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M. PASO DALLY TIMES, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2», 18WL
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Mineral Wells, Texas. |
BRYAN ON MONOPOLY
Hi* Address Before the Trust Con-
ference at Central Music
Hall, Chicago.
BATS MONOPOLY OHEAPENSBR AINS.
WHY SMITH LEFT HOME....
Because be could lire better, cheaper, with better health and lees annoyance thai
he could at home. “Within one day's ride of El Paso," he read In the dally paper-
tbe next day found him at Mineral Wells, the fau.ous Health and Summer tteeon
with hotela offering unexceptionable accommodations at reasonable rate*, plotur
eaqne summer oottaaes within reach of ererybody'a puree, health-s lying waters anc
happy environs “All summer excursion rates rta the T. A P..“ read those at horn'
and they follow Hr. Smith.
For desoriottve Damphlet or an; farther information c*ll on or address
B. P. DERBYSHIRE. 8, W.-P. A., El Paso. R. W. CCBT18. T. P. A., El Pa
E. P. TURNER. A. P., 1 > 1 in
“No Trouble to Answer Question.”
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f«sfTRAIN EAST
^^rWABASH
7:10 p.n
r m a e
Lre.St. Louis_________0:10a.m. 8:40 p.n
Arr Detroit ___8:20p. m. 10:80 a.B
“ .NiagaraFalls______4:00a.m. 0:10 p.n
“ Buffalo .............5:00 a. m.
“ New York.________3:80 p.m. , :*u
" Boston.................6:30p.m. 10.00
The Wabash Is the only line ruunlnr Double Dally Through Sleepers between 8t. Lot Is
ndNIsysra Falls and Boston, and with a solid train bet arr n hi. Louis and New York.
THREE TRAINS DAILY BE1W FEN ST. LOUIS AND CH1CAGC
ONLY 8 HOURS RUN. EQUIPMENT THE FINEST ON EARTH.
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Railroad Time Tables.
LOCAL OR EL PASO TIKE.
Railroads whlob contribute nothin* to
| the Turns In our work of building up
this city and her surround Inn. are not
mentioned In this oolumn. Those which
1 work against El Paso's Interests are like-
wise omitted.
KAO UKAMDE. SIERRA
MADRR » PACIFIC.
(Sierra Madre Line.)
Leares dally except Sunday
at 8:* a. m for Oasas Oran-
Arrives dally except Sunday
at3:55p. m.
TEXAS « PACIFIC.
(El Paso Route.)
Leaves at 2:10 p. m. dally for
the East via Port Worth. Dal-
las, Little Rook or Kansas
City, and direct to New Or-
leans
Arrives at 0:15 a m dally
with full malls from the East
and from Central, East and
North Texas points.
RL FASO * NORTHEASTERN.
Commencing Thursday, Mar'h
16, trains wHl leave El Paso
dally, except Sunday, at 10:80
a m.; arrive at Alamogordo
8:45 p. m. Leave Alamo-
irdo at 8:20 p. m.,and arrive
6 p. m.
gordo at 8:80 p. m., at
In El Paso at 7:16 p.m.
PECOS PALLET RAILWAY.
Leaves Peoos dally at8:80 a.
m. Arrives alt arlsbad at 7 80
a m. and at Roswell at il 4
£eavee Roswell dally at 2:05
p. m„ arrives at Carlsbad at
(.15 p.m.,and at Peeosat 10:40
p.m -
1MB WABASH LIME
sonneots with Texas A Pa-
elllo at St. Loula Through
line to Buffalo, Canadian
points and New York.
All tickets, limited or unllm-
ted, entitle bolder to 10 deys
■top over at Niagara Falla
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
eonneeta with Texas A Paelle
at N jw Orleans and St Loula
The New Orleans and 0 hi on-
go limited train Is only one
night on the road.
IRON MOUNTAIN LINE
eonneeta at Texarkana with
all Texas A Pacific trains
which are taken dlreet to St
Louis, making close eoanee
tlons for Memphis and all
points east of the Mississippi.
OHIOAOO A NORTHWESTERN.
This line runs to the great
summer resorts of the North,
to clear water lakes and
streams where flab abound.
Por parti ulars and descrip-
tive pamphlets, write to the
General Passenger Agent at
Uhloago.
