The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-14

He spoke briefly. introducing Mr.. c. ].
Buell. of Minnesota, who said that
there are four distinct classes of law
created monopolies First. Highway
monopolies including all grants or fran
chises under which private individuals
and corporations secure control of the
whole or part of some common way.
Second Patent monopolies, which are of
minor Importance. Third. Monopolies
growing out of the tariff and internal
revenue laws and Four th-Currency mon
opoly growing out of the vicious custom
to granting to banks Of issue the privilege
of printing their notes in such close re-
semblance to government paper as TO be
equivalent to granting the privilege OF
counterfeiting.
Jerry simpson Spoke.
AT the afternoon session C. A. Windle
was the first speaker. Resolutions were
adopted favoring the passage of the free
homes ead bill in Congress. Gen. E. B.
Findlay of Ohio, Gen. J. B. Weaver of
Iowa, Mrs. Helen NJ. Cougar of Indiana,
an ex-Congressman Jerry Simpson of Kan
sas made speeches. Mr. Simpson said,
among other things:
'If toad-stools grow out of a rotten log,
clearly you must destroy the log in order
to rid yourself of the toad-stools. What
supreme folly it is to try to rid yourself
of the toad-stools, while the log, their
breeding place, remains.
THE three underlying causes of trusts
to which all intelligent opponents of
them agree are the protective tariff du-
ties, corporate ownership of railways and
land monopoly. The remedies l
would suggest are three in number:
First and most important, substitu
ton for our present system of taxation
upon the products of labor of tax on
land values, which would give labor i'm
mediate access to this great store house
of wealth, and prevent the holding of
valuable land except by those who put
it to its best use.
Second. Wipe out the protective tariff,
Put all industries on a common footing.
Third. Make the great public high
ways over which we must pass the COM
merce of the nation, the property of the
people"
r. S. Sampson of Minnesota also spoke.
Railroads Held Responsible.
American flags were carried by a num-
Der of persons in the auditorium meeting
tonight. The stage was filled with prom
inent antitrust men. Judge William
Prentiss called the meeting to order and
introduced President Lockwood of the
National Antitrust League as presiding
officer. Mr.. Lockwood said in part:
Thirty years ago the railway corpora
tons of this government adopted a policy
largest shippers That policy, in spite OF
the government In violation of law, con-
tinues to be The policy to-day. Chairman
Knapp of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, testified before the Industrial
Commission on Oct. 8. last. and he swore
that in spite of the penalties of the Inter
state Commerce law, that railway dis
elimination was universal and that they
were almost invariably in favor of the
largest shippers and against the smaller
shippers.
Thirty years of railway discrimination
has enabled a few men to monopolize near
ly all of the developed resources of this
great land.
Now, mark: Railway discrimination
has fastened an anthracite coal monopoly
upon us.
Railway discrimination has fastened a
btuminous coal comDine monopoly upon
us.
Railway discrimination has fastened
the Big Four beef combine monopoly upon
US.
Railway discriminate has fastened
the grain elevator combine monopoly
upon US.
Railway discrimination has fastened
the sugar trust monopoly upon us.
Railway discrimina ton has fastened
the Standard Oil trust monopoly upon u.s.
Railway discrimination has created and
and maintained almost every commercial
monopoly that curses the American peo-
pie to-day
Thirty years of railway discrimina ton
has destroyed the equal rights of the peo-
pie and crushed that bold spirit which
was once the characteristic of our COM
mercial classes. Crushed it into cowardly
subserviency, so that to-day the old, proud
honored, commercial houses of your own
city--with three honored exceptions-do
not dare to give even a $1O-note toward the
battle of their own deliverance."
He concluded by saying that the people
are going to take these railways away
from these corporations, by the power of
eminent domain, because this rail-
road debt to-day is practically a govern
ment debt, as the people have to pay
it all.
Frank 8. Monnett, former Attorney Cen
eral of Ohio, said, among other things:
Il challenge any one to take issue or
point out wherein the policy we have
adopted in Ohio is other than righteous
one and a fitting course to pursue, name
ly, the proper investigation, punishment
and even death of these potent and omnis-
cent creatures. whenever they have for
feited their right to live. When they
cease to furnish the benisons and blessings