The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-15

I "lt'i"u tir WorlU new KiIu OF
craftsman Looking about, he saw that the
needs Of mankind we're supplied from mills
aud factories. great and small. scattered over
the land. lie measured the wastes OF their
! rivalry and the economies possible under
single management. He then did a thing.
to "Tocut" I've pioret.d, Without changing
| tN"u IN any other RESPECT, "a ioin these mills
! aud Factories. or the Vrsat"r of them. INTO
moved or d"wol shed, not FIRE put out nor
>ig'l changed iiut the new ioin.rv. though
| INVISIBLE to tn"cy". Wa ~ Elective tor to" uGr-
I pos" 70 mind - " all tn' altered mills had
been torn down and tncp rebuilt on a single
ste under "a singh sign.
The CONCEPTION t'.u- So on foot Presented
| n-"U 10 te financial world H. the 'orn Of
,,,,ook,; rrI'"rr,d a,d common. "a" iorm.r
! of ~" property, -" latter Il" expected in
| cr"Is" "f ya!u" 70 b" brought about by tie
/ "roit~rIu'- ioilerv The old owners
! stepped out except As they r"tniu.d some uor-
, ton Of a." stock OF ~" consoliintcd com.
| rHnl"s The new ownership WAS financed
/ hv -yldicatr- and hHuks Aud thus 81 in
| d." Il .N'luUu"ut that il rapidly taking away
! from w. p,orl" II mrp" the oNner-' ~ of
| o." properties "" call IN" industries of the
/ ,,untr'.
OTTER cratt-men c'me. Othcr workshops.
! great and small without ava ont ward ~ign
| 81 '"ur", surrendered 'h'ir irdi, idWlity
| lor . place III ono Of "" great industrial
| families TIE SECRET NTS ont g.. fast ion SGT,
| the uo~, of tie new carr"it.ry vas heard
| a. lhe hnd' ana 'he day Ct tre S"-'fll"d trusts
! hid Opened
Tlis was nottirr loss II N industrial rcvoIu-
! rinoancp Revolution ulvavs rNc.tcs con-
r %Inr WPg ri. H. o5 nqTy rs,~ ", hoTT
/ that th" Few win b" mSsters ard The many
N"rv0uts, whcro viii be- en' An to he
! onur"s-ed To md SIN harder Condti ions
| aid"d to those already horn. ~ the price OF
! livelihood Who're will i leave the artisan.
! u.ichbor- generally? l. industrial libnrtv FOR
| them gone Ar" thev hencpforth- they and
their children sentenced to hard service with
no bop" Of "v"l tn,l e'nanoipaton'
! II" answer 10 these questions Was fiC 4 =
| 81 Congress OF July :. 1894, commonly known
| rs IL" sherman Antitrust iaw. A. inter-
| h"Ii"d iuhllc uurroS". unwis"lv formed
! ink 20 doal With n" so-callcd trusts on 70
! basis other th1n that of determination. 10
| cut th'w out root aud branch. To sweep ~"
! lerds with % decree like IIerod's. that 10
! chid Or consolidation should be- found to have
We are now well into the thirteenth wear
| means OF enforcement as we'll rs in its pur-
| pose, ~" gc' wGs "a Comprohcusiv" ~ Ian
rlle" could mako II. II withheld no power
! r'Nn or criu lnal. th1t IT,. lawmakers thought
! would c"rtrihut" 10 the comul.te eradication
! y Tcyas Krnsus. Michigan aud Maine. bv
. X ~" lrN- directed 80 t." same end, and WHS
! uuictlv followed hy lik" laws IN on"-htlf the
/ other S'0t"s. Including New York. ohio. Indi-
| generally Thus So Ear IS ornctncnt- ma n
| law TIE i4w. both national and st1to, has Tor
| PORTO tlr"" times lon ger than II took % uut
down 'h" h"h. Hon, been IN battle line against
| hnvr th"S" organizations been ext o Gusl ~
| Has -" trust idea 1h,trd' Irr ~ answer
| hr calling nut partial roll o. thos" org4uiy"d
| .h.' ih, sherman lnw Vent into elect Thor"
| IL o." american Window GLASS COMPANY
! created ir l,,j five voars after the sherman
| H''. There. too. i the Cor'iuri.iui Tobacco
! toiNn1rI. iH", o." Tin Pln'e Company.
l'nN. lh" ArrlCHWat"d COPPER COMPANY.