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Railroad extends west from Chicago to
Sioux City. Sioux Falls, Dubuque and
Rockford and north fromNew Orleans
to Chioago, St. Lonis, Cairo, Jackson
Memphis. Vicksburg, and Baton Rongt
It is the
Great Through Line
BETWEEN THE
Fast Vestibule Train
The New Orleans
and
Chicago Limited
Makes distance between the Gulf
of Mexico and the Great Lakes with but
one night on the road. Through fast
Vestibule trains between the Missouri
River and Chicago Direct connection*
to principal points North, East and
West, from all principal points South
East and West
Tickets via the Illinois Central can be
obtained of agents of it* own or of con
necting lines.
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OmIum That All Monopolies An Evil—
Would Mono the Rights uf Man Before
She Right, of Money—Rvery Unju-1 Law
Is a Form of Lareeny, and All Tollers
Are Inseparably Related.
In addressing the conference on
trusts at Central Music Ilail, Chicago,
CoL William J. Bryan spoke as fol-
lows:
"Mr. Chairmnn, Ladles and Gentle-
men: I come this morning to discusB
in your presence a great question—a
questiou of growing importance to the
American people. The trust principle
is not a new principle, but the trust
principle is manifesting itself In so
many ways and the trusts have grown
so rapidly that people now feel
alarmed about trusts who did not feel
bo society lias no assurance that it win
get any of the benefits from that re-
duction of cost in reduction of price.
But you will take away the necessity
for that skill for that brains. You
will take away the stimulus that baa
given to us the qutekuesa. the alert-
ness of the commercial evaugcllsts
who go from one part of the country
to the other carrying the merits of
their respective goods, will not be
needed, because when anybody wants
them all he has to do Is to write to
the one man who has the things for
sale, and say. 'What will you let me
have It for today?’
Tariff Aids Monopoly.
“The primary cause of monopoly la
the love of money and the desire to se-
cure the fruits of monopoly; but 1 be-
lieve that falling prices caused by a
rising dollar have contributed to this
desire and intensified It, because peo-
ple with- their pluttis. seeing the fall
In prices and measuring the loss on in-
vestments. have looked about for
eome means by which they could pro-
tect tlieraxelves from this loss.nndthey
have joined in combinations to hold
op prloea to protect their Investments
from loss which would not have oc-
curred but for the rise iu the value
of dollars and the fall In the level of
prices.
Another thing that, In my judgment,
alarmed three years ago. The trust! has aided monopoly >» a high tariff,
question has grown in Importance, be- Nobody can dispute that a tariff law,
cause within two years more trusts an import duty, enables a trust to
have been organized, when we come to charge for its product the price of a
consider the capitalization and the similar foreign product plus the tariff,
magnitude of the interests involved, | “Now some have suggested that to
than were organized iu all the previous put everything on the free list that
history of the country, and the people
now come face to face with the ques-
tion: Is the trust a blessing or a curse?
If a curse, what remedy can la? ap- .
plied to the curse? |
“1 want to start with the declaration
that monopoly in private hands is In-
defensible from any standpoint and in-
tolerable. I make no exceptions to
the rule. 1 do not divide monopolies
In private hands into good monopolies
and bad monopolies. There is no good
monopoly In private hands. There can
be no good monopoly in private hands
until the Almighty sends us angels to
preside over us. There may be a des-
pot who is better than another despot,
bnt there Is no good despotism. One
trust may he less harmful than an-
other. One trust magnate may be
more benevolent than another, lmt 1
there Is no good monopoly In private I
hands, and 1 do not believe it Is safe I
for society to permit any man or gorup
of men to monopolize any article of
merchandise or any brunch of busi-
ness.
ObJ«*ct* to Monopoly.
"If the trust will sell to a man an
article for a dollar less than the article
will cost under other conditions, then
In the opinion of some that proves the
trust to be a good, thing. I11 the first
place I denv that under a monopoly
the price will be reduced. In the sec-
ond place. If under a monopoly the
price is reduced the objections to a
monopoly from other standpoints far
outweigh the financial advantage that
the trust would bring. But I protest
In the beginning against settling every
question upon the dollar argument. I
“In 1869 Ahraliam Lincoln wrote a
letter to some people iu Boston and in
the course of the letter he said: ’The
Republican party believes in the man
and the dollar, bnt In case of conflict It
bellevea In the man before the dollar.’
