The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-06
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lDidISe In S"h1y OH AAAAO
Of business? That seems to be the eff
feet Of the Suns argument. It tells
&C that the men who are to direct the
affairs of the mighty tobacco empire
when the Dukes and others have pass
ed away will be just such country
boys Yes, they can be employees,
and some Of them we'll ~salaried, when
"such country boys" have made them
selves capable, but here is the gist OF
the whole matter: these Country
boys'' have the inherent right
like the Dukes when they were
tust country boys to have a
chance to be their own employers
and to build up a great business
as the Dukes did. But it is denied them
by the trust.
Now, by reason of their illegal
giant monopoly, h tobacco trust,
has shut the door of opportunity in
the face Of all other country boys''
unless these country boys Of this gen.
Grafton are willing all their lives to
be employees Of the mighty trust with
never even 50 much as have a hope
u ~A~ Cal oA4A
building up their own business.
America has been said to stand for
Opportunity and until the trusts
got control of SO many branches Of
business, every man had the right
70 try to build up a business Of his
own; and, in a fair field, the man Of
most enterprise and equal opportu-
nifty and most brains succeeded in do
ing so. 1t is this fair chance and equal
opportunity that a trust destroys and
1t is no answer to this argument
against the trust method-(the Su-
preme Court last week declared it
was a crime)-to say that men Of ex-
ceptional ability may get employ
ment by these trusts and be well paid
for their services. The healthy mind
&C American would prefer to have
less money as a salary and be given a
nance to build up a business for
himself. Those who do hope to be-
come their own employers do not be
IieVe that the door should be shut
by the Dukes and associates who
have mo%nopoliZed the tobacco bust
ness and said to all their employees,
big and little, whose ambition
prompts them to hope some day to
establish a tobacco business on their
own hook Leave hope behind, all We
who enter here"
The Suns argument for large cor
porations has nothing to do with the
trust position. Nobody objects to
large corporations. The Duke Com
pany in Durham grew from a little
affair in a rickety barn to a mighty
corporation before the trust was or
ganized; and if there had been NJ
trust, it would have continued te
grow and would have been a mighty
concern. Every dollar the Duke:
made before they went into the trus'
was as just and honest as the dollar:
the unsuccessful man did no
make. Great corporations have grown
up and nobody has asked them tt
halt because they get big. Indeed, the
country wants all fields of effor'
open SO that men Of gigantic brain:
and far seeing vision may open new
oooi9 ana 90 great innings anu !
wishes them also to carr wealth a:
the result of their enterprise. TIL
Sun needs to keep in mind,-and Sc
do others who talk about a "destruc'
tive mania"-the distinction between
q great corporation n a rust Thu
great corporation that does millions
Of dollars Of business and earns mil
lions Of money Is no menace to an!
body and as long as it does not dis
obey the law and does not try tt
stifle competition and intimidate o.
destroy others in the same line O.
business. 1t Is the trust and monopol!
feature that is illegal not the size O.