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Show baker out of employment becauso he has produced too much bread starves to Jeath. But hero's another story: Along about 1898 Mr. Carnegie, offered bU entire steel holdings to Frlck for $100,000,000. Frick refused to buy, saying tho price was too high. Carnegie Carne-gie then made the name offer to Morgan; Mor-gan; Morgan said: "No, I won't give you $100,000,000 in cash, but I will give you $460,000,000 in first mort-1 gage 5 per cent bonds." Carnegie ac-1 ceped Morgan's offer. Morgan then organized "the United States Steel corporation," better known, as the "steel trust" Then this concern issued is-sued $550,000,000 preferred stock and $550,000,000 common stock, making mak-ing a total liability Including the bonds given Carnegie of $1,560,000,000. Do you see any connection between these two stories? Is not the waterlogged water-logged "steel trust" and tho man's death from starvation, the one complement com-plement of the other? If yes, don't you think wo food better kill Khtl "trust" and let the man live? The "steel trust" is simply a phase of landlordism. The 50 or 60 per cent that it is able to exact over and abovo the ordinary rale on real capital is only rent. It measures tho value of the tribute the "stool trust" levies. i MltLIONS IN WATERED STOCK. A writer on economic subjects call attention to two events from which he draws a lesson. Ho Bays that a short time ago a man fell dead in tho streets of New York City. The ambulance am-bulance doctor Bold that the man died from starvation. The body was Identified Iden-tified as that of a journeyman baker, who had boon out of employment A |