Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-27

before such result occurred all earn
ings profits and accommodations went
into common fund. The divisions were
made by the head of the comnunity
and an attempt of equality OF outxo of
labor. and income of food. clothes and
lodging was claimed. Society combined
labor and shared results With these
statements admitted it will not seem
50 extravagant to claim that the billion
dollar steel trust is working along the
same lines. First, this great trust starts
out with the idea of taking from mother
earth the ore that finally reaches the
consumer as finished product and do
trusts does all this. Not middeman
between the iron ore in the bottom Of
the mine. and the railroad locomotive
delivered in India 10 an English govern
ment railroad The trust digs with its
own men, carries the ore With its own
vessels or railroads uses its own furn-
aces and steel works, and nakesit its own
locomotive engines. 1t requires the ser
vices of 300 900 men world fully as large
as Bellamy's. Now We look around and
find that other combines and trusts are
taking hold Of other things on the same
plan. Railroad combinations are being
formed that have on their pay rolls fully
as many men. In the way of clothing,
great manufacturers are beginning to
combine. In the most common article
of foods, such as meat and grain pro-
ducts. every day shows more and more
combinations. All this Is true OF heat
ing and lighting our homes and public
buildings. The larger the city. the
greater the number of these combines.
Now the next step Is an easy one.
Combine the combinations and what do
we have? Probably three millions of
men on one pay roll. Is this dream?
BY no means The steel trust has u
community OF interest with the railroad
combine. The meat trust certainly will
be benefited by being part owners of
the railroad trust. The cotton trust as
well as the wool combinations has dis
tinct interest in getting TO the markets
of this world, on railroads and across
the water in steamships in which they
own large interests. Reverse the
proposition, and the oteel trust and the
railroad trust are fully alive to the
need of raising their own cotton, and
wool and beef. II the billion dollar
trust is founded on sound principles, of
getting rid of the middleman, all these
other side lines can advantageously be
incorporated into their business. The
steel trust thus makes its own railroad
and steam ships. raises the food its ems
ployes need. and grows the cotton. and
raises the sheep, to cloth their employees
The steel trust Will probably have TO
change the name. There will be trll-
lion dollar trust known as The Univer-
sal United States Trust Company" 1t
VIII take in the Standard Oil Company
the billion dollar steel trust. the COM
bined lGilroad trust company, Witch
Will include the entire coal trust COM
panies, all OF the different lighting and
heating combination companies. All of
the present manufacturing concerns of
every description Will be merged into
one. and these absorbed by the trillIon
dollar trust. And this will be socialism
the long sought for end. There will be
one radical difference between this and
Bellamy's Looking Backward. All will
not receive the same share In the way
of wages. But wasn't this equal di-
vision profit sharing the fatal defect in
the Bellamy system.