The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-08-02
One Final GOuge
of the People
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woolen trust. John Nicholas Brown,
whose picture is appearing In the news
papers great deal these days, is rated
as the richest baby in the world. His
fortune consists Of stock In the wooden
trust, which pays wages Of IS, 50 and 81
a week, and dividends OF all the way
from fifteen TO one hundred per cent.
The prior increases are purely arbitrary
and are based on no other reason than
the greed of the trust owners TO get the
last possible cent out of the consumers
before a Democratic administration
knocks the main prop from under them,
namely, the tariff.
They're All Doing IL Now
The big trusts have found out that
nothing pays so well as dissolution.
As a result of the Supreme Court decree
ordering the STANFORD Oil trust to dis
solve, the value of that trusts stock
went up in leaps and bounds. The court
decree, without charging the trust in any
way except in the matter OF administra-
ton, amounts practically to a govern
ment guarantee 10 violate the laws At
ter the decree was issued the monopoly
discovered that il stood in no further
danger of federal prosecution, inasmuch
as the decree fixed the legal status of the
trust and as this menance had been the
chief worry of the trust, and the only re-
naming thorn in its side, its value went
skyward just as soon as that menace
was removed.
As result, the other trusts have begun
to "dissolve " The beef trust has an
nouuced dissolution" plan, so that It,
too, will conform to the Supreme Courts
notion of what constitutes a law abiding
trust. The powder trust has already
dissolved, " the terms of its dissolution
decree having been written by its own
lawyers, and later approved by the Fed
eral court in Delaware.
Next to the high tariff, dissolution
is the best thing that ever happened to
the trusts.
Wilson and immigration
A great deal of comment is heard about
a statement in one of Gov. Wilson books
concerning his views on immigration.
At the time Mr.. Wilson wrote the book
in question the transatlantic steam ship
companies were artificially stimulating
immigration to this country from South
ern Europe by holding out false prom
ises to the prospective immigrants. In
huge advertisements these people were
told that every immigrant would be given
farm on arrival here, and that well pay
| ing jobs awaited everybody. This had
the effect of bringing over lot OF people
who we're unified to come, and who
would have remained at home had they
known the real trnth
Mr.. Wilson protested against this sort
of thing, and now certain Republican
newspapers are trying to make 1t appear
/ that he wants to keep all Immigrants out
of this country.
Mr.. Wilson is in favor of immigration.
He asks only the safe and reasonable re-
strictions that have heretofore prevailed,
and is not in favor of putting up the bars
against any man or woman III whom
there lies possibilities of good American
citizenship.
The Huge Express Graft
The report of the Interstate Commerce
commission on the express monopoly sets
forth that while these companies are cap
Iitalized at sl06 900, 900, they represent an
actual investment of only 81 100000.
This shows that the express companies
charge about fifteen times as much as
would be nessecary to give them proht
on their actual money invested, and that
is lust about the size of their graft. They
get As cents for carrying package that
they should carry for 3 cents. And that
is what they would have to carry it for ii
it were not for their partnership with the
Republican party.
Wanted-Two good girls, one for cook ing
one second work: sisters or good lrlehus =
preferred. Address Mrs. f. NJ. Shipley fl4
North Wayne street, Piqua, o.
For nail In the foot apply Hanford's Bal
sam.