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IS NOW KING OF TRACT nenry Huntlngton's Work in Developing Electric Roads. CONTROLS IN CALIFORNIA Beginning With Ihe Los Angeles Stre e Railway, He Has Acquired Other Large Properties and Made buccesses of Them. Few men leave a lastlns Impression on Wall Street. It Is a place o? tleet ing memorie*!. It cherishes no senti? ments. Thoughts are wholly engrossed by the oxig?nelos of the present und tho possibilities of tho futuro. Among the few Titans of finance, tho Immensity of vrhme nets In tho past construed by these result?, has mnde a visible Impression on the present, and will bo Ineffaceable In the future, is tho Into Collis P. Hunting? ton. Bis knitting of a continent together with rails of steel was a Performance that will live In the chronicles of, a na? tion's progress side by side with the Join-. Ing of continents by moans of the At? lantic cable, and In financial history In the records of those great railroad corpo? rations which sprang Into being at bis Instigation. Stopping ln his footsteps, continuing the Ufo work of h'ls distin? guished uncle, attracting attention by the brilliancy of his own work, comes Henry E. Huntington. Although Mr. Huntington has long been a well-known figure In rallrond circles, a financial power with the Huntington millions be? hind him, It ls ln me field of electric railways that ho stands as a commanding figure ln the f'.Tst rnnk. MADE SUCCESS OF IT. While ho has beon for many years building up In his quiet way a name and reputation, tho events which hnve estab? lished blm In a very few years ns one of tho strongest financial mon, and one of tho most successful railway build? ers and operators In the country, have been happening on tho Pnclllc side of tbo continent. Less than half a dozen years ago he saw a groat opportunity In tho purchase of the controlling power In the Los Angeles (Cal.) Street Railway lino, which was then trying hard but unavall Ingly to be a success. He promptly cor raled the stuck and becamo tho president of the company. From tiiat moment tho change occurred. His vigorous and pow? erful personality was Immediately felt In the commencement of now construc? tion and extensions, and in the revivifi? cation of tbe old spirit which had been satisf.ed to take care of what there was. The Huntington trait, manifested In bruii uncle and nephew, has always been a de? sire to create tilings, to make a better market, to Increase the growth of In? dustries. This means generally the sac? rifice of present dividends In the interest of vaster ones later on and enormously Increased value's of property, but It takes money and patience and faith to do this, and all three H. E. Huntington hus In a large measure. With a chosen few among his strong financial friends?the banker. I. W. Hollinan, of San Francisco; Anton Bore, and Ch. de Giilgen of the same city?he established tlio Pacific Electric Railway Company, with a cnpltal of ten million-;, which began "building new lines with a rapidity unparalleled. From towns near by to towns far a wny from Los Angeles, as ? center, railroad con? nections were made, cables were torn out and trolley wires substituted, now cars and equipment of the highest class Were purchased. No expense was spared, fur Mr. Huntington Is a believer ln the econ? omics of wealth and never temporizes. To-day the great system of electric railways under the control of Mr. Hunt? ington and his a?30clates, which serve Los ?Yiigeles and the country tributary thereto, comprises 326 miles of track. The Pacific Light and Po\v??r Company, of Los Angeles; the Los ?\ngeles Land Com? pany, the Pacific Electric Land Company and the Huntington Land and Improve? ment Company, are outgrowths of this railway combination, and are Institutions brought Into being to co-operate In ad vantnseous ways with the railways. A .-NEW ?ORGANIZATION. Within a-few 'weeks still another new oryanlr.atlon?the Los Angeles Inter-Ur ban Railway Company?lias come Into ex? istence to supply still further the grow? ing traffic requirements of Southern Cal? ifornia. Tl_?s Ih another outcome of Mr. Huntlngton's energy. Under his policy of va_t and rapid construction of rail? way facilities. Los Angeles ls leaping for? ward, commercially speaking, and In? creasing ln?r population and prestige great? ly. Still more marked Is the Increase of her property values. It is sufficiently tu- . dlcative of this to note that the city In the last six months has placed on "her records building plans for 2.7?O hulldings, Involving a gross expenditure of ?u.llO.O.O, H record probably unt-qualed for cities