New-York tribune., 1903-08-29
GOV. ODELL ON TRUSTS.
Combinations Often Abused, and
Only Need Some Restraint.

Sandy Hill, Y, Aug. Ex-Governor Odell ar
rived here by special train and driven to the
residence Of County Judge Paris. where he was
waited by President Gilchr1st and other officers
of the Washington County Agricultural Society.
which is now in session. The Governor was
corted by Company of the National Guard. Cap
tain Mott. and Doring's Band To the fair grounds.
where he greeted by $500 people Intro-
duced by Judge Farls the Governor spoke an hour,
saying of trusts:
The great commercial centres of the State. in
winch are tormuIated ana given he t-ose vast
industrial concerns Wnich ate so closely ana III
umateiy associated with the interests or tne peo-
PIE. are ot as mucn moment 70 tne cdLzens OF @ tne
I1ra! olsdlcts as they are 10 those VINO AVe III the
S tha I 20 - oITu uE ~ e,Ia WnH
qSro1g fTea1tV al nave nsn able 10 associate
themselves with these enterprises. need only such
of the people ana It IS tneir right that they
snould be secure from such auacks as win proouce
attacks not only fleet those whose capital is IN
gmsn N Who de2G upon Sq their
for that which IS necessary lot SUBSTANCE tner
Never before IN the hSt9Ty OF our eornEy mas
, and such general contentment
Referring to differences between so-called cap
ital and labor, he said:
AS this subject becomes bettes understood God, we we
wni accommodate themselves 10 condltons as tney
exist recognizing the fact that tney are the IN
evltaole de' elcpment of modem business methoasi
and by the force and dlgnisy OF cur law gS GOigS5l
obedience botn or the great interests
This will evtnUuaIIy dispel Il4uSIons ana huId out
inducements greater tnan those WAIch existed
in the days OF our tUrefaIheiS.
Too often we are tod of grasplng monopolleS
which do not exist Too oIten the young men or
our country are inclined 10 believe that the great
combinauons OF capital arr antasoa!stic 70 Ihslr
future ana their advancement such h9rasslng
agitation has at times led 10 drastic leglsiatIon
winch has accomplis he'd nothing IL the way oI re-
form. bur it has served TO MAKE capital tmld. ana
thus retard growth and progress IN the commercial
world =.
TO the farming communities we are inclined to
look for that conservative judgmeGt whlch serves
as balance wheel 10 the attacks OF the not heaoed
and npetuous, and for clear u4de rstanqt,ns M am, OF OF
conditions they actually exist II IS 10 the So
bering influence of their action that we look 10 10
repel those doctrines which antagonlsllc TO our
republican form of government that no injury may
result and that there may be no ninOrailcS 10 the
prosperity of our common country.
1t is well for US TO remember that the denalluS
that have come upon Us for the better proteeslon
and trea atment OF those who are helpless the tFeer
education of our children, the building OF sood
roads and the other necessary improvements wilcn
have with time might not have oeen met
were it not the rapid growth and development
of the vast manufacturing concerns wi[ma our
borders, which made IL possible 10 meet these eN5
penditures without unduly bUrdening the land
owners of the State.
Governor Odeu held a reception in the secretary's
Office and shook hands with from half dozen
counties and with many from Vermont. The Gov
ernor left on the afternoon train.