Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-12-02
PRACTICAL ANARCHY.

stock manipulators OF Wall street,
went over to New Jersey and obtained,
under the faclle laws of that trust
ridden state, the incorporation OF the
Northern Securities Company, the pur-
nose of which is to effect, through the
agency of this new organization, the
practical consolidation Of the great
railways of the Northwest. These
railways parallel each other, and II
kent from the combination which this
project is designed to bring about, give
TO the public all the benefit OF compe-
tition In the carrying trade, and pre-
vent the evils resulting from railroad
monopolies.
Several of the States traversed by
these lines, foreseeing the danger Oh
such a consolidation Of competing in
terests to the public, have expressly
forbidden it by their constitutions,
and the new corporation has been or
ganized In express defiance of these
constitutional prohibitions.
The executives of these States,
Justly alarmed at the prospect of be-
Ing more completely at the mercy or
these railways for getting the produce
To market than they are now, have
agreed to confer as to the proper mode
of enforcing obedience to their laws, IT
indeed II can be enforced at all
against interests and men 30 powerful
that they dominate the entire iinanc nj
and Industrial policy Of tlic govern
ment, and In registering whose cdicts
the courts are kept busy and subscr-
Went.
The outlook is depressing for the
people to be affected by this new
combine. There Is not much hope that
their rights will be respected or their
laws obeyed Mr.. Hill, In an inter
view says that the plan will 20 right
through without hindrnnce, and that
the proposed conference of the Gov
ernors of the Northwest will not delay
or affect 1t in any way. He Is proba-
bly, quite right about this, and we
are not surprised at the confident
tone of his defiance OF the laws OF
those States which suffer his railways
to cross them, and which protect his
property from the reprisals and yio-
ience that his lawless behavior is cal
culated to invite.
What we do comment on IL the fnct
that Mr. Hill and his confederntes
are the owners of a great political
party which claims to have II monop-
oily Of being law-abiding. In 1886
these men were railing at the North
western communities as being an
archists, as people who did not re
spect the laws or the courts, and
upon this plea they actually worked
upon the fears OF enough weil-meaninG
voters to carry the election.
Hill and Morgan. and their fellows
are the real anarchists Of the coun
try, and they are anarchists OF far
more dangerous stripe than the poor
devils whom they accuse Of being
such. the latter being without money,
OF which the former have abundance
TO carry their professions into prac-
tlce.
The public see that the open con.
tempt In which Hill and Morgan hold
the law Is carried into actual effect by
them; that II Is successful and that
1t brings them colossal fortunes that
although they are law-breakers, they
are not punished for It, that they are
not regarded as criminals at all, but
as the leaders OF society and the
church and that benevolent institu
lions will be glad to share In the pro
fits which are to arise from this com
bination of competing roads anS
which the farmers who are thus to b,
deprived of the benefits OF such compe
htlon must finally pay.
When people see this highly success
ful and profitable kind OF anarcb.
30 richly rewarded, they cannot he'll
drawing conclusions, and II hardl,
need be said that their conclusion
are not favorable TO the anarchists
For defiance Of law is anarchy. An,
anarchy which succeeds, breeds al
arcbists far faster than the vaporing
Of Emma Goldman, and OF far NOR
respectable sort
We heard man from Calforni
say recently that the exactlons of tn
late Coils +. Huntington and his raj
roads had filled that State with s,
sdalists and anarchists, ready for tn