| Show I oXNC > lCA TEn I TRUSTS C01111ItID The world l has been etalUd by the audaelty oC trusts Capital Hell haB smiled on reillilng Its supreme strength and OIOrtho 1 discovery of iraBlbllltlej of combination was as much of a surprise fb Itself as It was I to all Its parts Perchance here and hero an Individual had dreams of unity based upon personal experience or desire but tho shibboleth of trade had hu for Years circumscribed bf the word comllIlIon so that few sayed to think that any other prInciple prIn-ciple of action would ever obtain no eendeny In the productHo wOlld With the enlargement of the boundaries boundar-ies at trade facilities for transit and n broader teeming population rivalry loam chronic In large part de struclle nnd little by little the shadowy outlines ot It new pawer I began be-gan to assume solidity until today Inactions many In-actions the grip of a manstir Is I believed to bo within the velvet glaie 01 capital In the form of colossal colos-sal trusts Certain momentary benefits may have accrued to the maws where xmpetlthe rivalry has been created is In the content between tho root oltee dealers Arbucklc and the Wool son company for that article deemed otisential by many Is now liS low III price perhaps lower than It was In tile early tittles and y ot tho present Competition amounts to I a mighty monopoly for In the excitement and determination of the two partlesthey control nearly all that made of coffee which Is Available ror the Ameilenn market and thus doubtlfsi affect by l > their henw operations the Price of that article throughout the world This Coalition Is I however Unique In the commercial world and hall but little In otnmon wllh that class ot trusts wlilh et t upon a different basis In rrcat part for some of these Ullle competition by an endeavor lo regulate the output of Industrial plo election so tin 10 enhau the alOe thereof the difference of course tom Irg from the jiasrlve consumer hoe Interests and expenditures nro thus silently yet decidedly I lontrolled bythe directing junta uho determine prices profits and production for their special spe-cial and particular line One of the methodt employed has I I 1 1 11111111lI1111111111111 I been th t rapltallzntlon of the value nf c rcatlve plants thin Banking one com mnn fund as It were assuring tile org trial owner Intert on his Investment then l keeping open or closing once Indl vl4ual I works by authorlt where dem expedient by demand or for eurlng grrattr profits This was and Is I the status of the great class In dulrI ot our free count and by nil Irnn hand fires aio lit or extln gulh Irrespective 01 local workers or artisans who are probably unable to move elsewhere or secure employment In directions foreign to a lifelong experience ex-perience I The same crushing method has been applied tolion and all Us products much as steel nails wire rails etc tile output of coal has also been largely determined 1 In the rnme manner and possibly many a strike has had behind be-hind It If the truth were known the potential Influence of capllal while the tailored laboring man has been blinded blind-ed and led to believe that he nnd Ills associates In loll were the aggressors vhen they were but dupcH Every ono Is I familiar with the near omnipotent sugar trust In manipulating the refined product at least which by ilmoct Imperceptible methods ot advancement ancement levies I profitable tribute upon up-on n Ionssuffering probably helpless aggregate bC cnumer and users ot ho saccharine product Coal oil n modern Indispensable for light and heat to say nothing ot Its products has also been held In the graI IIf a giant monopoly sometimes embodied as Rockefeller but no doubt It Is I more Man un Individual Oolronda of the rarest kind A Press plrugraph 01 > Into naja that a turn of the wilst oC > the chiefs added Ivvenlyllve mil lion to lire value of the stuck In a single night and the Nona pointed out but I n few dole ago that while nt tho refinery the cost was but two and a halt cents u gallon tile price lit Utah Is I bout stationary at tvv enlj IUe cents Even If transportation and loss are great tho Imposition Is I much beyond l tht ot our local coal combine end Con dillon which as Is I said Dimply pays the miner slxtjllvo cents per ton but dide out to the citizen uthin fifty mile at the accommodating price of tour > dollars and fifty rents per ton this to the sllentbut of course helpless consumer an the victim of speculative monopoly I All these trust and monopolies pro fees to be actuated by Philanthropy In port They claim that trusts secure latter prices and better service to the consumer but It cannot be denied that they are essentially protective and Selfish speculative and greedy 01 that their province Is I to gt money honestly If they ran loutto get monesl It Is I much to lio feared however that resistance to tho subtle encioachments of capital here self Is I so transparent t will yet bring this nation to conditions nlmot Impossible to the more conservative nations na-tions of the earth where