River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-10-18
DEMOCRATIC TRUSTS.
Mr.. Blaine Exposes the r Hypocrisy
of Bourbon Leaders.
The Maine Statesman Shows That the
Sugar, salt, whisky, Standard oil and
other Trusts Are Under Demo-
cratic Influences.

/ lican party; at the same time while assa ling
/ IN the wide sweep OF his accusation almost
/ every industrial interest IN the North, the
President was particularly careful to be quiet
rsspec ing the enormous tarif on sugar Out
1 OF sgi2,00O,QJ0 collected on importatiAns OF
I every nd last year over $50 0, 90 came from
/ sugar alone, which IS equivalent to more than
one-fOurth OF the customs revenue for the
/ year When Mr.. Cleveland penned his mes.
/ sage he knew that one of the largest trusts
I ever organized in the world-the sugar trust
was ia full operation, and that II a pro
/ tect-ve tariff WAS helpful 10 that trust he
/ was giving Il all the aid. both official and
I persoaaL, IN his power. II the words of
I his mes sage are true he IS himself respolsi-
/ bic for levying these coun less m lions
/ upon the pockets OF all the consumers Of
I this country Tor an art Gle Of universal use
nmoag the families Of the land lCheers ard
/ er es OF That's SOL Nor was Nc Cleveland's
/ s lence the only boon which the sugar trust re-
ce.yed. Whea tbs Mills bill was under con-
/ sideration the pres dent OF the sugar trust
/ (Mf Havemeyerl, well-known, active Demo
/ crat OF New YORK appeared before the Ways
/ end Means Comm ttee and, according to the
statement made in open Senate by Mr. Allison,
/ OF Iowa, obtained such an arrangement OF duty
/ as was equivalent IL 6.OOJlJ in the
pockets OF the trust. tSeusatlon.i II,
/ therefore, the price OF sugar has
/ heel uuduly advanced 10 tile consumer the
/ responsible parties, according 70 tae Presi-
! utut ; utGNllut are the tfts ttHt n MStH ana
the Ways and Means Committee, who concoct-
ed the Mills bill n the interest OF that trust. ]
/ think, moreover that wherever you ind one
OF the necessities oflifc corner-d and controlled
] by an association of men tor the purpose OF
/ real ing undue profit you viii find the support
! Crs OF Mr.. cleveland al the head Of the move
nsnt.
MR.. BURrs SALT TRUST.
/ Sugar may. indeed be accounted luxury
/ iOf We can exist without il; but salt IS one OF
the primal necessities OF life. We all know that
a Salt Trust exists in this country, and the man
1 who is now al the head of 1t opea ~ and aVow-
I eddy conducting us affairs, j. Wellington Il.
/ Burt the present Democratic candidate for
I G werner Of Michigan. Mr. Burt is earnestly
advocating the removal OF all duties on salt.
/ THIS We i'd seem another form OF contradiction
o. the Pres dents theory that protection is the
/ first cause of all trusts; and it likewise fully
I Just hes the ground taken during Tins canvass:
thay trusts ST more freely IN a frec-tradc
| country than IN a protective country; more
/ freely in England than in United States. ! am
4 fortunately able to give YOU P.ece OF informn-
I iion that has = strong bearing, ! thint on NJ.
| We;hton u. Burts salt Trs t. hold ii mt
| band q coly Of tbs London Tim . OF sep. ombsr
I 5. from whi-A .ca-n that tler are forming ~
4 Sat- Trust IN EugiaHd. 4he Stateme in ti3
I Times quoted trIm two i1Gg..s papers locally
| Interested IS this:
The efforts to form tnp great salt trust have
Z succeeded d aEpnO tle most SdugUtue eXpecta-
! I ons. . 3 All the Cheshire salt-wOrks
I have been prov sion ally acquired by u London
syndicate rep resento By Messrs. Fowler & TO.
/ s Iritors, Westm ter, and negotiations are
/ proceed ng favorably 10 ta" hase all the less
/ eNteus We works ia Worcester, aud Dur
/ ham. The capital required is isXeI at { ,00l-
! 90, and has been subscribed IN advance
I NJ ny mes over H. consequence C the mo-
/ nopo.y mus crested it is expected that the
( pr &C Of common salt, now sold ~ IS "a a ton,
| Will rise 20 i0s
Let me ask you now if any man in Indiana
believes that Nj. Wellington r. Burt's salt
I trust IN the United States ami this great salt
| trust in J. gland are likely TO prove rivals 10
I each other: DO you think they " Il cut down
I prices aud depr We each other of Their respect
| i've profits when the English trust points out
| the way 10 increase the price Of salt iourioid
/ al i single jun Do YOU IN n Wellington r.
