The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-07-12
The Trust Evils.


will be abolished. The following para
graph contains the proposed remedy that
is recommended
"And when i'll this way the people have
cleaned out of all their offices all the
persons profting by the evils of the trusts,
i'll earnest in their desire to eradicate
redemption of the people from the thral-
dom of the trusts will be at hand"
This remedy" goes no further than to
provide the instruments with which to
eradicate the evil What methods are
they to pursue to accomplish the work |?
They are left uuinstructed and uninform-
ed. This is planless plan, to use par
adox, which has never been known to
succeed.
Some definite plan must be formed and
submitted 10 the Judgment Of the people
for their approval, and on the carrying
out Of which the honest, disinterested
men are pledged to carry out when the
people have clothed them with power 10
do the work.
What has caused the trusts? Compe-
tition (lopg believed to be the "life Of
trade and the invention of labor saving
machinery, harnessed to steam and other
power engines. These are the source Of
the trusts undoubtedly.
How are these modern aids to produc.
tive industry TO be utilized in order that
their benefits will flow TO the general
public and not be nlonopolized and appfo
priated by few groups Of capitalists
This is the question seeking solution, and
it must be solved by public discussion
before auy NEIL, no matter how able anG
honest, elected to fill the Office of Law
makers can move hand in remedyine
the trust evils.
Tie three great natural ,nouopolies, OF
trusts, are the money or banking trust
the financial monopoly-the trausporta
ton trust and the telegraph and telephone
trusts These are clearly natural nonop
olies, aud belong of right 10 tie people
They have been taken from their natura
owners through the power of bribery anG
ignorance Of our law makers and given tc
groups Of capitalists, largely composed O
foreigners. These gre the giant trust:
under whose wings all other trusts fine
shelter and protection
The banking Or money trust is concen
tratiug in the hands Of few uien, grouy
Of financiers IN New York, who aye co
operating with the Rothscili!ds group o
London and other European capitals. anf
which financial trust has gained com
piete control Of the present admiustra
ton in all government financial matters
Wall street is the real scat of govern
u1ert. Washington is the nominal cap
ital where the orders front Wall street are
carried out by the agent of the Wall street
group. Secretary Gage.
The money is a creation of government
for the ase Of the people, but franchise
TO use il ioT the benefit of a group oil
bankers has been given 10 them, and they
have so manipulated it that every dollar
in The country is made 10 draw interest
from the wealll, industry produces, many
times.
The railroads are rapidly falling under
the control of half dozen men, who
have despotic power-and they use Il zoo
over all the travel and transportation oil
freight in the eutife country.
The telegraph and telephone. which are
naturally Il part Of the postofiice, and in
every country in the world. except the
United States, are III charge of the post
Office, are turned over to group of ex-
pioiGerR of the peoples business, general
news and local conversation.
These are the isfse great monopolies
which. i'll whole OF in PARK, dominate ali
The other major and minor trusts The
franchises under which the small groups
OF exploiters of the public are permitted
to conifo, them, are all public property,
and should be operated FOR the benefit of
the people by their agent, ti4e govern
y1,ent, and until this is accomplished It is
idle TO talk about rcmcdying the "trus,
evils
How are such beneficial results to be
achieved ? Clearly through organization
Of a political party dedicated to The WORT;
to which the people can rally and by
which they cau make !Geir wishes known
and execute their will There is no other
mode under republican form OF govern,
uent than this.
Where is the party machinery by
which the people can express .heir will
aud execute their wishes? II cannot be
done through The Republican party, for ii
has been made an instrument OF the great
trusts ard monopolies TO carry their
schemes Of ambition into practice. Cut
loose from the uionopolies which are
named above, the party gould 20 10
pieces as suddenly as Jelly hsi' Lifted
FROM the deep sea bottom 20 the surface.
What do we find N the Democratic
party TO encourage the belle; That were ii
given power and control Of the govern
meat. il wouId iuauguta,e ,neasures that
would deliver the government out of the
bands Of these nonopo!ies and restore
the people 10 their own? Not single
sentence or word any whore il all lis
history. Protesting 20 be Jeffersonian in
policy the party has always opposed Te.-
tersou's poiicv in dealing w:.h monop.
olies-especisily The money D,sGt poly,
which was ths only natural monopoly la
has day.
The pTedominating features 1f oar mod
ern sociology were not known ia the era
which Jefferson lived The Democrats
party has always been opposed 10 the
government owning anything lndi-
viiual ownership and "frce competition"
have ever been lis sAihbole.h. In business
ownership the individual owns very little
ut "a
ton" is laid III lis grave never to know