of her size. AVilhin the past few months thc news? papers of Southern California have kept the Bast Informed of labor ag.tallons there, which at first sight seemed to promise a groat deal of trouble for the Huntington lines. Huntington happened to be right on the spot, ami ho uleposedof the strike at one blow. Tho fight was a {significant one. I-'or a long tune ng ta tors from San Frnnclfjco had been try ng to steal a march on him. Ho has long been familiarly known to the walking, delegates as nn uncompromising enemy to union dictation In his own affairs and as a tough proposition to run up against. As pros.dent of the Market?Street Rail? way In San Francisco, the labor leader? let him severely alone, for thoy knew his metal, and that pon Ible lo.-s uf p ve? nue did not count with l.lm &? against principle. At last lhe San Francisco dele? gates thought things wero ripe for a sulko on the Hunt nglon line,-, ?n Lo? Angeles ami vicinity, it was ordered, und it tasted less than an hour, at th? end of which 'ime- everything was running smoothly, unii Just as before, with one Impili tant difference?the union men were out of Mr, Huntington'?? serv ce, and tlv v will ? emu n nui. While th..? "strike' lasted the office telephone was kept lui-y answering the call? ol many "i the day men off duty who offered their services In the emergency. KIND TO HIS EMPLOYES. Mr. Huntington a long time before this voluntarily raised thu wages 01 his employe? because ho said thoy deserved It, and established a civil service sys? tem of increased pay per hour, according to length of service. This voluntary fair? ness wa? bo much appreciated by do men themselves ti.it | ..?;. made it lhe subject of a testimoni I to Mr. Hunt? tngton, in which they expressed their appreciation. Since the abortive st.nke he has received a Blmllai letter from his tiainmon, nearly, the whole number of whom remained lit their posts and trim to him. Upon these -men Mr Huntington relies with tlie greotest coi fldence and (my? liiere Is i:o1 a i i ? : ?- r body of em? ployes In the whole pountr] Mr. Huntington'? arasti. ,?? certain labor agitatore call It, with the demands of unionism have leen fvor ftbly com meni ed upon by I-;!-" of his own forces of employes! I II "pin Ions of ?his kind do L'in -.. grail In? justice. On the nueition ?.e-earm Jiit'. Mr Huntington ? ?? .v "' and uncomnromlidne views ?? I ?? ? ? dd himself, he wnnM he ?rl?d "> beli ?rodea unionism, if tr?de? unioni??* would help Itself, but It does not. In fact, he says _i.??ee unionism, as popularly interpreted, ..-. a uisuii.i _uise lo tlie mali who nas ? ??nor to soil uuu u laiiiuy to support mi . La piO-eeus, since Ils wnoie lenueney la .?? ie\el nil men ft no woik to tue piane of ?m. most iiieiiiouie ?ind uiitiKiiifeu, ueuce, it . :,.Hni uniuiimii, unit Il?ones lo ease and -?.?jnpaiaiive luii-ness; it lases away mo ,i aepen?ence ?? the individual and makes nun the sime o? an Impersonal central authority wnlch tolla hot, neunei does it spin. Finally? its direct result, as con? ducted to-day, ls to antagonize tho wage earner und the wage-puyer. So lar as ilio employer ls concerned, the trado union seeks with open Insolence to dic? lino whom he shall employ -and whom he shall discharge, and would take away trom him, ns It does from Its own mem? bers, nil Individuality of enterprise and ihe emoluments which his Intelligence, ?t.-lining and energy clearly entitle him to receive. It is, In a word, to tlio un? wise conduct of unionism that Mr. Hunt? ington objects, mid ngalnst tho unjust de? mands of which ho proposes to stand will all tbo Indomitable will and force fulness that It blft Inheritance. SOCIAL AT CHATHAM A Brilliant Occasion There?Some Per? sonal Items. (Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.) CHATHAM, VA., August 1.?Rose Cot? tage, the hospitable home of Mrs. Walter Pnyno, was a Rcone of brilliancy Frldny evening. The occasion was given by Miss Mary Clark Pny ne ln honor of Misses Mmma ?Vlrd, of Jacksonville, Fin.; Lula While, of New Orleans; Dr. H. P. Carter, of Baltimore, nnd Mr. B.? T. Dabney, of Lynchburg. The cottane bad been elaborately deco? rated for tbe occasion, pink nnd green predominating, nnd very soon after the doors were swung open the residence was alive with tho beauty and society of Chatham. Dancing wns tbo pleastire feature, nnd tbe wearied dnncers wore ?Hen refreshed with delicious orange punch. Indolcii from the bowl presided over by Mesdames Wal? ter Payne and Alrd. Delicious refresh? ments were served. A special term of Plttsylvanla County Circuit Court will convene Tuesday, Au? gust 4th, to disposo