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Show t I J IHECOlMOMItlM: lUMi'ANT. J ? ft CoroUocs and trusts aro about the I j liardtst commtrclal fattora with which FP the publlo haie to ilo, ami Illustrate I ) ( J ' at tlaiM with wonderful forco ami pre- f clslon how men may not vlolaloatijr j law of man and still b lawloss-worsf, J, aomallmrt, than tlioso who itovlolalt. ! i statutory enactment. Innqulst, un- , (.1 pretentious sort of way, which learn 1 1 no palpable ground for suspicion and ' , no posslblo opiorlunlty for a local , '! action, a few men aomttlmus get to. ' '1 gather and by uniting their capital i ' and facilities upon aome corner of tbo j market which hu Ulttlnctlre fiaturca 1 1 In the matter of aupply and demand .I J j and which eTery body muit hare, they j's, I Just aa noiselessly (on their part) oin-I oin-I ' i'J Irol the trade, uneloallrerOKnlteel rule i , j 'j r tralllo and Ignore, erery protest, )" ; h threat, demand or claim that comra I 1 ,j their way. , ' There never wai a fairer or richir ' field for the alnliter performance of ,' this gentry than Hilt Istka City, thli ; U having particular reference to tho I'i coal business. I'romSOflto 1000 torn a 1 1 1 day aro consumed by families and E ' business housca alone, eYerjr oum a of f , j! which la purchased from ono of n half f I a dozen firm acting Jointly with the j ,i railroad. There are no other nieana i of .getting It and no one can do with- aut It, especially at this time of the ( year, Hat n steady, unvarying mar- ! j ket to operate Inl How ur the sup- f ' , jly, how certain lta dlapoelllon and J how aecure tlio pari With auoh a 1 li Held ol operation people at a distance t j would look fir square dealing and reaiouabla pro II If, on which ij terina a good living could le r J made by those engaged In the bual. ) neat; but those at a dUtance don't I j know. It li computed that at 1 a ton I the net profit to tho dealer her would ' U twenty-five wr cent, providing . I lie I reasonably equipped for too Iraf. ' j t flc, which all of thoio tpokcu ol are. t ! It doe not reiulro an loilgbt Into the j I situation to mako commercial men jii anywhtro understand that any bull. j- nesa In which there aro no rlikt to 1 I' iak of and which yield uch return J) I Illegitimate, or elo thero la aome : thing abnormal in the market; but what would ho y If told that even I 1 that I not satisfactory to the dealer 1' that they charge thirty per cent more, ' J It and by mean of short measure and 1 ' worthle Hut! mixed with their good I I j 1 bring the amount which the oomumcr I j ha to pay up about 100 per cent, or I jr " 14 per tool And of course the Increase " ," , ' In thai rice la all profit, or nearly o, ,, f 'Jj 1 became exacted luottly from shrink' j jjt ago and worlhleaa trash. i' Sow, when men combine to keep up ( I till kind of thing, are they guilty of ! nothing at all; And whon the grand I 1 j Jury take tho matter In hand and the I I municipal government enact a law " I requiring at leatt boneatmeuururuent i j In the traffic, If the dealer announce I that they will havo to advance prices If . ' Ihoordluancol enforced, dots It not I ' look very much Jlke a coufeatlon of j guilt? Huppoaa n grocer were called Umjii by tbo aealer of weight and I nifluurei and notified that hla tculia were untruv, by uieaua of which thosv who bought a pound of anything only 1 1 got fourteen ouncra; or that hla gallon ' ' meaauiehad thrunk o much that I 1 j would hold only ttfven pint, and V were tbenupou to notify the merchant ' j, j tbathemuit at ones conform to the I, atandarJ, whit would he most likely i 1 dot If au ho'mat dealer ho would allow 1 I that hu waa In prevloua Ignorance of ',, ' the thortage, exproaa regret that thom hadbeenany tuch trauaactlona In hi i 1 place of bualneas and proceed at oncu ; I ' t to not only rectify tho wrong but, o , far a pnctlcablr, make roatltutlou , I i to Ihoso who bad beeolotrraby It; If a 1 4 dlahoneat man he would complain of the law' arbitrary method and announce an-nounce that by compiling with It he ' ' would be conip.llud to alvance III , price to meet tho difference In hi re. iclpte. I It not to? , Thla I all wrong, nnd wroug.dolng ( aooncr or later bring lui and dleaater to those who jwrtlFt lu lb There can bo no rtaaonable oljcctlon to mm com. blnlng tbelr means nnd unltlug their force for the accompllahment of legitimate legiti-mate enterprlata Inn lawful aul proper ; way. It Is lu thla manner tlut the Kreiter'liualm-sa afTalr of llfo which I ; one or two could not create are brought t Into oxlatenio nnd aucceatful operation, 1 whereby ever body It Unellled. It I I only when aui.li combination uro I vllectod for the urpote of taking nJ- vantngo In au unfair a woll a Illegal maum r that thu right to complain li ' tiiognlzcd. I.pt It not boi-uppnacl , Hint a rightful ompUlul valuing from . a whole people an 1 Lontluuud eu long I nattieovil comilalued of la praUked, will tie Iniiluitual for a great length of llmi; the remedy, sooner ' or later, will suggrtt Itaelf and be a 1 lied. Thiru I surely enough of profit lueilllng coil unywhere in this city at ZM 1 er SOW) ounda wltliout duat or din; there would beut a dollar liia 1 than that, but nu matter as to that Jutt now. Ho long at wi-get what wo jo) for, tho qutatlon of prices eau bo do. ft determined later. Meantime, II would 1 be the) art ol wisdom to Ininaio tho tonklon nofiiilher, If the coal men do ( as other diiattniuuta of trade do, the j ' gousu ma Loutlnuo lay Ilk golden j egg torn eiason loncu, but cot be A yond that wo hoiu aud billot, aW ''I |
