The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-10-24

Clevelands silence the only boon which the
Sugar Trust received. When the Mills bill was
under consideration the President of tho Sugar
Trust MIR. Havemeyer', well-known active
Democrat of New York, appeared before the
Ways and Means Committee. and. according TO
the statement made in open Senate by Mr.. Al1-
son OF Iowa obtained such an arrangement OF
duty as was equivalent to 50 10000 in the peck
cts OF the trust If therefore, the price Of sugar
has been unduly advanced TO the consumer, the
responsible parties, according 10 the Presidents
doctrine, are the President himself and the
Ways and Means Committee, who concocted the
Mills bill in the interest OF that trust / think,
moreover that whenever you find one OF the
necessities OF life cornered and controlled by an
association of mon for the purpose OF reaping
rndue profit you will find the supporters of Mr..
Cleveland at the head of the movement.
Sugar may indeed, be accounted u luxury for
primal necessities of life. We all know that
salt trust exists in this country, and the man
who is now at the head of it, openly and avow-
edly conducting its affairs, Is Wellington X.
Burt, the present Democratic candidate for
Governor of Michigan. Mr.. Burt is earnestly
advocating the removal 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 10 likewise fully
justihes the ground taken during the canvass :
that trusts exist more freely in a free-trade
country than in a protective country more
freely in England than in the United states
am fortunately able to give you piece OF in
formation that has a strong bearing, 1 think on
Mr.. Wellington II. Burt's salt trust. L hold in
my hand n copy OF the London Times of Sept. s.
from which learn that they are forming "A
salt trust in England The sta ement in the
Times, quoted from two English papers locally
Interested, is this
aThe efforts to form the great salt trust have
succeeded beyond the most sanguine expecta-
tions. All the Cheshire salt-works have
been Professionally acquired by London syndi-
cate represented by Messrs Fowler a. Co. So
Hcitors, Westminster and negotiations are pro-
ceeding favorably 10 purchase all the less extern
sive works in Worcestershire and Durham. The
capital required is fixed at $1,000 900 sterling,
and has been subscribed in advance many times
over. In consequence Of the monopoly thus
created il is expected that the price OF common
salt, now sold at % sd n ton, will rise to 10s."
Let me ask you now IL any man in Indiana
believes that Mr.. Wellington r. Burt's salt trust
in the United States and this great salt trust in
England are likely to prove rivals to each other
DO you think they will cut down prices and de-
prive each other of their respective profits when
the English trust points out the way TO increase
the price of salt fourfod nj n single jump? Do
you think Wellington r. Burt IL the modest man
10 say no TO proposition To unite the two
trusts, all stockholders on the ground floor, and
both united in an agreement TO advance salt 200
per cent. TO the consumer in Great Britain aud
the United ates.
Thus you see the danger. apparently without a
remedy, that will follow an international trust
organized on the basis OF free trade. Alexander
Hamilton laid it down in the greatest financial
Paper submitted by him to Congress that behind
n protective tariff domestic competition would
er. And 1 ask you IL our experience does not
Justify the wisdom OF our first and greatest
Secretary of the Treasury in all the years that
have elapsed since he wrote these significant
words But II we should reach the basis of free
trade, the Presidents great goal OF prosperity,
and the manufacturers and holders OF any do
nestle article and the manufacturers and hold
ers of an article OF the same kind in any foreign
country unite, where 10 your reief-Where Is
your defense?
Wen, gentlemen, these are not the only two