Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-16

how the miner Is going to keep himself.
and support his family under present con-
dltions; and then let the parent ask NM
self whether he is willing to have ms
son take his chances with the miners Is
1t due to natural or to human laws tral
the producer of wealth fares SO poorly,
while the man at the head OF monopoly
secures so much?
All Monopolfes Are Bad.
Those who attempt to divide private
monopolies into good monopoileS ana pau
monopohes will never make any PROFESS 2I
toward the overthrow Of the trusts. Insle .
is no good monopoly in private nanus'
there never was and never Will pe.
With all the advancement In CIVILIZATION
man is still too selfish TO be trusted win
the absolute control with that wnlon nls
fellows must have The Republican party
has no remedy for the trusts. Puoncisy
is good. but publicity alone Is not sum sum,
Gent, The practices q me srus must .iI he
prevented The Democratic piatLorni
contains demand for legislation when aaa
will place trust made articles on tne Tree i
list There is no doubt that such a law
would protect the people from mucn Oh
the extortion which is practiced under
cover e high 5aEin laws nrodlcf a M vIl
domestic TfffariafacturefsI com bine to raise
the price of home product, the Americsn
citizen may be plundered here, wnlle the
trust sells abroad in competition witn tn ne
world. 1t may not be out OF place 70
suggest that l introduced a bill elght
years ago providing for this remedy, but
We are not willing TO stop at one remedy,
we desire to apply every Ieme SroI wi snu.
ernments. Congressional action IS not
necessary to destroy trust Wnlch con-
fines its operations to a single city, OF
single, State Such a trust can be exter-
minated
By State Legislation.
1t is within the power of the State to pre-
scribe the conditions upon which CORPORA
lions shall be organized, and these conul-
tons should be such as to make d prlVa.e
monopoly place limitations upon OUTSIDE
corporations doing business within the
State. This, however, is not sulnciehl.
Congress must cooperate with the state
in preventing the organization OF any IN
ter-state monopoly Without impairing
the present authority OF the state, Con
gress can provide that corporauons orsah-
lied tn any State shall not 90 business
outside of the State until certain neceS-
sary conditions are complied with. IL the
people Of any State are willing to create
and continue a monopoly. the people OF
other States need feel no concern, so long
as the monopoly is confined to the State IN
which the corporation originates But
the moment a monopoly crosses the state
line and invades other States, Congress
has a right to. and must, interfere 1or
the protection OF the public at large. II
a corporation organized in New Jersey, or
any other State, were prohibited from en-
gaging in
until it produced evidence to show that
there was no water in its stock, and that
it had not attempted and was not at
tempting to monopolize any branch OF IN
dustry, its power to do harm would at
once be destroyed. An honest corporation
engaged in legitimate business, ought TO
join in the enactment of laws, which will
protect them and the public from the IN
dustrial highwaymen who comlnit ar ar
ceny upon a grand scale. Those who de-
sire the humiliation of the trusts are not
hostile to property rights. but they pro
test against allowing the fictitious person,
created by law and called q corporation,
to trample upon the rights of the natural
man of flesh and blood. If the man-made
corporation supports the Republican party
we ought 10 be able to appeal for support
to the God-made man
AS to Railroad Determinations.
The railroads have by determinations
and rebates materially aided in building
up monopolies. At one time the Standard
Oil Company had a contract with a rail-
road whereby 1t not only enjoyed lower
rates than its competitors, but received
a part of the freight paid by its compeu-
tors. The Interstate commerce commits
sion has repeatedly asked for legislation
which would empower the commission to
protect the public, but the Republican
party has turned a deaf ear TO these APP
peals.
1t Is generally assumed that the bankers
will cooperate with the trusts in prevent
ing remedial legislation, but the banker
himself is apt to fall victim of this poll
icy of concentration. Some are already
urging the establishment OF branch banks,
and when the branch bank is established
1t will be able to run all the other banks
out of hlsiness Even now the associa-
ton of several great financial institutions
in New York, under the influence of one
group of fnanciers, is embarrassing other
and smaller banks.
But Why Multiply
illustrations of the evil of monopoly? No
age; no matter how alluring the immedi-
ate prospect every citizen will find it TO
his permanent advantage 20 aid in the
overthrow of the monopolistic principle,
and in the re-estabiishment of the indus
trial system upon a basis of justice. Give
the boy chance and let success be the
reward OF merit.
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