The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-07-01
TRUSTS RAISE PRICES.
Sugar Was Advanced When
Competition Ended.
POOR MAN PRACTICALLY a SLAVE
Corporations MonupoIixe Industries
and Also blacklist WOrkinEmen
Who Incur Their DiSpieasurc
Trusts Are Depri,inE the People
of Liberty.


Trusts Are Derri,inE the People
of Liberty.
If ever there was reasonable doubt
that trusts raise prices. il ought to be
removed by the evidence of the last
week in May, SAYS the New York
News. The competition between sugar
rciincrS came to an Cnd, after h;tNlns
lasted nearly two years. and the price
of refined sugar was advanced three
times within Il few days. 1t goes With
out saving that the charge for this adj
vance cunIcs from the pocket OF the
consumer tho workinSman who buys
few pounds for his family, the chic
lndulging In Il little candy. the VAST
multitude of toilcrs whose hard earn
ings. expended in small SIInS a Il time.
go to form the vast fortunes of the
managers of trusts.
First the large wholesale dealer has
TO stand the eXactiou, he In turn adds
To the price ut which he sells To the re-
taller and tile latter adds cent or so
to the bill OF the housewife who buys
sugar ut his store. and of course the
husband who works at his desk or car
ries dinner pail to the shop has to pay
the additional charge. and il is by this
simple process that little rivulets OF
money from every city and village in
the land make MisSissippis of wealth
for the great molIopoiiSts-
I.egalizcd cnSlavement, except as
punishment for crime. has long disap-
pearet from the United States. and the
mil, = Ia
Dor, enfurciblc in the criminal courts
is probably unknown in any state or
the Union. Legally no person in the
world enjoys more liberty than II citi-
zen of the United States. Rich or poor.
he can 90 and come freely without
passports or registration or police su-
pervision. lie Is not subject to mill
tary duty. he is not lIampered in the
pursuit of any trade or profession To
which he is able to devote himself, ana
In many respects his condition is better
than that of the so called freeman on
the continent al Europe.
The poor man. however. must make
living for himself and his family 10y
his labor and his skill. and herein his
opportunities may he So narrowed AMI
iCSlil lNI't ny lliplipliOiIfS anu Il uSlN siS
to virtually cnSlaVc him or ut least lie
privc hin of Il fair chance for Il liveIl
hood. In New England. for instance.
and perhaps i'll other parts of the Unit
ed States the owners Of factories have
combinations in one form or another.
with confidential .blackliStS'' of all
persous who may in some way. per-
haps not involving any wronsloiug.
! have given offcpSe to an employer. a
| person so blacklisted must leave the
section in which the 2ombnation pre-
| walls or change his occupation. and he
may hc prevented by the influence of
the blacklist from even taking the lat
| ter course The cause of his being
| branded may be altogether creditable
| TO him. He may have resented an in
suit to some member Of his family or
| stood up for the rights OF his fellow
| workers or done some other praisewor-
thy act that gave ofTcnse. The fact
tlat be is 'hlacklisted' is q decision
| from which there is no appeal. The
railroads are said to have similar lists.
aud one of he greatest railway owners
In the country who wanted te give
work to a former Chicago striker to
whom lie WAS friendly had To reqAire
| the man 10 ASSUME another name
! II the trusts and great corporations
should not only monopolize the indus
tries which give employment to the
| poor man, hut also combine To exclude
| from employment any one who in any
way gave ofrcnse to the employing
| power. ii is easy To see That the Amer
lean workinGnan. although nominalIy
free. would have TO become either an
exile or n slave
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