mana cement here i not re-
having heeu u-sstre hy the head Office
g. New York. the reduction prevailing
tAra' .sh"ut au the pipe plants belonging
Co th. company
'-If 500 order comes from the head Of
tre Bro NeW York 10 reduce the wages
g. aIl rEe starch factories. the men have
nothing &C. dr hur tn submit The same
greed which leads the trust - raise prices
and eXturt frum consumers Will allow
% tn lower wages and do injustice to the
employs
The attorney general X scekiu, to on
fHres- l sfatut" - Nebraska The law Is
q Euni law aud ought "a lie enforced.
and the people % Nebraska City ought