My conception of a Trust is: A combination of individual or corporate
capital which practically establishes such a monopoly that it can control
the output, dictate the price, and crush competition.
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BLUE HILL, NEB., November 29, 1905.
_Hon. Thomas E. Watson._
DEAR SIR: I am a regular reader of your Magazine, having bought
the first one ever sold in our town. I like it very much. It
speaks my sentiments better than I know how to express them
myself. I have never heard but one thing said against your
Magazine—one party thought you were a little hard on the darky.
I want to ask one question. If you were elected President of
the United States, and had a House and Senate of your own
faith and political belief, and you were to abolish the gold
standard and the national banks, what effect would it have upon
the country? Would not the banks totter and fall and ruin many
depositors? Banks have become a necessity. In your message to
Congress, what kind of banks and what kind of money would you
recommend?
At present, corn husking is the issue of the day, but that will
soon be over. Then I will take your subscription blanks and
go out among the farmers and see what I can do for the best
Magazine on earth.
Yours respectfully,
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