The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-10-11
TALKS ABOUT The TRUSTS.
"His Last Speech is Always the
Best for a Truth.
THE Protective Tariff not Re-
>ponsible for the Trusts.
IN Inauswerable Argument by the Man
r,om ,lainc-NIr. Cleveland and the
Sugar Trust-Llkewlse the
Whisky Trust-Like.
wise other Trusts.

wise 8ther Trusts.
Go.ugS, IxD., Oct. 1O,-Mr. Blaine
lnt Grand Rapids last night and reached
Gsn. early this morning, and not less
,ba 5000 citizens OF Indiana walked
n, rode on wagons, trains or horse back
ompot lin in Goshen to-day, and par
ticipote in the Republican demonstra-
,iop Mr.. Blaine addressed the great
ga,ering as follows:
Mn. CHAIRMAN AND FELLOW CITIZENS
or lyplASA:-"Stop thief" is the cry |
m, entirely confined to the criminal
r,o.,ps, The counterpart Of the trick is
Known in political circles, and is especi-
gIIy noticeable in the present course OF
tllo Democratic party respecting trusts.
In President Clcveland's famous Free
Trade message OF last December,
In warned the country OF dangers of
,ru.,s and argued that they were the Off
.nriuy and result OF the Protective sys-
fem established by the Republican party.
Il ,by ssge time, while assailing in the
wide sweep OF his accusation almost
rycrv industrial interest in the North,
ilc President was particularly careful
10 he silent respecting the enormous
tariff on sugar. Out of S2l2,OO0, 600
collected on importation OF every kind
Iast year over SIS, 600 600 came from sugar |
alone. which is equivalent to more than
One.iourth Of the Customs revenue for
tue wear. When Mr.. Cleveland penned
his message he knew that one OF the
largest trusts ever organized in the
world, the sugar trust, was in full opera
ton and that ii n Protective tariff was
helpful 10 that trust he was givingit all
the aid, both official and personal, in his
,awer. II the words OF his message are
true, is he himself responsible for levy
inr these countless millions upon the
pockets OF all the consumers OF this
country for m article OF universal use
among the families OF the land? Or
was
Nil. CIEyELASD's SILENCE
tie only boom which the sugar trust
received when the Mills bill was under
consideration? The President OF the
sIgartrnst, Mr.. llayemeyer, well known
and active Democrat OF New York City,
appcared before the Ways and Means
Committee, and according to the state
mcnt made in open Senate by Mr.. ALI
son, OF Iowa, obtained such an arrange
ment oi duty as was equivalent to SO,- |
NOO0O in the rockets of the trust:
l@cnsaton.l II, therefore, the price OF
sugar las been "nduly advanced
10 the consumer, the response
be parties, according TO the
Presidents doctrine, are thcssPrcsident
himself and the Ways and Means Com
mittcr, who ConCocted the Mills bill in
the interest Of that trust. think, more
over, that wherever you End one Of the
necessities OF life COrncred and con-
rolled BY an association OF men for the
purpose OF reaping undue profit, you
will find the supporters OF Mr.. Cleveland
at the head OF the movement. We all
know that salt trust exists in
this country and the man who IS
now ut the head of cit, openly and
Gowedly conducting its Affairs is We'll
liHgtoR 3. Burt, the present Democratic
Sandidate for Governor Of Michigan.
Mr. Burt is earnestly advocating the re.
mOval OF all duties on salt. This would
seem another form OF contradiction OF
the Presidents theory that Protection is
the first cause OF all trusts, and it like
wise fully juStiiies the ground taken
during this canvass that trusts exist
more freely in II free trade country than
in protective country, more freely in
England than in the United States. l
atn, fortunately, able to give you
PIECE OF INFORMATION
that las 4 strong bearing, think, on
Mr.. Wellington X. Bnr's salt trust l
held in my hand copy OF the London
Tines Of September 3, from which
learn that they are forming salt trust
in England, The statement in the 1iRles |
as quoted from the English papers To-
cllly interested is this:
"IhG efforts to form the great salt
trust has succeeded beyond the most
sanguine expectations. All the Che
shire salt works have been Professionally
acquired hy London syndicate repre-
sented by Messrs. Fowler & Co., solici-
tors, Westminster, and negotiations
are proceeding favoahly TO pur.
chase all the extensive works in Wor.
ccstersirc and Durham. The capital
rcquiredi fixed at three million pounds
sterling and has been subscribed in nd
vance many times over. In consequence
oI .the monopoly thus created, it is eX-
hcted that the price OF common salt
no% sold at . shillings 6 pence will rise
TO 10 shllings."
Let me ask now il any man in Indiana
hcaeyes that Mr.. Wellington Il. Burts
S'lt trust in the United States and this
great salt trust in England are likely to
prove rivals to each otherP Do you
think they will cut down prices and de-
pHye each other OF their respective
profits when the English trust points
out Tho way to increase the price OF salt
l9ur folds at single Jump? Do you
hlnk Wellington X. Burt is the modest
man 10 say no TO . proposition 10 unite
tue two trusts? All stockholders on the
ground floor arc both united in an agree
Aeht TO advance salt 800 per cent to the
consumer in Great Britain and the
United States. [Applause and laugh
let' Thus YOU see the danger appar-
eNUy without remedy that will follow
Iu I International trust organized on the
basis OF free trade.
For years after the war closed the one
demand OF the Democracy, especially
IN the South, was for the destruction Of
INTERNAL REVENUE SYSTEM,
and first and last the outrageous taxes
onWhis&ya and tobacco. They denounced
them as war taxes to which no free peo-
ple should submit in time OF peace.
St'Gs OF They didl"1 Well, gentlemen,
loe free Traders, both North and South,
soon saw that II the internal revenue
sySGm were abolished the country
would necessarily rely for its revenue
upon customs, as it had done for more
taah generation preceding the war,
1aa mat II that were the case it would
y ge difficult, il not impossible, to destroy
T Ige doctrine OF protection, and so, under
Mr. . Cleveland, they have completely
GuahgeI their ground and are for keep,
ing up the internal revenue system and
breaking down the protective feature oi