Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-15
NATIONAL GRANGE
Annual Convention Transacts but
Little Business Today.
ADDRESS BY THE WORTHY MASTER
Declarations Concerning Trusts
and irrigation of Arid Lands.
REPORT OF LECT L r f r


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hdndrS' winch heid us ilfSt Session 81 'iie
National Hotel in this city yesterday.
transacted but little business today. The
meeting occupied about an hour and IA half
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worthy masters ADDRESS.
The first business transacted al The after
rnon session of Yesterday Was Tho reading
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The legislative committee OF the National
Grange, he said. represented the order be
lore 'Ae iTst session OF me present ,on-
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irch1d. rural free mail delivery connie
ton OF the Nicaragua canal. opposition to
ship subsidy bill pure food legislation the
Grodt bill ana the control OF trusts, in re-
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In obed'thce 10 me dt inahdS OF our or
DER dad olher business interests or the
country an amendment |" Inc sherman
antitrust law was enacted While this
measure lS all that co0ld he secured. II Is
not heltSVed that IL VIII ne Suf1lclent 10
control the thousands of trusts that are an
Sorhins practically all the profits of the farm
and All small manufacturing industries. Ihr
tendency 70 concentration of trade through
combination still goes on until the entire
country l. justly alarmed Bishop SpaId-
ing. in a speech at the meeting of the Chi
cago Teachers Federation. predicted that
The time would come when all free-born
American citizens would become SerfS to
the trusts unless i halt was called and
further said We Americans are gradually
coming to that condition in which we shall
be incapable of moral Indignation. We are
coming to measure everything by financial
gauges of profit and loss We begin
ming to think that nothing which IL legal
can be a crime. We are coming to ac
ceptance OF the belief that this is no longer
a government OF the people. for the people
and by the people. but rather government
of trusts. by trusts and for the trusts.
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Inc NatioHal orange at lts 'AF' -'illF"
annual session expressed its voice fully on
this subject but with one more years ex-
narjence II would now s.en, tn me- that the
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''a'''"'' VI at'e' sAou'u 50 oiie sep A'i ti'e'
ana urge an amendment TO the constitu-
ton of the United States in clear and eX-
press terms empowering Congress with the
right and authority to regulate corpora
lions. This will remove the possibility of
an adverse uecislon IN lhe supreme court
be enacted by Congress We have light
enough from past experience to justify us
IN preparing for that which may come. 1t
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the entire business Interests ara fIT1fer fhe
absolute domination of trusts. 1t will stop
only when II ceases to be profitable or
Whrh confronted ny law
10 say 'hat lneSe trust organizations
cannot De controlled by law ana are be
Eond the power or the law Is TO say that
our government Is Il itllure- w e nave no I
government worthy OF the name II any
combination Of men or corporations within
IL 1urlSdiGtl"n Is beyond Its control The
part OF WISDOM Is 70 get ready Tor what
eyer may come. and give to Congress the
power l." deal with any corporation, 50 as
protect 'he individual cltlZen. however
huLnbt"' from inc ehcroachments upon his
'lshl@' hD"TEff "t"4ihE ana influential.
placing All corporations. II need be to pro-
t"cI society, under laws similar TO those
governing national banks, compelling them
- mLh" reports IKE banks and 10 keep /
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by an officer Of the government. This NAV
seem 10 ne severe measure. but We are
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Of rights aoraI iIstfle and 60, ar'l,.s
1unity to acquire and tu.rnjoy the use and
benefit OF property. Mess these rights are /
secured 10 tit iHClEiduII We nave no gov !
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Irrigation OF Arid Lands
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W '''e al i" 4d''"S' Saying Il de'ef-
mined THprt Will be made by SPECTATORS |