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September 7, 2023

135 YEARS AGO
A “trust” is a combination of the manufacturers of a certain article to put the price of the same to as high a point as possible. It is a new and dangerous invention to rob and oppress the masses. It is as thoroughly dishonest as can be—a device to make a few people rich at the expense of the many. These “trusts” in many cases, are made possible only by the operation of a high protective tariff, and hence are favored by the Republican Party, which sustains that policy. The Mills Bill deals with trusts so vigorously that they and their representatives in Congress fought it at every stage of its progress and are fighting it still in the columns of Republican newspapers.

September 7, 1888

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