The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-27
TRUSTS HIS THEME
BRXAN GIVES OBJECT LESSON N
NEBRAsKA CRY.
ARGo STARCH CO. ABSORBED.
AND PROSPEROUS,
BIT JOINED THE TRUsT.

IrusfN Operate fo the btsadNunt-
aGe of Lsbor-sPcrch Looked For-
ward Co with Interest On Account
of the Local Application OF Trust
Issue.
Nebraska Cty. Neh Sept 2G-wnliam
Bryan spoke 10 large crowd here to-
night THE speech was hooked forward
20 with mucn interest because Mr. Bryan
had announced that he woud deal with
he trust question a. affected hy the siat
Instituted by Attorney General smi,n.
to aunul the sale Of the Arso Starch
Works OF this city Co the National Starch
Company popularity kown rs the s,ateh
Trust
MI Bryan came down from Lincoln this
afternoon. Aae was accompanied hy Mrs
Bryan and personal friends. and also by
quite number OF supporters from I.in.
coin and other towns ON the way. Tee
party was met at the railroad station by
two or three marching ciutss aud by q
large number Of other admirers. who es-
cotted them 10 their hotel
There we're not many unfriendly lntcrrup-
tlons. but evidently some had been expect
3D. FOR previous to the meeting the Mayor
~ the city issued an order saying that
ther had been rumors OF trouble ANA
warning against q.
The meeting was held In the Court
House grounds and the people stood under
che trees and much Of the time IN the ran
while Mr. Bryan spoke. lie plunged into
the local trust question al the very be-
ginning OF his speech. he spoke IN part as
follows
a prominent Republican has accused
the Democrats OF representing the forces
of lawleawneHs I mention this because
the Republicans of Nehraska city have
mot aud protested against the enforce
ment n statute Of the state OF Nehras-
IA aud a Republican Judge was chairman
OF the resolutions commltce. While the
meeting was called q non-partissn one
IL purpose was purely political and o.
is worth while TO note that the Republl-
cans seem better able 10 enforce statutes
against petty offenders than they are TO
enforce statutes against great eorpor-
atiana
The attorney general has commenced
proceedings. not 10 destroy q local manu-
featuring establishment bat 70 prevent
the manufacturing establishment from en-
tering into q trust In this connection II
may be wei 10 note the different steps
which have been taken The Argo Manu-
facturiuf Company Of Nebraska city was
a prosperous corporation. A. evidence 0f
this prosperity ! quote from the conscr-
vafiNe published by es-Secretarp Of Ag-
ricnlturo Sterling Morton) OF Nebraska
Clty. May o. iS3 Here Is what the Con-
Hetvatve says.
Therefore. when the Conservative
points with pride 90 che Argo factory az
Nebraska city which turns out thirty
tons Of starch every twenty-four hours
finds markets therefore and successfully
competcs IN America and Europe with tho
National Starch Trust u Is not IN extern
uation or mitigation Of any views ex-
pressed heretofore. n Is merely irrefuta-
BILE evidence of the fac; that no combine
or capital can crush out . weil-mauaged
private concern. Nebraska city. iu lts ce-
real mills and ArRo factory. has two sue
cessful plants which no trust has AZ yet
been able to buy bully or wheedle They
plainly illustrate the fact that Intelligent
competition can enter the markets
against oil trusts and triumphanty win
ous
Trust Denounced ~ Morton.
''it viii be- seen that the National starch
Company g. denounced as trust and the
Conservative declares that the Argo Com
ana that NJ trust had yet been able To
buy. bully or weedlo the Argo Company.
About the first ~ September Of 1879.
a few months after tho editorial comment
which ! have just read. the Argo Com
pany jclnsd the United Starch Com
pany and the Conservative Of Sept.
u. Isg9. quoted an article from the Com
mercial and Financial Word. from which
take the following extract.
tUsvar alrn4 fNg 4furrn trust ar &Afton-
~ Starch Manufacturing Compal%. began
hesineaa there has been tails amd4 those
manufacturers Of starch who remain out
sldo Of IT, Of che formation of a strong
competitive organization, and this. we
have now the pleasure Of recording, has
at length been brought 20 pass. There
has Just been organized under the laws
Of the state 81 New jersey. with a capital
Of sGo0 eco. q powerful concern. under the
sty.e OF tho United Starch Company wnish
Il a consolidation OF combination Of tha
only four starch manufacturing concerns
IN the United states that are not in the
srust-tha Oswero Starch Factory. tho
American Glucose Company OF Bunaio.
Gilbert s Gfavcs, the Argo Manqfaciuf-
ing Company. OF Nebraska city. Neb JOY.
Morton a Co. aud the Sioux CITY Iowa.
Starch Works owned by Duryea and Co.
These concerns are she largest and most
important manufacturers Of fine Rradet OF
starch in the United siatcs aud their
transactions are in the aggregate of enor-
nous magnitude.
Finally Got Into the Trust.
About year later. that is In August
OF September OF this year, 1890 the third
step was taken and the United Starch
Company Joined the trust First. we
have an independent company. growing
and prospering upon rs merits; second,
this independent company Joins other
companies 10 fight the starch trust; and.
third this independent company. with ~
associates joins the starch trust and com-
petition h az last destroyed II any chi-
ynn OF Nebraska city thinks chat this
starch company r. not a trust let him
read the extracts from the Conservative.
which / have quoted and he will Ind that
this organization has been recognized at
al times as q trust"
Mr.. Bryan then quoted extensively from
editorial articles in Mr. Morton's Con-
servatlve showing hostility TO trusts.
Commenting in a general woy. Mr. Bryan
said:
If the people OF Nebraska City defend
the starch trust they must be prepared
to defend all the other trusts, for II II
Impossible for them 20 destroy trusts 10
Gated elsewhere and defend a trust iocat-
ed In their own city. Are the people of
Nebraska city willing 20 subject them
selvsAs and their countrymen 70 the exfor-
ton practiced by all the trusts In order