Salt Lake Telegram | 1908-08-21 | Page 10 | Greatest Economic Trust

l GREATEST ECONOMIC TRUST The greatest ceo economic trust in the world ha has its headquarters rs in the tho palaces palaces palaces pal pal- aces of Tokio Tho The Japanese imperial household is t the tho c center tenter around which an amazing n business organization on revolves re Tho The effects of ot tho the application of trust methods to the partnership between a sovereign state a family of ot princes ruling ruling rul rul- ing lag by hy divine ino right and a certain clique of ri rich h men are arc being felt all over oyer the east cat says tho the Oakland Enquirer These certain rich rih men in association tion with the rulin ruling oligarchy archy own stock in nearly ne owr every lar large e business ls concern under tho Japanese flag and in many of them control tho the majority of the shares For instance tho the imperial im mi- penal prial household owns a largo large cotton spinning mill It also owns tho big hig steamship lines Jines and nud makes business for forthe tho the Japanese merchant marine Tho The essentially paternal government o of Japan Ja Ja- Ja- Ja pan exercised by In- Ina a half dozen mt men n will wiIl subsidize anything on earth If tho the imperial household and other partners in the tho trust think there thero is ill a chanco chance to tomake tomake make money a business S- S Swill will bo ho carried I Ion on as IS a n private concern but with tho the government o treasury held in reserve O to help out an any weak point with a sub sub- si sidy This appears to be even cven an improvement im im- im provement upon the American trust tt tern m Although in iii this J country the tha trusts are arc not generous enough h to take the government 0 into partnership on any good thin timing thing but the government o is used to sustain tho the monopoly while whilo the profits profits profits pro pro- fits go into the tho pockets of tho the pr private prato ato owners of the trust In Japan Tapan at least the government receives a share sharo of the tho E spoils