The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-09
HOUSTON, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9.
y PAGES TO-DAY.
THE rAeLEs HURRIED.

The gratifying come from New York that, at
last the trust lawyers have the fact that
there other States besides Texas with laws that do
not suit their principals and that instead of gaining
point by abusing this State for the alleged "anarchistc
tendencies OF it's laws governing capital" they have at
tracted general and troublesome attention to the pc
cuar corporations their ingenuity Is taxed to defend
New York State has taken after the trusts and
added to its statutes what is known as the Donney
law, the author Of which rs of it's efficacy in check
ing the growth Of monopoycreating corporations. So
FAR tried this law has successfully the gauntlet
Of the courts and served the purpose for which It
enacted. In the language Of Mr. Donney, the attorney
general Of New York may prosecute and extermi
nate combinations in restraint Of trade without delay
interference by simple method OF procedure.
This is bringing matters homo 10 the trusts with
vengeance and accounts for the sudden conversion OF
their attorneys to the theory of Federal control OF their
operations, So long serious effort to regulate them
confined to Texas and few Western States they
could hope by Misrepresentation and abuse to dscredt
legislation to that effect and considerable extent
resist its enforcement with firm grip upon the great
desideratum capital, they were in position to retail
ate upon those who sought TO prevent thom from alb
sorbng eli the profits Of It's investment
Called upon to defend themselves in the land OF
their BIRTH tho trusts seek new weapons and re
sort to other means OF maintaining themselves than
those which have served Thorn In battling with public
sentiment in this section. II Mr. Donuelly knows what
he Is talking about he has them whore he wants thom
the saying goes and they face 10 face with fc
and death proposition with Bis law supreme t VIII no
longer be possible 60 make millions by simply promot.
ing tradecortrouuE enterprises, which millions
must aiterward be cyorted, nickel by nickel from tho
great consuming public. With New York state dotcr.
mined to hold them in check the speculative capitalists
who look upon the tendency of the public TO rebel
against the fruiton of their monopoly breeding
schemes as auarchistc must content themselves with
less greedy methods Of absorbing the wealth Of the
country.
That tho hope OF success for the ponnoly law rs
universal goes without saying but here IN Texas we
have more than a general interest in seeing il en-.
forced. We have so long been made TO bear the ma
lcous tanalizng and porndious interference with the
development OF our resources by trust doyotees and
their allies that IL feels good TO know that they have at
last been called to time right whore thoy live. Accus.
toned as we have become to being villned for trying
to shape our laws that they might in fact as well as
in spirit. afford all an equal opportunity to enjoy the
fruits of Individual effort ana energy, we will not be
ABOVE taking pleasure ~ handing back our erstwhle
detraetors some of the choice homics they were wont
to read us upon our "anurchlstc tendencies"