of Important business. Registration books opene- previous to the Democratic primary were closed In Chatham District Friday, July 31st, with 101 additional white voters. Mrs. James T. Carter nnd family re? turned this week to Lynchburg. SET CELL AFIRE Negro Criminal Attempted to Burn Himself to Liberty. (Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.) LAWRENCEVILLE, VA., August L? George Ward, alias William Watson and several other aliases, colored, confined ln the county Jail, awaiting trial, charged with stealing a valuable steer, the prop? erty of Mr. John Sndler. made an Inef? fectual attempt to gain his liberty last night by burning off tho door to his cell, hut tho light of his lire betrayed him, and was extinguished before much dam? age was done. Ho was afterwards se? curely chained In his cell. Ills trial Is set for next Thursday, the Cth Instant. It Is said be halla from the State of North Carolina. This section was visited yesterday after? noon by one of tho heaviest rains we have had for a long time, doing some damage to growing crops. MANN BILL IS A GENERAL ISSUE The Mann liquor bill ls cutting a big flgxire In tho contests for tho Legislature al! over the State and tho fights over It are growing exceptionally hot In some sections. A gentleman from Plttsylvanla county, who was in tho city lost night, said It was the Issue there and might reeult In leaving some of the present members at home. In Isle of Wight the liquor people are waging a hot fight on Hon. J. O. Branch and similar reports are coming ln from elsewhere ln the State. The members of the Anti-Saloon League here are being kept In cloje touch with the situation and are informed as to all the counties, cities and towns In tho State where the Mann bill Is an Issue. His Partner Was Gone. f (By A. C. Gordon.) Mv boy Kree? He played wld you when you was a chile? You an' he Growed up together? Walt! Lemme seol Closer! so I kin look In yer face; ? Mas' Goorgo's smllo! Lord love you, marster! Dar 'nenth dat cypress Is whar Kree lays. Sunburnt nn' grown! Mas' George, 1 shudden ha' knowed you, son, Count o' de beard dat yer face has on, But for dat ole-tlmc smile o' yourn. An' Kree, you say? Hadn't you heord, marster, He 'ceased do year you went away? Kree an' you? How de ole times comes back onst mo'i Moonlight llshln' hyars an' in de snow, Squirrels an' Jaybirds up overhead In do oak-trees dat do sun shlnod through. Look at me, marster*. Here's mo llvln', an' Kree, he's deadl 'Pears to me Btrange, Now when I thinks on em', dose ole years. ?Mils' George, sometimes de b'llln' tears Fills up my eyes Count o' do misery now, an' de change. De sun dims, marster, To an ole man when his one boy dies. Did you say "How?" Out in de dug-out one moonshine night, Klsbln' wld your baby brother?he Wld do curie o' yallcr-UHo streaks o' light An' de dancln' big blue eyes. Dead now. Kree died for him, An' yearnln' for Kree, De Lord tuk him, marster; Do croon gross kivers 'em both from sight. Hoord o' do talo? ?Didn't kii iw Kree was do one dat drowned I H .vin' Mas' Charley?.' Well, 'twere ho. He chile waxed weaker, his face mo pale, Alter the corpse o poor Kree wore found; Two months later he went, you see. Cod bless you, marster, Nine yours bus rolled over both under? ground. Worn out an' gray, lic-re 1 sits waltln' Mas' George, alone. All on em's gono? Marst.r an' miglia, an' Charley an' he; ? . an' me only In le''. Suine day, '?'. !.. . you've gone back to yur ship on de Vn heat him say. ??s as he us?,) ??-, u-tlsliln'. ter mo, Paddy, come over!" An' passin' away Dal el*3e <in river again, I'll be Wld my buy Kree. '>ai?fcS?E?!i "?'?"?"" ;.'?r?.iv?<-' ? I Woodward & Son, r'.ARBVi'CCDS, iVAHOGANY, V.Klit PIKE, YELLOW PIHE, Hough and Drosstwl | Ya/ris Covering Soven Acros. \ Main Ullici?Ninth & Arch riu. Revolutions and The Evils of Trusts. -BV_ WILLIAM L. ROYALL? Quebec, Canada, July 2.th, 1003. editor of Tho Times-Dispatch: Sii,?A yenr uno 1 wrote The Times a letter from Halli?-*., Nova Scotia, and l'i It I threatened Its readers with nn other nt the first suitable opportunity. That opportunity having now offered Itself, I proceed to execute the threat it the expense of tho readers of Tho Tlrt?-S-Dlspatch. There Is something singularly attrac? tive to the thoughtful man In tills quaint old rl!y nnd tho heights nf Abraham, whero Wolfe n*ul Monlcftltti hnd It out ono hundred and forty-odd years ago? ? pence to tho ashes of both these bravo ? men. Genernl Wolfe performed the part of a Ballatit and berloc soldier In the battle of Quebec, but It may be doubted whether he realized thnt he was nn Important fnctor ln a world-wide drama then being enacted that became one of the turning points In tne history of man nnil bis civil? ization. Frederick the Second, called "the Great," came to. tho throne of Prussia In 17?0. This title of honor hns never been bestowed, upon nny man more I Justly thnn upon Frederick. Ills work In the world, ns related to Napoleon's. 1 .ivy be likened Ir, Ihe s? ??:?' of -,p?