The paths made by the mammoth through
unexplored tracts were a great boon to half-savage man. In fact,
man followed along those paths after awhile and learned how to
kill the mammoth very neatly.
The trusts are marking out organized paths through the hitherto
chaotic, disorganized systems of industry. Those paths will be
useful to all men through all time. The trust will be killed
when his day comes, as the mammoth has been killed.
Let us be patient meanwhile, and not forget that, though a
monster, he was a monster absolutely necessary and very useful.
TRUSTS AND THE SENATE
If you are willing to assume your responsibilities as an American
citizen you should study seriously the question of the trusts.
Already trust organization has assumed very real and very
threatening proportions.
Every family in the United States knows of the existence of the
Meat Trust, which cuts down the food supply of the people to add
to its bank account.
Every merchant feels keenly the existence of half a dozen trusts
on which he is absolutely dependent, and from which there is no
escape.
We all have seen the Coal Trust keeping ready armed men to shoot
working citizens whenever it should give the order. This Coal
Trust, in a calm, matter-of-fact way, boasted that it would, if
necessary, "call out the United States Government troops" to
shoot the miners.
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