Jn the early yearn of his administra-
tion he sent a message to congress,
and In that message lie warned his
countrymen against the approach of
monarchy. And what was It that
alarmed him? lie snid it was the at-
tempt to put capital upon an equal
fotlng with, if not above, Inbor In the
structure of government; nnd In that
attempt to put capital even upon no
equal footing with labor In the struc-
ture of government be saw the ap-
proach of monarchy. Lincoln was
right. Whenever you put capital upon
an equal footing with labor, or nbove 1
Inbor. In the stractnre of government
you are on the road to aid a govern-
ment that rests not upon reason but
upon force.
"Man Is the erentnre of God nnd
money Is the erentnre of man. Money
Is made to be the servant of man—
and I protst against all theories that
and I protest against all theories that
enthrone money and debase man-
kind.
Get the
“But 1 want now to read to yon a
few of the advantages to be derived by
the trusts from the trust system, from
a speech made by Charles R. Flint at
Boston on tb» 25th day of May last,
before an audience of bankers: ‘Raw
material bought In large quantities la
secured at lower prices.’ That Is the
first advantage. ’One man to buy wool 1 the 90W,‘r ,H I>lftce restrictions and
for all the woolen manufacturers.’ i limitations, even to the point of probl-
That means that every man who sells bttion, upon any corporation organ
wool must sell It at the price fixed by I ln on'' ^Dite that wants to do
this one purchaser In the United States.' business outside of the state. I say
The first thing Is to lower the price of *bnt congress has. or should have,
raw material. The great majority of' P',w‘'r l,,HW that corporation
the people are engaged ln the produc-
tion of raw materia) and 1b the pnr- i
chnse of finished products. It is but
comparatively few who can stand at ,
the head of syndicates and monopolies 1
trusts make would destroy the trusts.
I do not agree with this statement as
It Is made so broadly. I believe that
the high tariff has been the means of
extortion and that it 1ms aided the
trust to collect more than the trust
otherwise could collect. Hut 1 do not
believe you could destroy all trusts by
putting all trust-made articles on the
free list. Why? Because. If an article
can be produced in this country as
cheaply as II can be produced abroad
the trust could exist without the bene-
fit of any tariff, although it could not
extort so much as it could with the
tariff, and while some relief may come
from modifications of the tariff, we
cannot destroy monopoly until we lay
the ax on the root of the tree and
make monopoly iu:possible by law.
It**niDilicN NiiitgrHl«Ml.
“Now what can be done to prevent
the organization of a monopoly? 1
rather think we differ more In remedy
than we do iu our opinion of the trust.
I venture to guess that few people will
defend the (rust as a principle, or a
trust organization as a good thing, but
1 Imagine our great difference will be
aa to remedy, and 1 want, for a mo
ment, to discuss the remedy.
“We have a dual form of govern-
ment. We have a slate of government
nud a federal government, and while
this dual form of government has Ms
advantages, and to my iniml advan-
tages which can hardly be overestimat-
ed, yet it also bus its disadvantages,
yet it also has its disadvantages.
When you prosecute a trust In I lie
United Stales court it hides behind
state’s sovereignty, nnd when you
prosecute it In the stale court it rushes
to cover nnder federal jurisdiction—
and we have had some difficulty in
prosecuting a remedy.
’T believe we ought to have remedies
In both state and nation, and that they
should be concurrent remedies. In the
first place, every state has. or should
have, the right to create any private
corporation which In the Justice of the
people of the state Is conducive to the
welfare of the people of Hint state. 1
believe we can safely Intrust to the
people of a state the settlement of a
question which concerns them. If they
create n corporation and it becomes
destructive of their land Interests they
con destroy that corporation, and we
can safely trust them both to create
And to annihilate If conditions make
annihilations necessary, ln the sec
oml place, the state has, or should
have, the right to prohibit any foreign
corporation from doing business In the
state, aud It ought to have or has the
right to impose such restrictions and
limitations as the people of the state
may think neeessnry for foreign cor-
porations doing business in the state.
In other words, the people of the state
not only should have a right to create
the corporations-they want, hut they
should be permitted to protect them-
selves ngalnst any outside corpora
tion.
Congress 8$>0uIt) Alt.