*?*- mtl.; conservatism In Its lnst ditch, compnred ? with the blare and fury, thn lightning nnd thunder of revolution nnd chaos. Just about the time Frederick became King of Prussia, Maria Theresa became Empress of Austria. Frederick had no more right to tho Province of Slier? a than he hnd to tho city of Vienna, but bo had nn army of 00,000 of the best drilled troops tho world ever saw, nnd so he beenmo "land-grabber" and seized tho province. It was the beginning of all his troubles, but without It the world would probably hnve never known the giant that bo proved himself to he. It should bo snld that Frederick rcnlly believed he had a good title to Sllesln. and oven though he did not, Silesia was Pro? testant and therefore In sympathy with Prussia, and totally out of sympathy with Catholic Austria. Had Austria suc? ceeded ln her wars ' with Frederick It ROBESPIERRE. would probably havo meant the extermi? nation of Protestantism by Roman Cath? olicism In Germany. ...COULD NOT BE RECONCILED.... Maria Theresa could never become rec? onciled !o tho robbery. Defeated and humbled in two wars she waged with Frederick, nho persevered nevertheless, and, In 175C, had succeeded in banding together Austria, Franco, Bussla, Sax? ony, Sweden and th" Germin Reich ln nn alliance to conquer Prussia and portion hor out to the conquerors. Heio was a king ruling less than five millions of people- being set upon by six powers, containing more than ono hundred mil? lions of people. No such disproportionate contest was over waged. But Providence, at tho pitch of his misfortunes, gave him an ally, and that an ally that served him j well. Whilst North America was being settled France nibbled at tho buslness,\ too. Towards tho middle of tho eighteenth century she hod 50,000 settlors here, while England at tho aamo timo had a million. But Franco said she occupied tho mili? tary posts of advantage along the St. Lawrence and west of the Alleghiinlos to the Mississippi and the mouth of tho Mississippi, and that that military oc? cupation gnvo her all tho territory west of tho Alloghanlos snd tho Mississippi, whilst England was confined to the ter? ritory east of the mountains and tho river, forgetting that a country belongs to tho settlers who can plow ns well as shoot, -???' ?? ?? .??"? ?.??,? ,.?,?^?? only. TUE GREATNESS OF PITT. This claim of Franco, along with other matters, brought England Into war with hor?a war waged to England's groat discredit until English public opinion forer.,1 ICliiir neoivo ?he Soi mi i I- mi?. William Pitt, afterwards Lord Chatham, prune minister, when Instantly tho differ onco between a renlly great man and small mon was made to appear. Pitt hud been prime minister hut a short timo when Frederick said: "England has been a long timo producing a grent man, but abo tins got one now." with the true inspiration of genius l'Ut saw that tho place to win Canada was upon thc plains of Germany, and BO he mudo a close alliance with Frederick, furnishing him men, and, what was of more Importance, an abundance of money, and so, after seven years of such a struggle as tho world had never seen, Frederick triumphed over his enemies, and tie French w"? il.riy<>n n;?t o? ?. nvi ??., This was truly an epoch-making period. Had the caso been reversed. Roman Cnth | oiicifin would probably have exterminated Protestantism in Germany, and the whole continent of F.urope would have been I Roman Catholic, under Roman Catholic I .nul ablOlute kings, to the great peril of Protestantism, even In Knglnr.d. Thoro would probably have boon no French Rev? olution, and tjurope, would be dp-da} wholly slave, Instead of being in great pan free. Fiance would have had a firm fool aold In North America, und thero would probably have boon no American Revolution' Th? whole face of the earth would, Indeed, have been different troni what it Is, und lhe difference would have been between the good and the bad. But the genius of put, combined with the htrong arm und genius of Frederick, turned the tide In Hie opposite direction, ami t'-r.iiu-e, humbled and bankrupted, be caino tbe productive soil for her bloody bui immortal Revolution, ...CONDITION OF THE FRENCH... Von must pardon me. Mr. Editor, for pausine hero a moment ta ?my a'word ??bom lhe condition of the French people when their Revolution released them from , the awful und degrading bondage Unit t)ig The tei? nt ry feudal system had l?ft them I" rlble condition of tbo FlP"1ch/n^Fre'i?ch that Is to say. twenty ?""""'f,. 