The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-03-29
Tho hsn ~ . Trust.Bustss.

1ne vexco question, us II possible 70
rust 4 trust" has been answered In the
nirmative. Heretofore, It has been an.
~ered like the one whether It 10 right to
hat . lawyer: Fright, but impossible y
the strongest agencies 10 this country
ave been graphing with this knottv prob
lem, but up 70 date net = single success
nas been scored. The trusts, shot 1t from
/ all directions like Wild beasts, heunded
ike deer In the Adirondack, sail on like
. phantom ship through oil obstructions
and untouched BY any Of the ammunition
ired at them. The socialists have howl
ID. the party platforms have "viswed with
,larm," the political orator has grown red
10 the face ~ he denounced, the state leg
,slatures have enacted, many governors
nave demanded, and finally for years past
be great federal government has been en-
aged In gigantic effort to head of the
,mni.present octopi. The beef trust has
been hauled over the Goals, the railroads
ave been made miserable over their mer-
gers, the tobacco trust has been smoked
out and the mighty Standard OH lion him
self has been Bearded In his den. All TO no
purpose 1t WAS watsrhaul In every case.
But mighter power than al these has
stepped to the front to show the leaders Of
be land how this can b. doss.
The great American hen entered the
ists, threw down her gauntlet and invited
me Of the most potential Of the minor
rusts 10 fight TO the aaish. The cold.
storage combine, backed by millions Of dol
ars and ranifying throughout every cor
aer Of the country, IL the victim Of mis-
placed confidence. As carly - last April
his powerful agent entered the field - .
buyer Of eggs ard piled them Up in the
cellars Of their warehouses by the millions
Of dozens. 30 certain we're they Of big
vro6ts to come, that they paid stiff prices
fort bat season Of the year, with the r.
uit that enormous sums Of money were
lied up 10 every important city Of the coun.
~. The scheme,of course, was to wait
cold weather % sure booster Of the mar
set, when 1t would b easy for the trust 10
lake down its profits. Bat, "ths best laid
plans Of mice and men gasg aft aglsy."
The great American hen had made other
arrangements and concluded, for Just this
rec, to keep up full supply Of fresh eggs
III winter. This WAS more than the trust
had bargainsd for, and It WAS not lsuG b.
ore they began to show signs Of distress.
They stood It pretty well through Dscem'
Der and January but absut the nfst Of Feb.
rusry there was . craoklig sound - II
something was giving away from ocean 10
ocean. A big Chicago house, regular ten
storied iky-scrspsr, toppled over with .
oud crash and scattered egeshslls for
miles around. Another concern 10 an To-
diana town, turned ito face to the wall TO
the tuLe Of one husdred thousand dollars,
clear loss from inability to guess what the
hen would do. Many others In vsSioss
parts Of the country followed suit, and
there was not cold.storage sgg establish
inert which did not feel the cold shivers
running down its backbone long before the
Ides Of March proclaimed the close Of win
ter. The losses were enormous, 70 snof.
nous indeed that II 10 probable 1t will be .
long time before tho cold storage fraterni.
~ catch their second wind and II 10 hardly
probable that last years performance will
coon be repeated.
The moral Of oil this 10 obvious. Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Congrsss, ~ well -
the Folks. Lafollettes, Hanlys, and other
professional trust busters may take les
son from the lowly mistress Of the barn
Yard. Her methods are simple. but snsc.
tive. She doesn't 70 out hunting with
brass band. she needs no big appropriation
and she never calls on the Judiciary depart
msns for help. When she wants to kill .
,Tust she simply lsys down on Il.