The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-10-27

The American father who does not
share Mr. BRYAN apprehension, has takea
little note ~ the things that arr passing
before hl- eyes. Twenty years. ten years,
6y, years hence what Is Young man to
do If h., father can bequenth him
fortune IN trust stocks he Is. Of course.
reasonably secure. al,hough even the trust
millionaire j, threatened hy che trust bill
l.anairr Bu, what Of the yuuug man
ahy h1s vuly h, Own energy, aud perhaps
q few thousand dulhr, a. invest in some
enterprise
\ tcw year ago the problem woull
have been easy. The whole Geld % IN
du,,r, las Dpcn. The yoaug man with
lev thousand dollars IA, master ut his
l,st,n, lie c.uli -tart 10 business tor
himself. with uo uc,~l to recognize any
,aferJor on earth
but now, wherever the Young uiau
loak,. he find. a fence marked No thor
ou.hfafe II be think, If going Into
the ruahn. bu,incs, be runs against the
National Ropdng aud Corrugasins Com.
tany which has absorbed ave smaller
corporations
The American Agricultural Chemical
Company has absorbed - >ub-campauiseS
4 short time aso there was chance "a
compete IN the bicycle business. Nos the
American Bicycle Company j, a trust that
has swallowed forty SIX once independent
,->Sa bli,hments.
The American Cotton Oll Company,
gsu-cr brother of the standard Cd Trust
owns seventy seven crude al mill, four
teen re6ncri,-, four lard plants, nine soap
Factories, fourteen cotton ginnrric-. three
cotton comyrcs,ors aud five fertilizer fac
tories les properties IN all.
The American lin,ce,l Company, anolh
sr of the standard OIL broad. represent,
hity nine oil works.
Tue American Tin Plate Company con.
trols forty three sub-conoratons, a single
on,, al which has thirty mills
The American Window Glass Company,
% which t;o,eruor Roosevelt spoke 80 ten
drrl, recently ha> replaced twenty three
independent corporations,
The American Clay Manufacturing Com
pany controls from 81 e. - per cent Of
The national industry IA that field and
embraces twenty i've corporations.
The American Bridge Company, ballt
up Of twenty four minor COMPANIES, some
1t them >mely Of enormous bulk, enm-
mand. 20 per cent. ii the bridge business
Of the mon.
Even death has 10 pay tribute to ~"
trusts. the National ta,ket Company wlih
eighteen sub cumpanrs, aud the American
Silver aud Casket Company, with SIX.
One hundred aud thirty seven trusts are
named in a recent list with the cnustit-
ueut elements Of each They cover the
whole field of business There Is prAcIi
e.,lly nothing in which young man can
engage which they have not already pre-
empled Already it Is impossible To make
an independent start in most directions.
Iruresent conditions are allowed To 20 on
unchecked. it will soon be impossible To do
It anywhere.
Each Of the hundred and thirty seven
trusts Of the present day has taken the
place Of a number-in some cases hun
dred.-of establishments which IN their
day We're looked up 10 as great aud sohd
pillars of industry And the trusts are
destined to be devoured as they have de
youred the independent firms and corpor-
ations First there viii be one trust for
each industry, aud then constellation of
the various industries, until at last a single
trust will emerge a the owner of the
United States. with al the rest Of us a. lis
hired men.
Consider the position of the master OF
that trust, and consider the position of the
millions that will be- working for him. The
word of the master viii be law, for the
penalty Of disobedicnce will be death by
starvation There will be no playing OF
one employer against another The man
/ who rashly resigns, or unwittngly ncurs
the displeasure of his master will have no
recourse but the poorhouse, for there will
be nobody to give him work. Labor
| unions will become supertiuous ornaments
and striks a useless hardship. No strike
can possibly bring the ruler Of the trust To
terms, for he will simply 90 to Europe to
enjoy himself while the nation WILL have
to 20 to work to keep itself alive.
A strike under such conditions would
have to include all the workers in the coun-
try, aud that the national safety would not
permit The nation could not sit down IN
| idleness. That would mean starvation.
1t would have to accept such terms as the
trust offered.
The workers would have only one re-
source against their oppressors-thelr votes.
They have the same resource now. Would
it not be better to use those votes to sub