0I1,, two ? people out of. fefly, twenty "'''' (,t)-lng hundred and fifty thousand. Is somctnin*. j almost beyond belief. ,? C(.noral I In tho first place, there was ? ? ? IKW governing Kram-?'?? E,-e'y?, ,,,,,. ,VI1S an authority over bis domains, wmu? ? little less than supreme, and >e mfta?. the laws In his domain-, w th. ?' ?? gard whatever for mo rule that migm prevail in other domains. No "??{pJanc. fore. knew what the lew ?ns ? G ini ice. because there was no law. ? be IHM "> orders, whether In church of state, paia only such taxes as they please to pa . while every Hollar that could be wrung from the lower orders I?' ;>'?' iintl "? > device was extorted from them One Of the most distressing of these was the UR ?n all salt used, called the gab?lle, which was ground out of tho peoWe upon ev i Possible pretext and by eVery possible, device. France was covered over t>> custom houses end toll pates that fleeced every one of .ill thnt could be got. Goods that might hnve traveled In throe weeks G??,? Provence to Normandy to?lt^lhfee and a half months through tho delays caused by tho Imposition of duties along tho road. Some nobles had the author It? of viceroys. They Imposed taxes foi their own benefit on wines, llt-uora, gold and silver, lands, pnpor, manufacture of Iron and steel, and tho like nnd B?rne had their private prison;, and their private scaffolds also, nnd the property of nn. mnn condemned to doath ? his Jurisdic? tion was forfeited to tho lord. 1 be lord took a sixth, a fifth and oven .a fourth on all sales of lands, and also when land wns rented for moro than nine years. The drover with his boises and Itine, his sheep and swlac. tho candor with his merchandise, the farmer with his provi? sions Ih his cart, had to pay stiffly for the privilege of troadlng the lord s high road and passing within the shadow of the lord's chateau. In early fetida times the vassals were required to beat the waters ln marshy districts when the lady of the seigneur lay in, to keep the frogs silent, and this duty came to be known as "Silence des grenouilles." In more modern timos tho duty was con? verted into a tax. which all the peasants had to pay under the namo of "Silence des grenouilles." Many other old feudal duties were converted Into taxes ara these taxes wore regularly ground out of the poor people under tho name of the old feudal duties. But It would bo idle to go on enumerating the burdens under which the people groaned. It.was a timo. In the language of a great thinker, when "tho prying eye of the government fol? lowed the butcher to tho shambles and tho bakor to tho oven. When tho peasant could not cross a river without paying to somo nobleman a toll, nor tako the produce which ho raised to market until ho had bought leave to do so. nor con? sume what remained of his grain till ho had sent It to tho lord's mills to be ground, nor full his,cloths on his own works, nor sharpen,his tools at his own? grindstone, nor make wines, oil or cider at his own press." ??. It to I"? wondered 'bit Franc? had hor revolution? Should not all men thank God that she u.id Ii even though attended with the blood and mui dc-r that accompanied It? THE EVIL OF TRUSTS. I have now laid tho foundation, Mr Editor, for what 1 had in mind to write when I commenced ihis long rigmarole. I want now to sty something about our trusts. Tho trusts. If left unrestrained, will reduce the masses of our people to he same stato of slavery that tho eudal system reduced the French people to. That was a feudal system based upon physical force, while the trusts' ondai system will bo based upon brains; but It Will ho none the loss a feudal system at? tended with just the same slavery that the old fenda! system was attended with as soon as it has thoroughly established itself and had the laws framed io ?is own liking. , . The certain, the Inevitable, tendency of everv trust Is to monopolize that business With which It Is concerned, and to make Ihr whole of that business Us own. \\o sco the fact Illustrated all around us to? day. Noie the Standard Oil Company tho American TobbacCQ Company and others that readily occur to the mind. Iho bus? iness of tobacco we will say. being mo? nopolized by t he'American Tobacco Com? pany, what happens? Every operation In the tobacco business is worked by some employee of the trust from tho Urne the tobacco leaves the hand of the planter until it reaches the mouth of tho con? sumer, and no other pen on is permitted an opportunity to touch the business. By COLD KILLS THE QERIM. Lieutenant Perry Bays There Are No Bald Heads In the Arctic Region. _ I ...nlr r,-n.? Iflnn. hair off ?, the roots, ancl tue im.r grows again, p,,,,leide Is the first hah-rem? edy bulli upon the prlnc pie of destro - Ing lhe germ that eats tlie hall' off. Its phenomena salo demonstrates the cor? rect ne? of the scalp {f?? theory. Sohl by leading dr.gglate ?"