wealth Is 1 less ostentatious and the fabulous ac trellons ot this country are near un knonl Turn wo now Lye mental action for n moment to n far more striking rust albeit comparison between things temporal and things spiritual may not at tho first glance seem quite ll lf r Compatible I I jet If will be found though both germane and legitimate beyond cavil or dispute 11 In I now neal seventy years since this trust emerged from the embrjc > condition and may be It wan the nome L1 f ll is inlet onicer which Introduced In 10 our modern Vocabulary the I cognomen cog-nomen now almost universally ud Us most pronounced expositor was President Hilghom Young who claimed succession from the founder thereof and who by Providence wa called then elected and sustained by his associates under the title of Tru tee In Trust for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter ay Saints In that organization or-ganization every man nearly realizes that a dispensation of the Oocpel hal ha-l committed unto him and Is I prepared to say with Paul Won unto no It I preach not the Gospel As colaborers the equals In this have proselyled In many of the nalloni of the earth In great nations as Nell as amid or on the Island of > the sea men halo made vast sacrifices In pursuit of this Trust they counted nothing dear unto them they took their lives In their hands leaving wives families friends business busi-ness without purse or scrip deliverIng deliver-Ing a nsoc whether men would hear or whether they would forbear Years were spent In this endeavor to enlighten their fellows to ledeem and gather them this was their only rpecu effort It wa not tame nor wealth nor power It was philanthropy It was Chrlstlanlly It was Divine Till Intensity In-tensity Interest swelled In the hearts of all ages and was In both sexes wives mothers children had the same Inspiration until over the dreary plains hundreds of teams and wagons were lu nQullllon and thousand of young men spent their oummer strength and prospective summers product In delivering the poor and theme that had elsewhere no helper from the bondage of poverty depressIng depress-Ing surroundings and hopeless outlook out-look and then aided Ihem In colonizing col-onizing Utahs barren wilds until the hole land now smiles with Plenty Happy homes fruitful fields good schools and cozy chapels tell of blessIng bless-Ing unit progress hejond the wildest dreams from Idaho to Arizona town and hamlet embrace each other from Nevada to Mexico this milvalory process pro-cess has dotted tho land with seine merits where Ihe hum ot Industry nn the none of praise are so superb blended that the music thereof heard around tho earth and thousand abroad who possess this same spirit are looking for and praying earnestly that they also may share In the I blessings ot this the grandest and mot Godlike Trust ever devised or that commands general reverence and 10 npect on the earth today The longing ardent souls afar off want to be workers and stockholders partners lu this trust they know II in I spirit they bar testimony to Its success and tho aurano ot sacrifice Is I no barrier III desired participation therein none 01 I the elements of monopoly are nsclat ed with It no lust for power consUtut qualification for Murk no more glory I MI I or triumph inures to the prominent than to the most humble faithful In little will be faithful In much In the due time ot the Lord and the brightest or tho best the most Indefatigable as the mot Insignificant the most prominent nent or the mot unknown are liable to have deferred to tho great day of account that reward which Is I scarcely ever the motive power but which Is I Certain as the promise and power of Deity Itself I Over five hundred settlements founded found-ed In fifty years tell of the Inspirational Inspiration-al genius of this trust over one hundred hun-dred thousand enrolled Sabbath school Kcholam tell of the grand conditions established In the name brief time nnd near half a million mil-lion express faith In Its truth and devotion de-votion to Its Interests spiritual In Us Inception as this movement may have been Its religious aspect may have appeared ap-peared frenzied to many n ookeron but there was method In Its mad nee there wa wisdom In Ills councils tlls there was inspiration In tho hearts of the participants and God was behind the whole He It was who redeemed It from celflshnens who guarded It from worldly speculation uho ro divided Its control that no aspirant for rule or ag grandisement has ever usurped therein the-rein oC power pure democracy IV I the life of Its conclaves and gatherings the voice of the people Is I veritably the voice oC Goal This trust of Intelligence ranctlfloi brotherhood will some day emerge from Its momentarily religious aspect It will broaden Into social life Into educational ed-ucational directions Into trade circles and genrol processes 01 Industrial nal I vatlon then the I meek of the earth II 1 shall rejoice and the poor among men have jet grander faith In the Holy Ono I of Israeli |
