| Show EVILS NOW THREATENING MONOPOLY IN PRIVATE HANDS IS ONE OF THEM So Declares Tom L Johnson Before II National Social and Political Conference Con-ference in Detroit r Detroit lndh JUrcSI am el of thosq said Mayor Tom rJj Johnson John-son of Cleveland before I the second National Social and Political conference confer-ence at Its opening session today who believes that the greatest evil threatening this country today is monopoly in private hands Mr Johnson thought that the cure for monopoly was equal taxation and said The day that the evils of taxation tax-ation In this country arc cured the day that au classes of men pay the same rate of taxation is the day that 1 this country will be able to control these monopolies here were less I than a hundred people peo-ple In Philharmonic hall when President Presi-dent IDltwccd Pomcroy of New York called the conference to order and Introduced In-troduced Mayor Johnson as chairman of the session Thc Function of the Church in Furthering Equality was discussed by Rev II S BIgelow of Cincinnati Dr Alexander Kent of Washington D C and others cHow c-How to Use the Press was discussed dis-cussed by James K Scripps of Detroit and Willis J AJihott of Ann Arbor while G Sibley of Washington and Charles B Patterson editor of the Arena discussed How 10 Use Books and Pamphlets I Unification of reform forces and organizations or-ganizations was the subject discussed at tonight meeting Pi of Seely of Ohio university the first speaker advocated ad-vocated direct legislation H G Wilshlrc of Los Angeles Cat argued for a cooperative system as against the present competitive wage system and assorted that three years from now the cooperative system would be recognized as the remedy for piesent economic conditions and would be generally adopled Prof B W Bemis of New York din cubsiMl The place of trade unions In reform movements lie said In order or-der to progress Kocially and economically econom-ically we mUst educate and organize and I think that the unions are giving I men lessons that will help jjieatly In organizing the massed DIscuKslng Prof Hernias paper Rev I Rev Mills Chicago said that labor llJs I must follow the example of the great trusts and by becoming political masters mas-ters of the country make san s-an International factor During the afternoon groups of dele Durng gates interested in single tax the flu klnham movement mutual banking prohibition and other special subjects formed themselves Into groups and talc over their hobbles |
