Show M g t kg i feia W to t oi ZW Z W ME t NAIL tk TRUST OST hiie md trust one of the concerns of the kind in the states lias has decided to gite giro ap hii tim ghost ast on december lat fea fact will not cause the peo t 7 plo of the united states to form a 4 E jeneral train and in solemn pro Z I 1 cem follow the hideous monster jt to ila his early and timely grave no H but on the die contrary the ac people will are re joice goice because one of the sworn swam ene Badea of honest industry and sl wealthy cau nerce one of the y gr greatest attest dangers to the nation and a constant menace to society has been forced to succumb to the inevitable the cause of its early demise has haa not arisen from without no external form forces have been brought to bear upon it but bat it has been driven to the therall wall by its own hands it was rotten at the cum core corruption was its anatomy and through its veins it had no arteries flowed its own destruction it could not purge itself of impurities for it was not endowed with purifying organs in the eternal fitness of things such an institution could not endure for it stood in opposition to all the fixed laws of industry and trade there are rules and regulations to which all enterprises must conform in order to have a normal and healthy growth but if they do not so conform upon them sooner or later will be visited the penalty which follows the transgression and violation of law A fair and free competition is prolific of good results stagnation of business is no worse an evil than any combination which seeks to throttle and stifle an open competition contracts in restraint of trade we am looked upon with great disapproval by the courts and are accordingly acco i ly stamped as illegal because they attempt to prevent competition and are not in harmon harmony Y with a sound public policy why cant the legislatures and courts reach the trusts and stamp them with a like disapproval they the y should not be beyond the reach of all law except the law of nature |