"But I do not think this is sufficient
1 believe In addition to a state remedy
there must bo a federal remedy, and I
believe congress has, or should have,
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and secure the profits from them.
Therefore, the first advantage of a mo- j
nopoly is to lower the price of raw ma-
terial furnished by the people to that
combination. Those plants which are
best equipped and most advantageous- I
ly situated are run continuously and in
preference to those less favored.
“The next thing Is, after you have !
bought all the factories, to close some
of them and turn out of employment
the men who are engaged ln them- I
and If you will go about over the I
country you will see where people have I
subscribed money to establish enter-1
prises, having come nnder the control
of the trusts, liavt been closed and
at nnd now as silent monuments to the
wisdom of the trust system.
Monopoly CTic«p«>ni Hmin«.
‘“There Is no multiplication,’ Is the
next statement, of the means of dls
tributlon and a better force of sales-
men takes the place or a large num-
ber.’ ' I want to warn yon that when
the monopoly has absolute control,
brains will he at a discount, and rel-
atives will !«* necessary to fill these
positions. W hen there la competition
every employer has to get a good man
to meet competition, but when (here
Is no competition anybody ran sit In
the office and receive letters and an
•wer them when everbody has to write
to the same house for anything he
warns. There is no questiou about It.
A trust, a monopoly, ran lessen the
coat of distribution. But when It does
such limitations and restrictions, even
to the point of prohibition, as may to
congress seem necessary for tlie pro-
tection of the public good,
“Now 1 believe that these concur-
rent, remedies will reach the difficulty,
ttiat the people of every state shall
first decide whether they want to ere
ate a corporation; that they shall, see
ondly, decide whether they want any
outside corporations to do business In
the state, and, If so. upon what eondl
tlons; and, thirdly, that congress shall
exercise the right to place Upon every
corporation doing business outside of
the stale In which It Is organized such
limitations anil restrictions as may be
necessary for the protection of the
public good.
“.Sow, I arn here to hear and to re
cel c nnd to adojt any method that
anybody can propose that looks to the
annihilation of the trusts. One method
bar occurred to me. and In me It seems
a complete method. It may not com-
mend itself to yon. If you have some-
thing letter I shall inept It 111 the
place of this which I am about to sug
gest. But the method that occurs to rue
is this That congress should paas s
law providing that no corporation or-
ganized In any state should do busi-
ness outside of the stale in which It
Is organized until It receives from
some is>wer created by congress a II
eerec authorizing It to do business
outside of It* own state. Now. If the
corporation must come to this body
created tiy congress to secure permis-
sion to do business outside the state,
then that license can 1m> granted upon
condition* which will, in the first
pla>c. prevent the watering of stock,
In the second place, will prevent mo-
nopoly in any branch of business; and
third, for publicity as to all of the
transactions aud business of the cor-
poration.
Danger Iu Swratj.
“You can provide for publicity, and
that untidily or at such other times as
the eorporatloo shall make returns of
Its business aud of its earnings, be-
cause. as has been welt said by men
who have spoken here, corporations
cannot claim that they have a right
or that it is necessary to cover their
transactions with secrecy, aud when
you provide for publicity, so that the
public shall know just what there is
in the corporation, Just what It Is
doing anil just what it Is making, you
will go another long step toward the
destruction of the principle of the mo-
nopoly.
"But I am lint willing to stop there.
I do not want to go one step or two
steps, l want to go all the way and
make the principle of monopoly abso-
lutely Impossible, or a monopoly abso-
lutely Impossible In the industry of
this country. And therefore, ns a
third condition. I suggest that this li-
cense shall not be granted until the
corporation shows that it has not had
a monopoly and Is not attempting a
monopoly of any branch of Industry
or any article of merchandise. Then
provide that if the law is violated the
license can he revoked. I do not be-
lieve in tlie government giving privi-
leges to bo used by a corporation with-
out reserving the right to withdraw
them when those privileges become
hnrtful to the people.
tJnjuikl Law la Rolthrrv-
“Every unjust tax law Is an indirect
form of lareeny. If. for Instance, a
man who ought to pay $10 only pays
$5, and one who ought to pay $5 pays
$10, the law that compels this con-
tribution from these two men virtually
takes $5 from one man’s pocket and
puts that $5 In another man’s pocket,
and I have claimed that when we col-
' looted our taxes we were making the
poor people pay not only their own
share, but the share of men whom
they have no chance to meet at the
summer resorts. And 1 have been
gratified to note the progress you have
been making In Illinois toward a more
equitable division nnd a more equit-
| able distribution of the burdens of
government.