???,3?: '"?^?G for sumid? to Th? Berplolde Co., De trult. Mhi, owc-ns & Minor Drug Co., Special Agent det-reen nil the stock of the American Tobacco Company comes to bo bold by some ten or a dozen Individuals, and then all the Immense net revenues of the tcbncco business are gathered together, for the enjoyment of those ten or twelve Indi? viduals. The not revenues thnt beforo the trust were divided out nniong thousands of employers-, will bo thus concentrated for tbe enjoyment of ton persons only. Not only so, but under old conditions every person handling tobacco had the Opportunity to become nn employer. Rut ho can nover hope for thnt under tbo tmsts' regime! nil employment In tho to be ceo business Is reserved for the ten pei sons who will own the stock of thn American Tobacco Company, and every person connected with tob?.con tn their ' employee. The very highest Intelligence ? applied ' to nganlzlng the tobacco business so that ' the best poeslblo results shall be derived . from It. and thus nil persons engaged In ? It nro paid tho very best wnges nnd ?al? arlos that will secure all that each per ? son can do, but not one cent more Is paid | Ihnn Is sulllclont to seenro tho very best effort that tho Individual can mnko. Of course, ns population Increases this sum will go on decreasing. In tho end we hmvo the tobacco business organized and operated as ? piece of mechanism of the most perfect character? Not a dollar I? paid out In expenses that is not iiecer.snry to the successful optratlon of the business, while every dollar Is paid that Is neccss sary to a perfect machine, nnd every dollar Is returned from the business that science enn make It yield, nnd nil of that ls for the benefit of the ten men who own the stock of the American Tob?ceo Com? pany. If this Is not feudal slavery In es? pence, then It Is hard to understand the reason why. Tho feudnl baron made the serf labor on the land no ns to make tho lnnd yield till that was possible for his benefit. Tho now feudal baron of bruins makes the population labor In employ? ments for the smallest possible stipend that the businosg shall yield for his ben? efit all that It can bo made to ylold, and FREDERICK, THE GREAT. when all the different branches of busi? ness have been made the subject of trusts a few hundreds of thousands will hold all the streams of revenue ln their own hands, while the groat body of tho people labor In those linos for.? wages, which must go on decreasing as population nnd the supply of labor Increases. 1 foresee clearly that If the trust'is left free to run Its own course It will, In time, es? tablish a condition of absoluto Industrial slavery all over this land. Thero will be a ropctltlon of tho feudal system, a feu? dal system based upon brains Instead of upon the mailed hand, but none the less a feudal system, In which your descend? ants and my descendants must submit to wear collars nnd bo hewers of wood nnd drawers of water without daring to hopo for a separato business and employment of their own, It Is vain to toll me that the trust's rule will bo mild and benig? nant. If tho history of mankind tenches any. one thing with absoluto certainty, it Is thnt unrostralne- power will cer? tainly be nbuiied. Tbo trust may be be? nignant for a time, but In time the baron? of brains will grind out of tho population nil that can bo extorted from them Just as the barons of the mailed hand did whnn they had th? "ower. EXPERIENCES OF OTHERS. Tho advocates of tho trust say It Is absurd to suppose that the trust will ever be ablo io reduco tho population to such a stato. I do not see the absurdity. Hov, was the population of Franco, and, Indeed, of all tho rest of Europe, excopt Hngland, reduced to tho state of Blavory that ? have pictured? It enmo from tho Kings of France and the other Euro? pean sovorolgns having a standing armi. Tins English people preserved their lib? erties because their sovereign never had ? standing army. Even Henry tho P.ighth, absoluto and despotic as ho was, was forced to abandon an attempt to collect taxes from the English po?pl Uial tholr