The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-03-06
Work Of the Trusts.

tOun0eSt. tnat the great cOmDlna
tions of capital recently developed
are based upon some OF the funda
mental principles Of progress. l
ID equally apparent and certain
that their development. evils ant
crudities have attended them
But this Is true Of everything. l,
Is even true Of the development O
. child into a boy and of boy in
to q man; and constant care is ex.
ercised In the training of the in.
FAINT mind and character Maturity
is 4 hard process and slow, but II
Is . simple process. Let as simple
. process be exercised in the new
development Of our social economy.
A. violence and hot words and
stormy conduct spoil the vision OF
the parent, so will the same savage
methods spoil the vision and make
foolish the action Of the people in
the regulation of the development
Of capital and labor. The great
combinations Of capital devoted to
the production Of steel or flour or
meats or oil, systematic the In.
dustry, reduce the expense Of pro-
d.. tion, simplify and make easy
distribution, invade and conquer
foreign markets. The organiza.
lion OF wealth devoted to the prep.
aration Of meats and other food.
stufs sell their products abroad as
we'll % here. Their vast resources
enable them to put refrigerating
ships upon the sea and furnish the
breakfast tables Of London and
Berlin. Aud to supply that foreign
demand the farmers Of Illinois,
Dakota and Kansas are called upon
FOR cattle It profitable prices which
otherwise they could not sell at all.
So We zee that this golden shuttle
o. modern enterprise shooting
backward and forward. not only
through our own land, but across
Ii.
the seas and into Europe aud Asia,
too, weaves occupation aud pros
pesity for our citizens in its
ministry to the wants Of our fellow.
men abroad. The same is true Of
other illustrations Of this same de.
velopment. The diggers Of iron
and coal, the molders Of steel, the
workers In factories OF cotton and
wool. are kept employed by the
wrestiug Of the markets Of the
world out Of The hands Of our ma.
tional competitors.
These are q few Of the benefits
visible to eli. On the other hand,
the arbitrary raising and lowering
Of prices. the unjust exaciion Of
unfair profits from our own con.
snmers. are the evils incidental.
And you cannot shear away the
=
rood from the bad measure evolved
over night from IN excited brain
and adopted next day as q party
meesure 70 carry an election the
day after. The whole field Of ma.
tional and even international in
dustry and trade must be consider.
ed. When YOU reflect that yon
cannot do the simplest thing with
out involving every activity Of in.
dustrial civilization all over the
world. you can appreciate how
dangerous makeshift measures are.
The simplest oct Of civilized life
a1ects ~ human industry. Take,
fer example, your journey home
this afternoon ID the cab or rail.
way or street-car. II involves the
growing and feeling Of forests. 1t
calls into play the energies Of
miaers searching out the ore from
which are made the wheels that
carry you. 1t involves the cattle
from whose hides are made the,
hasness Of your horse. or the
l6ofheS used in cars. II involves
Ahe activities. the lives and the