The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-15

trust agent will quietly approach the
manager of the Independent yard with
proposition to buy him out; and, IL
the yard be. owned by an individual. it
is usually closed cut on the best terms
that can be made.
z Then prices begin to move up; slowly
at first, so as not to attract too much
attention. But within forty or sixty
DAYS, the old-time trust prices are again
charged. with an additional sum added
to make up for losses during the contest
with the independent company.
Combine Is Arraigned.
Surely the lumber trust is playing q
great game, tho it would seem that it
endurance. 1t casts its greedy eyes
over the fertile fields of Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Michigan, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska:
1t is more harmful in its operations,
and retards the development of this
much greater degree than the oil trust,
for people can economic more or less
on oil. l. lays a heavier hand upon
the struggling pioneer, who works early
and late to make a home for himself
| and his family, than the sugar trusts;
Tor, under the stern decree Of necessity,
sugar can be largely dispensed with; but
every man, woman. and child must have
protection against the rigors of a nUTth-
| ern climate. Accordingly, whether 1t
| be the man who, after years of con-
slant effort, goes forth in his still virile
manhood to make home to shelter his
declining years; or whether it be one
who assists in forming the advance
| guard of civilization by erecting his
| 10x12 shanty on the far frontier, he
cannot escape the memorable demands
] of the lumber trust.
1t levies tribute on rich and poor
alike, and no man can erect a roof over
his head without administering to its
| insatiate greed. 1t embraces within
i its organization the manufacturers, the
wholesale and the retail dealers Of lum.
Der. and in addition to its other evil
deeds, some of its members, at least,
4 have been known to receive rebates
regularly from the railway companies.
\ And, while the, operations of the
trust under consideration are largely
within the states above named. it
should be borne in mind that the easA
no less than the west, has its lumber
( trust; and so well have the railway
companies obeyed commands that, even
several years ago, it was out of the
question to get rates that would enable
| lumber to be shipped from the east to
the west, or vice versa.
How long the people of this country
are going to submit to treatment of this
kind, however, is question yet to be
J determined. One thing is certain; be-
fore the people can hope to rule organ
lied wealth and put a stop to it's pred
atory aggressions, they must first
) learn to rule themselves and place prin-
ciple above party. Men must be
chosen for office because of the princi-
, plies which they represent, instead OF
the political party which they serve.
: When this condition of affairs, shall ex-
} ist-when men shall consider them.
. selves above mere cogs in the wheels Of
| an organization, and right shall be SUI
5 persede the power of party, with JUS
| tice to all the great desideratum, then
such scandalous acts as the lumber
trust is now guilty of, in common with
many others of its kind. shall be un-
heard of, but not till then.
e Flandrau, S. D., July 10.