“If we can secure a government
whose foundations are laid I11 justice
and laws exemplifying the doctrine of
equality before the law—If we can se-
cure such a government aud such
laws, and then under sueh a govern-
ment and such la ws wealth Is aeeutmi
Idled in a point where it becomes dan-
gerous, we nut meet that question
when it arises, and I am willing to
trust the wisdom of society to meet
every question that arises and remedy
every wrong.
'First, 1 would see if they die soon
enough to relieve 11s of danger, and If
they didn’t I would see what was nec-
essary to protect society from them.
And this brings me to what 1 regard
a very Important branch of this sub-
ject. Every trust rests upon a cor-
poration. At least that rule Is so
nearly universal that 1 think we run
accept It as tlie basis for our itellhern-
tlon. Every trust rests upon it cor-
poration nnd every corporation Is a
creature of law. The corporation la a
man, individuals.
When (iwl Mode M«n.
“When God made man as the climax
of creation, lie looked upon Ills work
and snid It was good, aud yet when
God got through llie tallest man was
1 not much taller than the shortest, and
the strongest man was not much
stronger than the weaker. That was
God’s plan. We looked upon Ills work
and said it was not quite ns good as
It might be, and so we made a flctl-
1 tlons man that is In some instances a
hundred times—n thousand times—a
million times-stronger than God made
man. Then we started tills man-made
| giant out among the God made pyg
' mies. Now when Got! made man he
placed a limit to Ids existence, so that
If In- were a had man he could not do
harm long, lmt when we made our
man-made mnn we raised the limit on
his age. When God made man He
, breathed into him a soul and warned
him that iu tlie next world he would
Is- held accountable for the deeds done
In the flesh, but when we made our
man-made mnn we did not give film a
soul, and If he can avoid punishment
in this world he need uot worry about
the hereafter.
“We are not dealing with the nat-
ural man; we are not dealing with
natural rights. We are dealing with
the man-made man and artificial privi-
leges aud so-called rights. What gov
, eminent gives the government can
take away. What the government
I creates it can control and I Insist that
both the state government and the fed-
| oral government rmiBt protect the God-
■ made man from the man-made man.
Outgrowth el Cn n atu rttl Conditions.
“The trust Is the natural outgrowth
I of unnatural conditions created by
i man-made laws. There are smile who
I would defend everything, good or bad,
on the ground lhat it Is a pin t of des-
tiny aud you cannot inquire Into it,
The fact that II Is. proves (lint It
Is rigid, the fact tlrni il Is, proves lhat
It lias come to stay, and the most
potent argument Mint was ever made
In defense of a vicious system was not
that it was right, and might to slay,
but that il 1ms come to stay, whether
you like It nr not. 1 say that It Is the
moHt p.il. til argument that lias ever
t„ ,.n advanced in behalf of an error
It is here, il has come to stay, what are
you going to do about it?
“8ludl I decide the ethics of larceny
by discussing how much the man Is
going to steal, or the chances of get
ting canght? No, my friends, you have
to decide upon a higher ground, and
If you were to prove to rue that a mo-
nopoly would reduce the price of the
articles we have to purchase 1 would
still be opposed to It for tills reason,
which to my mind overshadows all pe
ettnlary arguments: Put the Industrial
system of this nation Into the hand*
of a f'-w men and let them determine
the price of all material, let them de-
termine the price of finished products
and the wages of labor paid and you
will have an Industrial aristocracy lie
side which a landed aristocracy would
be nn innocent thing, in my judgment
..Kilt* of »!l#» SflullfEtAH.
“Place the food and clothing nnd nil
that we cat nnd wear aud use Into the
hands of a few people and Instead oi
being a government by the people ft
Will he a government of the syndi-
cates, by the syndicate* and for the
syndicates.”
THE AWAKENED EAST
WONDERFUL INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS
MADE BY CHINA AND JAPAN.
The Threatened Competition of Ori-
ental Countries anil the Grnve Dss-
ater Which It Constitute#—Opinions
•f John P. Yousf.
