mayed at the
prospect of an invasion by the British.

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State Senator Lexow has made his report to the Legislature at Albany, as
to the Trusts which he investigated, and the people generally are not
satisfied with it.

Mr. Lexow declares that Trusts are dangerous things, that they kill
competition, help monopoly, dodge taxes, and make enormous profits.

Having said this, he declares himself powerless to prevent any of the
evils which he deplores. He thinks an amendment to the Constitution will
be the only real means of remedying the evil, because the Trusts manage
their business so cleverly that they avoid doing anything that breaks the
law so openly that they can be punished, while all the time they are
contriving to disobey and set the laws aside.

One member of his Committee was, however, of opinion that the Sugar Trust
had not been fairly dealt with. He presented a report of his own, in which
he tried to show that this Trust was of great benefit to the State.

A member of the Albany Legislature has, however, found out a way to stop
Trusts.

He has offered a bill making it a crime for a Trust to give any money,
property, or thing of value to help any political campaign, or to attempt
to bribe Congressmen to vote for its bills. The penalty for doing this
will be a very heavy fine and the breaking up of the Trust.

While we are on the subject of Trusts, we must mention a very interesting
case which came up the other day.

An action was brought by a workingman against the Knights of Labor,
sometimes called the Labor Trust.

The workingman, an engineer named Charles Curran, was employed by the
Miller Brewing Company in Rochester.

He was a clever workman, and had a steady job, and good wages.

One day the Knights of Labor called on him, told him that he must join
their society, pay the necessary fees, and allow himself to be guided in
future by their rules.

They told him that, if he refused, they would see that he was discharged,
and make it impossible for him to get further employment.

Curran did refuse, and the Knights of Labor went to his employers and
demanded that he be dismissed.

The Brewing Company had an agreement with the Knights of Labor to employ
only members of the association in its works. They dared not refuse the
request for fear of a strike being ordered, so they discharged Curran.

True to their threat, the Knights of Labor watched Curran, and