The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-07
MISSOURI PEOPLES TRUST SCHEME PROPOSED FOR
 GREATER NEW YORK

Brooklyn Eagle.
 Out in Missouri and Kansas, where the peoples universal trust" intended to throttle all other trusts, is rising and Is finding astonishing support. The head of this new movement is Walter Vroo- Ruskin Hall. at Oxford, England, and Ruskin College. at Trenton, Mo, the latter a school which has self-help. as it's fundamental principle and which pays done on the farm, in the dairy, in the kitchen or other departments, aud. oddly, the women draw just as much pay for their work as the men do for theirs.
 Mir. Vrooman, who makes his head quarters in Kansas City, would use trust methods to kill the trusts and he would control all avenues of activity solely In the interest of the people themselves. In other words. he Is firm believer in cooperation and in the fulhllment of his scheme every person would be stockholder in one national institution. which would return its profits to those starter. MT. Vrooman organized the Western Cooperative Association, which is buying stores right and left and con ducting them on profit-sharing plan. The venture seems to be successful thus far. A little later, he says, 1t will not be necessary for these stores to buy the commodities they sell, for MT. Vrooman is negotiating for farms, dairies fac- 
 plants, etc; in fact, he Is reaching to- ward all industries which produce the supplies needed by members of the CO., operative association.
 with John W. Breidenthal. ex-bank ex- aminer for the State of Kansas, as its principal officer. He will organize saw ings banks. He has purchased a large tract oI land a few miles southeast Of Kansas City and will build model vil- lage. He has leased several theatres. in which he Is now givirS, or soon WIZ give. free-entertainment to members ot his Western Cooperative Associltion: He expects his movement to spread al over the United States.
 U Pierpont Morgan is the only man or trust growing faster than we are, said Mir. Vrooman yesterday. In hve yeErs we will have put human1ty into business in every part of this great coun- try. And we will have the law making power, for we will have the votes; we Hill institute the initiative and referen- dunn. The labor unions are with us, the people are with us.
 New York city will soon be flooded with Vrooman literature explaining the cooperative movement and the manner in which it is being conducted MT Vrcoman has leased Carnegie hall Tor series of Sunday nights and will open campaign there after the methods in use in Kansas City. He says he has list of between 200 and 300 persons of great wealth who are interested In his plans and he intends to stir the city from one end to the other. He also expects to make purchases of stores in all lines of trade. He proposes twenty-five for Kan sas City and on an equal basis, New York city should have not less than 4Oo.
 "ShouId hard times come. how will 1t affect the cooperative movement?
 Hard times.' snapped MT. Vrooman. He didn't like the expression. There s no such thing as hard times. What are hard times? When one class of cor morants seeks to devour another. So long as natures laws prevail. so long as the sun shines and ground glves forth it's fruits so long as man exists. just al long will we be able to deny the existence of hard times. We expect to control a product from the time it comes from the ground until 1t returns to the ground"