1 Special Correspondence.]
San Francisco, Sept. 18.—John P.
Young, the munnging editor of the San
Francisco Chronicle, is a student of the
problems arising out of new conditions
and foreign complications In the far
east. Since the termination of the late
war between China aud Japan the peo-
ple of these nations have awakened
from the slumber of centuries. It Is tho
generally accepted opinion that Japan
and especially Chinn offer to the manu-
facturing countries of Europe and
America an unlimited market. To this
belief Editor Young does not subscribe.
“At tho present time,” said he.
“both China and Japan require a large
amount of the surplus manufactured
goods of America and Europe, bnt I Ikj-
licve that this movement will not con-
tinue for an indefinite (terlod. Instead
the people of China and Japan will find
they cun do their own manufacturing
and also prodneo for the world. This
ultimate competition threatens the very
commercial supremacy of the civilized
world. It constitutes one of the gravest
questions which tho American people
will he called upon to solve.
“China is destined to become one of
the great industrial centers of the
earth. She lias millions upon millions
of men. nnd. while this labor is tut
■killed and the method of work crude,
these men rapidly develop into capable
workmen. The wages paid to them are
very low. Here are some figures, nnd
they tiro taken from the report furnish-
ed to the state department by Consul
General Mclvor. A enrponter in Japan
receives an equivalent in onr money of
2(1 cents a day. A plasterer receives
also 20 cents a day. A laborer geta 19
cents, and a male servant is paid 10
cents a day A workman can furnish
his home for $10. aud a lionse may be
rented for as low as 40 cents a month.
“Besides having the advantage of
cheap labor, the natural resources of
both China and Japan are rich nnd
various and conduce to make manufac-
turing possible aud at low cost. The
iron mines and tbo coal deposits of
China arn said to 1st inexhaustible.
Then she lias silver nnd gold and other
metals. The rivers of China allow navi-
gation into the interior aud commerce
ahonld thrive.
“It is interesting to note how fnr
both China and Japan have advanced
in manufacturing. There are u number
JOHN P. TOtJSQ.
of cotton mills in Japan, and over
1,500,000 spindles are in operation. In
1885 Japan imported $800,000 worth
of raw cotton, and in 1884 the amount
had risen to $10,300,000 and has in
creased since then.
“Japan is making progress in her silk
industry. In 1895 she imported over
$ 11,000,000 worth of unmanufactured
■ilk. When it cotne* to hernp. Japan
ha* for several thousands of years grown
this product. Tho cheap and coarse gar
ments worn by the lower classes are
woven from this materia], and the
fiber*, uf the hemp plant are made into
fish and mosquito nets. An attempt
was made some years Hgo to manufac-
ture the so calk'd Hpaniah drawn work
in Japan, nnd the results were success-
ful. The Japs improved upon the de-
signs and can now undersell the drawn
work output of Spain and America and
at suc’t prices that competition on the
part ot these countries is tisolees. Japan
is able to manufacture jnto mgs which,
while in no way equal to onr woolen
rugs and carpets, are nevertheless cheap
and serviceable.
“In tho ceramic arts Japan is ad
▼ancing. Hho can copy very closely the
best examples of the English and Dutch
potters. Japan is also directing her at
tention to the art of paper making and
already is shipping wall paper to this
Country. Japanese matches are also
| sold at ruinous prices in tho United
j htutoH.
“Now. a word in regard to the Jnpa
woo people and their mental and ma-
terial qualities. Not only the indi-
vidual, hot tho race, seems remarkable.
| The lowis-t [>aid cooly is dexterous and
I can |>ut his hand to anything. He is at
sll times practical. It is generally said
that the Japs are but imitators, bnt
i this is an error. A complicated and del
j icate piece of modern machinery, fully
patented, will be purchased hv a Jupu
nese manufacturer. Then his bright
1 young men will take it to pieces. After
i study nnd observation and close Com
i parison they will reproduce the very
: as me machine This ability to copy the
best efforts of others is iu itself mar
vclons, hot there aro many recorded iu
stands where these clever Japs have
improved upon onr machines and have
suggested valuable changes. Inasmuch
as they do not recognize patent laws
over there, they nro able to seize our
best aud latest ideas without enutners
tion WfUJAU R Britton.
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