Parliament bad noi levied by a rebellion tbat would have tumbled ? him off his throne If he had not abim I doned tliP nttemnt. But thn poor irrrmnri I people had nothing to oppose to the dis? ciplined rogUnents that were 'ilwaya ot tho call of the King, and so they were forced to submit to all the exactions thnt tho few thousands of feudal barons I imposed upon them, until they camo to be veritable slaves, nnd there had to be an explosion. When the trusts have monopolized all ? ho branches of business in tho country and have completed tho organization of a disciplined army of employes spread out all over the country, they will have .11 the machinery necessary for holding the entire population bound In a gril of iron Their employes, permeating every pool: and corner of the social or? ganization, are, In substance the moa disciplined standing army that such a bus n?s. as this could possibly desire The trusts now have the laws so frame. ,?; io enabb* them to monopolise ?. > business. Thoy now occupy and hold the citadel nt: Ihe case. Tlio new nul. tsry bill recently passed by Consresi nut- all the military forces of the coun? try, Including tho mllltla. oru'anized und unorganized?, at the command >of ihe President who 4s sworn to execute (hoar I ws now In existence that aro so satis fai Tory to the trusts. They need nPtWllB, herefore to woik out their utmost will upo,,' tbo people but a continuation of tho parent 1;l\,H. If the people, see! g thin ?r.p spread out before them .shall mako tho attempt to riso up und change th?s?' laws, iho trilli-' disciplined army of employes, .upplled with the vast ?uro? ft money the trusts can throw into efec tlons, will create such ? struggle is will irequlro nn oxtraordlnnry?an impossible^? effort to win In It. Thc trust has. there? fore, Just the standing nrmy which tho | feudal system of brains requires, and tho new military law backs It with the stand? ing army of physical forco that Is noccs snry to hold tho people ln subjection, while the trust works out Its will upon them. RECENT EXPERIENCE. Tho contempt with which tho Attorney* Gonoml ol tlio United ?Hates leceuuj ndvlnod tlio Prosldont ho was authorized to treat tbe decrees of the Chancery Court of tho city of Richmond In the matter of the Galveston Is a faint Indi? cation of some of tho things that will liinvmn when his nrilortv. the mil" ?? autocrat of these United States, shall loiilt ?\ caso has arisen roi his exoitn,,. some of the despotic powers thtt the now military bill has lodged In the ??????? of a President disposed to assume the part of a dictator. AVo aro all being diligently fattened, that tho trust may eat us up it Its leisure Hid ns Its appetito calls for us. Tho advocates of tho trust present a numbor of specious arguments In behalf of the trust, the principal ones of which 1 will briefly notice. But before doing no 1 want to remark that whatever advant? ages to man tho trust may bring, If, In point of fnnl, tho trust ? going ;o reduce tbe masseB to a condition of Industrial Slavery llho that 1 havo depleted, I care not what benefits It may secure for man, It will be his curse and not his blessing. Wo want no slnvory, even If II he a i-'ld'-rl Blaveryi AVe fnr prefer to live In Comparativo discomfort, IT this comfort bi incident to freedom, than to enjoy all the benefits tho arts nnd ?clone?? can confer, If to get those benefits wo must ?iccopt a condition of serfdom. " The llrst thing we hoar all the advocates of the trust say Is that It cheapens prod? ucts to tho misses. That Is undoubtedly true In a measure. The principle that morn money Is made by s'dltnc great quantities nt ? small profit than bv sell? ing small quantities nt a groat profit, emitios tho trust to reduco the price at which It ?iella its product far below what It may have beim when tho trust was formed, But It Is Just as true that the trust does not reduce the price of the product aa low anperfectly free competi? tors would reduce It. It reduces the price. ? nut It does not reduce It to the lowest point that will leave a living profit. It is always above thnt point. We see this illustrated by comparing those tilings thnt ure created by trusts with Uiomj open to free competition. 