The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-05
TRUSTS AND
COMBINATIONS
There viii be Unusual Interest in
the Conference at
Chicago.
WE NEED LIGHT, NOT HEA1"
Interests of The Railroads. shippers
And Public Essentially
Arc One.
WE NEED LIGHT, NOT HEAT

NEW YORK. Sept. 4--That the
National Conference on Trusts and
Combinations which is to be held in
Chicago In October will create un-
usual interest already is apparent.
Scores of letters from men promin-
ent in the various pursuits have
been received by the National Civic
Federation, under whose auspices
the conference Is to be held. Almost
without exception the expressions of
the writer's are highly commendatory
and the opinion that great good will
result from the exchange of ideas
appears to be general. Among those
who have written in this vein are the
Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott, DID. editor
of The Outlook; Samuel Gompers.
president of the American Federation
OF Labor: Richard Watson Glider.
editor of The Century; John Mitchell
president of the United Mine Work.
ers of America; Judge Peter G..
Grosscup of Chicago; Bishop Henry
G.. Potter; Charles g. Dawes, the
Chicago banker; John M. Stahl, pres
ident of the Farmers National con-
gress and Nahum j. Bachelor. grand
master of the National Grange.
DR.. Abbott in hts letter voices the
sentiment which runs through all the
communications when he says, This
Is a time when we need light, not
heat" Nearly all the writer's be-
lieve that the greatest good will come
from the wide publicity which will be
given the trust question as result
of open discussion by the leaders of
thought who will take part in the
conference. 1T seems to me funda-
mentally true" writes DR.. Abbott.
that the interests of the railroads,
shippers and the general public are
essentially one, and that it is of the
utmost Importance that men repre-
senting all these classes should get
together. compare views and endeav-
or to come to some agreement as to
the general principles by which these
common interests can be best serv-
ed" Mr.. Glider believ rs that This
talk will help to bring calmness and
GOODNESS to the public mind, and Hea-
ven knows 1t needs them Judge
Grosscup says that 1t Is full time that
the corporations which have grown
up as developments of our business
life without much reference to their
relation to the people as Institutions
of, and for. the people, be looked
into as institutions of. and for. the
people" Bishop Potter believes that
"by bringing the whole subject of
the administration of corporations in
to the light we may be assisted by
the best intelligence of the land. ="
in clearing up subject concerning
which there is $50 much ignorance
and so much curious misapprehen-
sion.' That the conference will be
productive of much good In that 1t
will allow all sides to meet and freely
express their opinion on what he
regards as one of the greatest sub
jects the country has to deal with.
is the opinion of President Gompers.
John Mitchell also sees much possible
good in open and free discussion.
Mr.. Dawes regards the calling of the
conference at this time as a highly
useful piece of work. He believes
that the industrial problems con-
fronting the country today demand
consideration by the best brains of
the nation. The questions to be dis
cussed at the conference are declared
by President Stahl of the Farmers
Congress to be 'the most important
pressing for solution before our peo-
pie today" Grand Master Bachelder
believes 1t Is time ''for serious peo-
pie to discuss the trust problem when
President Roosevelt and the law Of
ficers of the government, whose 6uty
1t is to enforce the Sherman Anti
Trust Act. openly say that under 1t
the business of the country cannot
be done today without violating it,