The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-19

United States could ship grain, illus
trating NJ De Rousier's declaration
that your law has been strong for
the weak. but weak for the strong :"
The manufacturers trust grew out of
the tariff walls. and other trusts are
founded upon the coinage laws.
Charge of Demago1ue.
Some twelve months ago | read an
article against the Oklahoma corpor.
alton provisions. wherein tne princi
pie charge against the makers Of this
provision and against those who
stood for it was that they were dema
gogues. This being true, shall quote
from B. w. Holt, in the Review of
Reviews, wherein he says. "a rail.
road company of Ohio charged George
Reese of Marietta, Ohio rate of
thirty-five cents and the Standard uli
Company rate o. ten cents for car.
rying oil the same distance and I'M.
der the same circumstances, and
that OF this thirtyfiye cents the rail
road turned over five cents to he
Standard Oil Company as rebate
These facts were afterward proven in
the case of the Cleveland and Mariet-
Ia Railway
Mr.. Holt further says: unable to
obtain fair treatment from the rail-
roads, the Independent refiners, with
capital OF five million dollars, con.
structed the Tide Water Pipe Line
Co. Immediately the railroad reduc-
ed the rate on oil from Sl.15 per bar
rel to eighty to thirty, to ten cents,
until at last a general freight agent
stated that the rate would not pay
for wheel greese. The Tide Water
Pipe Line Co. survived for four years.
when It was. gobbed up, by the trust"
quote second from the Supreme
Court OF Ohio of March 9th, 1891.
The court says, in reference TO the
Standard Oil CO.; But such Is not
one of the usual general results OF
Ahohopiy. II 10 tHt ttliclul 4 uit VI
law to recite not what may be but what
usually hapens. Experience shows
that 1t Is not wise to trust human Gu
pldity when II has the opportunity to
aggrandize itself at the expense of
Others The claim OF having cheapen-
ed the price to the consumer is the
usual pretext on which monopolies OF
this kind are usually defended
In the case of Richards VS.. Bull, 76
Mich; in the case OF State Elk Rel V.
Standard Oil Co, 49 Ohio, the court
said: "The third object is a society
in which few men are the employers
and the great body are employees. or
dependents.sis not the most desirable
In the Republic; and 1t should be as
much the policy or the laws to multi
ply the numbers engaged in indepen-
dent production as to cheaper the
price to the consumer. Such policy
would tend to an equality of fortunes
among its citizens. thought to be so
In Republic, and lessen the amount
Of pauperism and crime"
The same doctrine is held in the
case of "Monopolies." 44th Elizabeth
in the Old English Court, in the case
Of a grant by the crown of the sole
making Of cards within the realm, de-
clared by the court TO be void and a
monopoly.
next quote from the message OF
President Cleveland, December 7th
1896. Mr. Clevland says: when
these are defended it is usually on
the ground that they increase profits
and that they also reduce prices, and
thus may benefit the public.
The tendency is to crush out indvid
ual independence, to prevent the free
use of human facilities and the full
development OF human character;
through them the farmer, the artisan
and the small trader Is In danger oi
dislodgment from the proud position
of being his own master with no duty
but that OF passive obedience, with
little hope OF rising TO the scale OF re.
sponsibility and healthful citizenship
For lack OF time for further quota
tlons. | refer the reader generally ia
the political writings OF Richard T
Ely. Professor of Political Economy
In the University of the Republican
state OF Wisconsin. and especially his
work on "Monopoles and Trusts"
But pause to ask, is President
Cleveland a demagogue? Is the Su
preme Court of Ohio d demagogue? Is
the old court. Queens Bench, under
the reign OF Queen Elizabeth OF Eng
land two hundred years ago. a dema
gogue? Is the action just quoted ol
the independent refiners to organize
the Tide Water Pipe Line Co.. dem
agogue? And had there been states
men in Ohio at that time to have as
sisted this Independent oil company
In their development OF the pipe line
would their action have been pro
nounced that Of demagogues? Thaf
assistance TO preserve the man" Il
ell that has been attempted to bt
done in Oklahoma. The effort Of th'
makers OF the constitution, the vital
lzers OF the law upon the statute
books has been to encourage the indi
yidual effort, as President CLEVELAND
said. and make. individuals feel ;hei