! l>3H -" American Redi7'cr $500 the VA
| toual SHf. 1892 IA" International Plate
! Consolidated Tobacco. ranI, me t'ri'nd states
| steel lHui N" Corn Produces loot and many
others tlu com" readily to mind. An in
| -p"ri'ou nude tor me Of a list Of II? Of the
! leading so-culied trusts in the United states
shows tnat al but Thirteen hav" been crented
! sine" H." passage of the sherman act
| Nav "" not con front"d hy such a spec
irg with tho so-cnllod trusts this policy Of
"NfermInHtI"n or OthiuC-is after all. OIL
solid ground can DEVELOPMENT so per
Si-t"nt ID" entirely unnatural? Can We by
n"hr~ 20 he fixed law Of Industrial "cononlvf
l. this instinct Of the time properly safe
guarded. really in conflict With the public
II j. urged sonnet ines that the copsolido-
lion id"2. when fully attained. will max"
harder IN" conditions of ordinary life /,
that true II true, the indidVent should
.trnd But ! can only Judge he iutur" by
know nothing in the past 30 nearly analo-
gou~ ~ Tn" beginnings and growth of the
ra,.ro1d systems Of III" country
Rnilroad- began - small local enterprises
IN the start they were the steam high WAYS
betwe"n noighboring towns and cities re-
urban trolley sv-t"m- For example what
constitute, now. 'h" trunk line Of the New
was origIn,lIv SVEN oT CHIT inS.nendnot
lines. ono between New York and Albany: |
another from Albany To Schenectady another |
from Schenectady to Utica: another from |
Utica 10 syracuse another from syracuse to |
.amandu IA; another from Canandaigna
10 Rochester, and ~till another from Rochester |
TO Rufalo The time. was when their con-
SOLE ttion was thought both imprHoticabe |
aud unwisc Laws were passed to forbid II.
"A Il
under hnil~torm ot puhlic auut tema. y |
hand Reached ont. and gathering ny the local
ins from tho >"a 10 tie Lake. Then m" id"a |
took root cls"wh"r", on" hy or" the roads
iug the trunks and the adjacent lines the |
branches; UNTIL a. they exist now, "A single |
another from Chicago To New orleans. ot'"r-
from Chicago TO every point on N" Pncinc
'on'' and. - r1,r- both for o. s@smrer,
railways il N" world WHO Of this genera
ton would now 20 back to the raj ways OF our
agi'ator. stops to question even 'h" private
FORTUNE picked up u the process of con
railway system, thus consolidated =, other
than IN" normal stat" OF such AFFAIR." the
necessary aud beneficial outcome OF railway
This i a sp"chc INSTANCE. hut wherever
"" turn. "a III" survey Of development under
bg as W." Ir.d do"Nn sra' T" a"h ,s
now living who were alive when the Duke OF
NTllin gton was the first citizen OF the world
They hay" lived through the individual
chan ges. many of them bitterly opposed, ont
of which have COmr I'll" present dav con-
N"ni"uCVS Of 10" CpuNen'pnccS that IN the
matter of substantial comfort give TO th"
u"l-iHft american Workman more than the
Dlkc 'l.us"lf pos~' SScd The u IL" had finer
mahogany and better plate. but the brenk- |
fast tubl" of III" American has fruits and
cereals, meats and ,u0ers. that all the siip- |
OF England could not llv" gathered for her |
great soldier. II" ID Ike had robes and |
sushc- such a. the American perhaps has |
never seen, bat IN the quality that gives COM
fort tn" SUNDAY suit Of tnc American sur
rHs~es any Clpthes the Dlkc pUt on. The |
u IKE had all England To choose from in the |
selection of his dwelling. lie built " In a
public park a park free alike 20 the eyes and !
feet of the coInmoucst tneli-hmnn a Jark |
cities in Au-rirH not the equal of the natural |
landscapes that by rail or street ears are |
open every hour of every day to him who |
has eyes to SEQ and heart - enjoy We are |
all heirs in almost equal portions too, not only |
To- what God hrs gwen, but to what the genius |
of mankind can add
II l. sometimes urged That the growth Of |
IN" so-CHl'd trusts shows tendency to les |
son wages On the contrary n pa per prepared |
by Prof Jerks and issued Nv the Department |
OF Labor in July, iONi. slows that wa nes IN gem
eral bad in 1900 r'rChrd aud In some cases |
passed the former high level Of 1902, and that |
the wages Paid by tGC so-ctlled trusts were |
not exceeded bv those pAii hy the large pri- |
waite manufacturing CORPORATIONS. | THINK II |