| Bu modest man to say no 10 PROPOSE
/ ! a. 20 unite The twO trusts, all stCclh llders
IN the ground floor and both united in an agree
ment to advance salt 300 per cent. to the con
/ sumner in CIR al Britain and the United StatesY
/ Applause and laughter
Thus you see the danger, apparently without
l a remedy, that will follow an international
| trust organ zed on the basis Of free trade Al
| exIuder Hamilton laid it down in the greatest
/ financial paper subm tied by m 10 Congress
I that beh nj a protective tariff domestic oOmpe-
titi0n would always In ,ure reasonable prices to
| iOes not ,tlfy the WIS ION of cur fist and
/ greatest Secretary of the Treasury in all the
/ years that nave elapsed since he wrote those
4 significant woidsg Cheers. But if we shoull
| reach the ISIS OF fres trade the Preside IT'S
7 great goal Of prosperity, and the ma lufactur-
ers aud holde OF any dome tic art Gle and the
/ manufacturers aud holders of an article OF the
/ me kind in any foreign cou try unite, w1ere
\ IS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 5 Y ur defense' LCheers
/ and cries OF You re ght'l
THE WHISKY MONOPOLY
! Wen, gentlemen, these are not the only two
I Democratic trusts. We have now sp ken Of
/ one necessary luxury and one absolute neces-
| sty. but there is another trust welding more
/ political influence perhaps than both ~ them.
/ refer to the WHISKY trust, which has abso-
! lutoly changed the politics aud policy OF the
: Democratic party For years after TIE war
/ closed the one demand Of the Democracy, es-
pecia!iy IN the South, was for the destruction
OF the internal revenue system, ana, first and
/ last the outrageous taxes on whisky and
/ tobacco. They denounced them as war taxes,
| 10 which no free people should submit : time
OF peace. [Cries of They ddr'i Well, gen
! tlemen. the free-traders both North aud South.
4 soon saw that Il the internal revenue system
| were abOiisheI the country would necessarily
I rely for its revenue upon customs, it had
/ done for more than general on preceding the
/ war, and that II that were the case, i would
/ be difficult if aot impossible TO destroy the doc
/ trine OF pro lection; and so, under Mir Ceve-
/ land, they have completely changed the r
ground and are forkeeping up the internal rev
| enue system and breaking down the protection
I features OF the tariff. The whisky trust
/ has thus risen financially and polrt-
/ icalv to National importance. ] state moth
! ing of its internal workings and Is political
/ manipulations from ny own knowledge, but /
/ know Democrats who declare that Mr. Randall,
I the abs, upr ght and experienced s ealxer Of
4 the House OF Representatives. was DIR ven from
! the char ana NJ John G.Clrl Sic. OF X sntucky
4 made hs suece ssOr by a Democratic caucus
! controlled by the Whisky Trust, and act ny
under the whip and spur of its agents, Mr.
J Randalts alleged offense being that he would
4 not aid in suspending the tax laws ana post
/ poning the ayment Of the tax on whisky IN
! bond when it seemed the interests of the trust
/ to secure n postponemeut Mt RaadIll did not
| believe that the laws OF the United States
| should be administered in such a way as 10
| promote huge speculation in whisky and 1
wish some iuQusitive reporter would inter-
! view Mr.. Bandalrs political friends on that
| subject, and the ask also how much money
/ the WHISKY Trust is contributing TO the Demo
/ cratic canvass this year-and at the same time
/ he might extend the inquiry into the amount
contributed by the Sugar Trust, and also by the
/ Salt Trust including its felow-trust in the
/ business beyond the sea. lApplause.l
THE STANDARD OIL ASACoSDA
I Nor have 1 exhausted the list Of trusts In
/ which the Democratic party has large inter
| est. Unless every newspaper is at fault the
! Democratic party has received large Contr bu-
tons from stockholders in the Standard OIL
Trust at every critical election within the last
/ five years and IS now relying upon the gracious
! continuance OF that aid in the pending National
/ crisis. SO notorious was this lnierrosition
/ that the OHIO Legislature memori4liZ5d the
! Senate OF the United States TO cause an ia.
/ quiry TO be made into alleged cOrrup on in the
/ election OF the last Democratic Senator from
that State. | do not uGd trtake 10 say hat there
! was corruption, or ! knew nothing personally
I OF II; but ] do sag that the memorial of the
I State Legislature was presented by Senator
/ Sherman, and a rightful. a legal and
/ proper opportunity was given 10 search
| through aad through for the truth and
I for a thorough examination INTO one
Of the largest trusts in the who's
I world Then was the time for Democratic Sen
/ ators 10 make an examination IN trusts One
I OF the largest OF them was before the Senate
/ and be ore Il lezltmately; and yet you know
how ecipitately the Democratic Senators fled
I from the task. You could not lead a D mocrat-
[ &c Senator up % that iEvestigat a y more
I than you could induce a breacny colt to face
whistlins lo-onl tive. ILauyater aud cheers.
I Nos was rumor quiet as TO the interposit on OF
the National Administration 10 suppress an in
vest CATION II President Cleveland had been
/ a. eager 70 examine into a great trlst as he
I was 10 denouucc them ali In his message. n
! opportunity vas there; but ulless all rumor
b. az fault. the social hiRn iIshm ats OF the
Administration were lavished on Republican
/ Senators 10 secure enough OF them 70 JON the