The Meetings of 1899, 1900 and 1901

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Excerpt from The Meetings of 1899, 1900 and 1901: And a List of Members to September, 1901 Then there is another question which is occupying the minds of a good many people and which will be discussed to-night, no doubt, and that is the question of large combinations of capital sometimes called trusts. Are they a blessing or are they a menace? While it may be a fact that they produce things more cheaply and while they can sell to the consumer more cheaply, while perhaps they can pay better wages, while perhaps they can make a better product, do we or do we not lose something of the independence of American manhood and of man hood in general by having the place of individual effort taken by large corporations? Do these large bodies take the place of individual conscience? Is there a tendency that way at the present time in the American nation? If it is so or if you think it is, is it a proper issue for a national campaign? Is it true or not true that nearly all of these large combinations of capital owe their existence to the laws of some particular State, and that State, one which has been dominated for a long time by either one political party or the other? And, if you say that it is a national issue, and that the National Government must take some sort of measures to curb these trusts, how is it going to do it? How is it going to mix in State affairs, and when you say it is the duty of the National Government to do so, are you or are you not suggesting a form of imperialism worse than any you may hear about to-night with reference to the Philippines? That is a question that may be answered. Now, in addition to these there are a good many other issues that are deemed paramount by some people and perhaps by a very large number of people. The middle of the road Populists have some sort of an issue which they regard as prominent, perhaps paramount. The Prohibitionists also have an issue which they regard as paramount. I can 'see how the middle of the road man might be a Prohibitionist, but I can't see how a Prohibitionist would need to take the middle of the road. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.