The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-01-24
'''' MUST BE BROKEN.
..oc7 EVERY COMMODITY IN The
'''' cru1CHES OF THE TRUSTS.
l., Pursuing Their NefariOus Work With
" o;,tonsOess. Another Big Raise in
the Price Of Necessities.

the Price Of Necessities
,on,st have not permitted their
j w. dovonr them The Echo will be
NIGHTLY mistaken
aided by high protective tsrllA "uo'
,..-nc tina they ha We the party IN con-
I''' = tho Government under their
~, they have, with fragrant dlsre-
az al written law, much less the
s',bor law of right and wrong, multi
6 "a ord oursued their netarious Work
~ rioronsness. They have gr3 ped I'D
49,. insatiate clutches almost every
commodity that is bought, sold or con-
,,n,d by the people of this country OF
,.. and with reckie. mess going into
,1ma have proceeded to extort unreas>
enable prices from consumers for these
Commodities, and will in the end, If not
obacKed, wreck the nation while they III
choir coffe1s to bursting with ilI-gotten
gain
Rnt having no restriction, either Oh
law or conscience, they seem to have o.
will hing their greed to deyour them.
co Iong as they were satisfied with com
r,,difies hat were consumed by the
Tora,al nnbliC and with exlOrtlng not
more than fifteen to twenty per cert.
aoove Legitimate prices therefor me peo-
nile did not So perceptl bly, feel their et>
M pc,s as to raise airy great oGJect on.
Ms encouraged them ana they screwed
cir screws down a little tighter and
ut to twenty-five to thlrty-fve pei
:, on most commodities. They were
not materially moested by a patient
suffering public and lately they have
another big raise in their stealingS
have advanced prices on nearly
Y necessity of life which our pc pie
to buy fifty to sixty per cent. above
mate prices Gr the prices that pre-.
1 before the trusts were formed and
mate competition or conditions
the prices.
IS les; rise is being materially fell
peop.e and they are growing rest
'der it. The farmer wants TO know
is required 10 pay nearly double
CHI for nails and plOws and all
or less than a year ago. When they
GUY their guanO this spring they
met with an advance of sDme
Y~tive per cent. in price. They VIII
know the reason why. The an
will be trusts This same answer
to The prices IT nearly every 9TH
modify he farmer and the con-
has to buy. The increases have
, large and SO sudden that they
pceptibe to every body; they will
prominent part la the profits tha'
made from all industries this
And Yet the people are bearing the
burdens without much outward
faint.
the trusts have recently shown
torce III direction that is going to
<e them up, and the government that
tiers them as well. They have let their
.eed blunt their discretion aud have
brought paper under their manipulation.
AS result the prices of paper have been
advanced sixty per cent. within the last
Two months. 10y this indiscretiun thew
nave dropped spark in powder maya.
Nne' The explOsi Il is coming. If it
uoeS not blow up some of the trusts and
1o wiz DC surprised. Without regard
~ poliicS or policies the newspapers OF
W. yuo ont'te country are becoming aroused.
ven lucy may for such an advance IN
no oosC "I PRINT paper means failure to
eIo@' many papers and cutting off OF
Plo"Vs IN Ghe conduct of others. They
orc uoG gong to remain silent like the
sou0lal puoIlc. No sooner was the adj
vauoe maze than they began to howl nor
Till, MI tney take 1t out IN bowling either.
huey are at work. They know the vital
'po w. ~ tIe trust body, and they are al
HuS making an attack aimed at it,
'oouS OF letters and appeals are going
otusLeSSmen OF ali parties to repeal
~ t f~lIn Oh paper. This appeal is COM
~ from republican as we'll as democrat.
F"pots' In TIE case of the former it ia
aith niss'on that we doubt not is made
t;n su nes, tatlon-that republican protec-
tr"o. '"rIH Is the life of trusts and that
mU uS.S are running the country. Thew
d. iSC unit that what the paper trust is
trU. lot The consumers of paper tho
tba 'o VI other commodities are doing for
Tbo consumers of those commodities.
tba 0y must also admit that the remedy
a 9IUy seek to apply in the one case will
keapnS -. as we'll In the others. II they would
cis Sp =, tne confidence of their constituent
tact; Cuey must advocate the same oro-
selves 90 '"oS Suck lor them
mnSt - - realized that the reign OF trusts
" G 5a oe broken else there will eventual.
opr w ~ ,ithlng but trusts in this and of
ont To- I'M. MS fact is being feellngly brought
War " newspapers. They will not Give
ties ti %Ithout a struggle. The importuoi.
brnoUu oy are making TO congress will
ner ABOUT a repeal of the tariff on ma.
trno. AS soon as this is done the paner
of | Evil, VIII succumb. Then the consumers
redrolor commodities Will seek the same