A letter signed "Several Democrats from St. Paul" reads, in
part, as follows:
"In order to convert several rank Republicans it is necessary
that we should be able to explain the difference between a trust
and a labor union. Will you kindly, through your columns, make a
clear explanation of this distinction? Our opponents holdthat
both trusts and unions are combinations, which appears to be
true, but there is apparently a weak point in our ability to
definitely show the difference, and we beg that you explain it."
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Trusts and unions are both combinations, beyond question. But a
pronounced difference distinguishes them, and we shall endeavor
to make it clear.
You see a horse after a hard day's work grazing in a swampy
meadow. He has done his duty and is getting what he can in
return.
On the horse's flank you may see a leach sucking blood.
The LEACH is the trust.
The HORSE is the labor UNION.
Possibly you have read "Sindbad the Sailor," with its story of
the Old Alan of the Sea. The Old Man of the Sea rode round on
the sailor's back squeezing his neck with his tightly twisted
legs.
The OLD MAN is the TRUST.