The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-08-13
THE TRUSTS AND THE PEOPLE

Probably the most important question before the American peo
today and for the next few will be- that OF the regulation
o trusts"
hardly today The applied
arrangement by which
they brought
advantages Each would place part the stock his
written agreement in the hands OF small board
who called trustees and who managed all the plants involved
their Soon most Of the laws against this form of
passed. and the wished together
other arrangements which inside the law but accomplished
purposes There forms
rangement which differ in but are all alike that they
give few sometimes single control
control formerly giving
up their freedom Of action for larger profits These
ments not really trusts FORM but they purpose the
has to be applied to them all
1t has often said that there forms Of good
and bad this hardly
do good and most of them do harm.
The good that trusts do making money II has been
any large factory
small when the different parts made large quaint
cheaper the sell
ling a the selling hiring and
O advertising and smaller These things and other
mics make possible either bigger profit for the makers
sell smaller othe people Because Of these things the
have made and saved great sums money and have contributed large
g the prosperity of the they should be destroyed prices
would up kinds manufactured articles and there would
be good deal less prosperity the country Also OF course there
would be heavy loss to the people who have loaned them
the expectation Of getting back out of the increased profits
But serious evils in the 1t not hard
lines Of business trust large enough most of the
product in that line When concern can do that has in its
power smaller parts
country, compete
charge than the article worthto take than fair
fit Frequently will sell below the price that its smaller competit
the difference the people able send great quaint
freight another and make the railroads
give special sometimes making the roads its freight
loss which other shippers have make up Also, trusts do
immense business and frequently laws which the books
discussed will affect them greatly another and they
politicians either buy elections bride officers of
Of the law after they have been elected In these they do
deal OF harm the and business this il plain
could which made money
saved for its and did harm either to its
peto the community. 1t also plain that il, attempting
prevent the injury the the country will lose all the
advantages along with the harm So the today have
this great probemhow make the be good and
their doing their share Of the nations work and contributing
the general prosperity.
Mr. has the He kill the trusts
That would undoubtedly the they doing
would also prevent them from making would
drive prices would also panic which would bring
pretty hard times Mr. Bryan, he dentist would,
him with tooth the mans head of
stop aching He would stop ache but
don't like that kind of remedy
make the be good without hurting business good deal
trouble will the end We not all
the methods that will be suggested but the important thing that
the idea right 1t every mans study all he
subject and only that the Republicans have the right
idea be ready when the help them at the
while here almost
thing made and there whose
wealth happiness effected by what they do and what
done TO them