1 no prices ot sugar and oil havo undoubtedly been de? creased by tho trusts. But their price. arc not reduced to noarly so low a murgin of profit as the prices of cotton and linen and many other goods open to fiee com- ? petition. The public Is entitled to have It*? goods at the lowest price that conditions can bring them to, but the trust torbida them to come down to that point, so thu.1 I submit that the trust's argument falls at this point. BRAINS AND DOLLARS. We next hear the tnl.t advocates say that It offers the highest rewards for brains. But as It whittles things down to tho most scientific basis it reduces what It pays to the best brains to the very lowest point that will secure thcni, cla-slfylng all beneath the best In such order ?is will socuro what It needs at the lowest possible price, and bringing all, ?r_ rapidly as possible, to the lowest stage, that will secure what It wants. A to?? , with the bost brains got vnluubli em? ployments, but multitudes With ?brains just as good can got no employments, and other multitudes with brains lilt lo Inferior must nccopt tbe position of low salaried slaves. 1 look on ibis argument as nn Insult to human IntelTgeiici). The trust next tells us that It makes our country ablo to go out Into the m?? , Icet- of the world and dom'nate th ?/. But I had far rather see every American I citizen free and contented In his own homo, with America practically unknown In foreign ports, than to see the United States feared by all tho earth while the great milans of her citizens woro l.vlng from hand lo mouth under tho d.'etat on of commercial lordllngs tolling In we lth, lh Wllshlre's Magazine foi May, 1903, there Is the report of an Interview 'be? tween tho editor and Mr. John D. Rock?? foller, In which Mr. Rockefeller gives hie Jitstlllc.it on of tho trust. Being nt the bead of the Standard Oil Company, tho greatest of all the trusts, ono na'urnlly looks with ? ront Interest to whatever h? enti say upon this lino. Mr. Rockefeller says thai before tho formation of tie oil trust, the production of oil had become so groat that producers wero simply de? stroying ondi other and tho promotion ol the trust wns necessary to save the pro? ducers from ruin. But how Is mankind Interested, except In tho most gennral way. In tho prosperity of those who pro? duco oil? Phon mankind s't supine and hoc Itself enslaved because John D. Rock? efeller nnd a thousand other producere of ! o'l will oat each other Up if mankind ro? , mains fro?? Ih that nn adequate reason I why w? should nil submit to conditions ? thnt must deprivo us nf our l'bertles? . So fnr ns the world Is concerned, It want? ' oil produced In any quantities whnt-vef I thnt oro necessnrv to brln? the price down 1 tn the lowest por.slblo point, Mr. Rocke? feller's argument lr? the weiltest of nil, nnd nothing but tho refinement of sol fl-bne???-. Flnnllv, I do not conceal from myself the difficulty and the dnngcr of dealing v* th the -??-*?. But It can be denlt with, nnd. If It Is tnken In hand by patriot'. Intrllgrnce. (lrmlv resolved that ve?t?-_ rights shall not be Interfcr-d with, and careful to reo that due pro.resa Is not nbrldged. we enn preserve our llbert'es nnd Still get all the advantages thnt rea? sonable Industrial comb'natlone can se? cure for us. p. S.?1 Intend, before I die. to do nil In my power to undo tbe mischief that I Innocently mny have done In hereto? fore writing upon tbe side of tho trusts. I did not then understand the case. W. L. R. WM. L. ROYAl_I_. Mo? nlight Excurs'on. Much Interest Is manifested ln the moon? LORD CHATHAM. light excursion to Dutch Gap Thursday night, August 13th. to be given by the popular clerks of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. An evening of pleasure Is promised to those who attend, as there will bo muslg nud dancing, and refreshments will be served nt city prices. They intended going down on Tuesday night, July ?lst. but, owing to the strikt condition, it was postponed to the above date. Tickets purchased for July 21st will be good for August 13th. Y. M. C. A. Notes. This afternoon at 8:30 o'clock the regular young men's meeting will be held for forty-five minutes, led by Charles Enderg. Character to be considered, "Solomon;" subject, "Choice." Young men are In? vited to give the subject a little thought, then come and express It. Mr. T. C. Dlggs will have charge of Hit conversational Bible class, which meets for half an hour directly after tho young men's meeting. This class is taking up in a very thorough manner tho "Life of Christ," by Sharman. Mr. C. G. Taylor will conduct the AA'ork ers' League, which meets at 6:3U o'clock P. M. Mr. S. K, McKeo, general secretary of tht association, who Is taking a rest among Hie hills of SVeut Virginia, Is ex? pected back AYedncsday, August 6th. er^lTOBB??^BffAr^S O ?I -OF On any of our Refrigerators and Ics Ghesis we offer a special discount of FROM OUR BEQ?UR SELLINO PRICE. fin opportunity to buy a Refrigerator at a very low price IONE, ian Street. 9 E. Broad Street.