The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-09-29

ulating trusts. That way is by tho
Congress OF the republic controlling
corporations. This is one country now.
We have outgrown state rights. There
Is no reason why n corporation organ
lied In New Jersey should have greater
privileges than one organized In Ne
hraska. A trust. to succeed, must do
business all over the country. There
fore. 1t ought to be controlled, not by y
state government. but by the Nations
government. ls the old struggle be-
tween the nation and state rights.
A Trust No One Will Sea Destroyed.
Is Mr.. Bryan in favor Of destroying
the department store? Is there wom-
an in the United States who viii refuse
to trade with the department stores: !:
If not, why not? Because before the
department store cama she had to buy
one thing In one little shop and another
thing In another little shop, and all Of
poorer quality and higher price; where
as now she buys everything under onu
roof, at cheaper price and of better
quality and has 1t quickly delivered
Under the old system, statistics show
that more than eighty per cent. OF the
small stores failed. And all OF them
had to sell poorer goods ut higher
price In order to make their many prof
its. and even then they failed: whereas
the department store sells at lower
price better goods In more convenient
form. and the small dealer who before
was waging q daily struggle with bank
ruptcy and failing In the end. Is now
the well-pa!d and prosperous head of n
department Of that great centre OF dis
tribution for the masses called the de-
purtment store. And yet that depart. !.
ment store has not destroyed the small
dealer who succeeded before.
Bryan Favors Trusts.
Mr.. Bryan Is in favor OF trusts In
reality as much as any man In the
United States. He admits It himself.
For he says he Is a great champion o:
labor organization. SO am I. The lab
oring organizations OF my State sup
ported me for the Senate: and when
they did 1t, they know Just where
stood on every question then before the
people. am, and have been since 7
was n boy, In tavor OF labor organ!za-
tion. 1t Is the only way labor has OF
asserting It's equal rights with the or
ganizations of capital, and in so doing
is 4 public benefit, for the well-being of
the entire Nation. 1t benefits labor In
numberless ways. Over and over again
Mr.. Bryan has said that these organiza-
tlons are merely n form OF trust. 1t is 4
labor trust, and It is u good thing.
Trusts and Young Men.
Mr.. Bryan declares that the trusts
prevent young men from rising in the
business world. On the contrary, The
active heads of most OF these corpora
tlons are young men who have risen
without influence or any other aid than
their own ability to their high position.
The President OF the Carnegie Steel
: Company is stiIl.a S6hnS. nun; a I'D rosd.
to his position from = boy in the works.
What the trust Is looking for--what any
combination of capital is looking for
Is fresh and vigorous ability. Unless
they get"that, they cannot succeed. I
will venture the assertion that more
than ninc;y-fve per cent. of the active
management Of the great combinations
of capital In this country, andthe active
management OF each one OF the depart
ments OF these great combinations OF
capital, Is In the hands OF young men
without wealth. influence or position,
but whose worth and merit have been
recognized by the directors OF these
great concerns.
Comon Sense and Justice Required.
My friends, what we need is not 80
much sweeping declaration orc way or
the other against the trusts Of labor or
the trusts Of capital. What we need is
common sense and Justice. Common
sense, In order that We may see what Is
just; and the spirit OF justice, In order
that We may do what is Just. On his
dying bed Richclleu, who created
Franco, was asked what was the secret
Of his power. He answered: Some
say 1t Is cunnIng-that am fox.
Some say 1t Is courage-that I am
lion. 1t Is neither. The secret OF my
power Is told In one word-justice-fo
have been just" And this is what we
need In our public men who deal with
the profound problem OF, combinations
OF labor and combinations OF capital
and the whole tremendous social evolu-
ton or which these arc part.