Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-01-13
UNCLE JOHNEy is
ON TRIAL OF THE
WOOL TRUST
HANDS OUT FEW
HOT ONES AT OGDEN
Albuquerque Man Urges Build
inc of Mills in the West; Hin
suite Adonment Cartooned
in Salt Lake Paper,

IN Salt Lake Paper,
Mr.. J. II. Bearrup Of this city, head
of the Rio Grande WOODEN Mills, bet
ter known as Uncle Johney' was a
prominent and picturesque figure at
the meeting OF the National Wool
Growers association Just closed in
Ogden. Utah. Mr.. Bearrup, who is
now on his way home. WAS the subject
lamong other visitors, OF some good
cartoons in a recent issue Of the Salt
lake "ribune.' 'iIome manufacture
of wool was the subject Johney Bear
rup got out of his system Is the
llegend under one flattering likeness,
while another, showing to advantage
Mr.. Bearrup's matchless whiskers. has
this explanatory note: Another view
of Mr.. Bearrup. showing his belief in
the home manufacture of WOOL
Mr.. Bearrup in his address before
the convention as usual scored the
wool trust roundly. pleading for the
building of more mills in the west 10
handle the western product.
His address was in part as follows:
Hands Ii Ia the Combine.
You shepherds of the United states.
you men of peace. il is well that you
have met at ogden. a place Well away
and high up above the wal c~enters, for
there are places where life is counted
Icheap, where under ground and above
it lives are snuffed gu by the hum
dreds at a time and the harvest Of
death never ceases.
Profit system { o Blame.
Tam going to make the charge that
able to the profit system. to the things
that make 1t possible for men to get
something for nothing, to take from
others more than a fair labor eS=
change.
These things are the direct and in
direct ownership of great power ma
chinese called manufacturing machin-
cry, upon which We are all dependent
for food, shelter and clothing.
Those things, through a natural
economic law of concentration for
profits by exploitation, has established
them in certain sections Of the
try, to the disadvantage OF other Sec
tons and have en%trenched themselves
behind a system called the trust to
better perpetuate their ability to ex-
plot the people
II want to give you my definition
of q trust. 1t is al organization Of
organizations or corporations COM
posed Of men who have the illumina-
ton to own manufacturing machinery
directly or Indirectly upon which
other people are dependent for a mar
ket for their labor, and dependent for
their necessities; who see the futilits
of individual effort md the strength
of collective action, who realize that
competition for your patronage is
death to their profits.
Two Hard CD JoIts.
The circuit court or appeals at St.
Paul handed the trusts two jolts last
week that will make the trusts mil
lions of dollars. In the case against
the Union Pacific for discrimination.
Judge Sanborn declares, so the press
dispatches say, that corporations nave
the right to select their patrons and to
charge different prices to different
persons. Furthermore. if competition
is stifled merslf incidentally to the
formation of a combine, nc breach of
the Sherman antitrust law has been
committed. II must be shown that the
combination was formed for the pur-
pose Of doing away with competition
There isn't a trust in the United
that was organized primarily To-
throttle competition. For proof Of
this. We have only to go to the pro.
moters-and so there YOU are!
The next day the same court handed
down its deeiaicn dissolving the Staaa-,
ard Oil company. The decision will
take its place-alongside the seal
900, 900 fine farce. For a few dtssi
dear people Will rejoice over Incl
smashing of the common enemy andi
thcn forget the incident. In the m"an-l
time, Standard oil viii quietly rake in
valuable stocks, which have gon
down in price as q result of the decis-I
ion. and proceed In -reorganizing thel
Standard and its cooperating com
into one gigantic corporationl
to the steel trust.
Please note thar there has been no
decrease NOR viii there be) in the
price Of oil. no increase in the marfctI
of crude oil and no increase in
NdBt~ iplN tNtttS Will. rltI- COLI
to steadily inoi ease.
Danger Ahead.
Now. YOU thinking men who arel
watching our herds upon a thousand
hills. how are ycu watching your other
interests? lave YOU heard of n wool
eu mills trust? Do YOU think here IS
danger ahead OF you? Are you secure
in the little protection that % .thn<
you have on your wool? Are wooien
manufacturers one of the Dominant
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