The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-11-01
DEMOCRATIC TRUSTS.
SPEECH OF JAMES a. BLAINE At
GOSHEN, INDIANA. "a

Csriisis and the whisky rrust-Payne
and the Standard OIL Trust--Ths Cotton
Seed OIL Trust.
! Mr. CHAIRMAN AND FELLow-CIrrzENs
AoF FINDrANA-"Stop thief" Is q cry not
entirely confined to the criminal classes.
Vhe counterpart of the trick IL known in
political circles, and IL especially notice
BILE In tho present course Of the Demo-
cratic party respecting trusts.
In President Cleveland's famous free
trade message Of last December he
warned the country Of the dangers Of
trusts, and argued that they were the Of
spring and result Of the protective sys-
tenn established by tho Republican party.
At the same time, while assailing in tao
wide sweep Of his accusation almost every
! industrial interest in the north, the pres.
ident was particularly careful to be silent
respecting the enormous tariff on sugar.
Out Of e212, 600, 900 collected on importa-
tions Of every kind last year over e5S,-
O00, 900 came from sugar alone, which IL
equivalent to more than one-fourth Of the
customs revenue for the year. 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 operation, and that II protec-
was giving 1t all the aid, both official and
personal, in his power. II the words Of
his message are true, he is himself re-
sponsible for levying these countless
millions upon the pockets Of all the
>rpnsumers Of this country for On article
universal use among the families
n the land. [Cheers and cries Of
'That's so.''1 Nor was Mr.. Cleveland's
silence the only boom which the
bill was under consideration. The pres
ident Of the sugar trust, Mr.. Havemeyer,
q 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..
Allison, Of Iowa, obtained such an ar
rangement Of duty as was equivalent to
%, 900, 900 in the pockets of the trust.
[Sensation.1 II, therefore, the price Of
sugar has been unduly advanced to the
consumer, the responsible parties, ac-
cording to the presidents doctrine, are
the president himself, and the ways and
means committee, who concocted the
Mills bill in the interest Of that trust. I
think, moreover, that whenever you find
one Of the necessities Of life cornered and
controlled by an association of men for
the purpose of reaping undue profit, you
will find one Of the supporters Of Mr..
md - <Iok kao of kka
Sugar may indeed be accounted a luxury,
for we can exist without it, but salt is
Of the primal necessities Of life. We all
know that salt trust exists in this
eMntry, and the man who is now at
Vie head of It, openly and avowedly con-
tcting its affairs, is Wellington r..
$urt, the present Democratic candidate
for governor of Michigan. Mr.. Burt is
earnestly advocating the removal Of all
duties from salt. This would seem
another form of contradiction Of the
presidents theory, that protection is the
first cause Of all trusts; and it likewise
fully justifies the ground taken during
this canvass that trusts exist more freely
In free trade country than in protective
country, more freely in England than in
the United States. am fortunately able
to give you piece of information that
has strong bearing, think, on Mr..
Wellington II. Burt's salt trust hold in
my hand a copy Of the London Times of
September 8, from which learn that they
are forming "a salt trust" in England.
The statement in the Times, quoted from
two English papers locally interested, is
this: "The efforts to further the great
salt trust have succeeded beyond the most
sanguine expectations. AL the
Cheshire salt works have been provis-
ionally acquired by London syndicate
represented by Messrs. Fowler s. Co.,
solicitors, Westminster, and negotiations
are proceeding favorable to purchase all
the extensive works in Worcestershire
and Durham. The capital required is
fixed at 3,00O,O 600, and has been sub
scribed in advance many times over.
''In consequence of the monopoly thua
created 1t is expected that the price OF
common salt now sold at two shillings
Bix pence per ton will rise to ten shil.
fngs."
Let me ask, now, IL any man In Indiana
HAoVco oAne 4oS' Vc'AhACoh ~ oureS
Vt trust In the United States, and this
feat salt trust in England, are likely to
Eove rivals to each other'
Do you think they will cut down prices
and deprive each other of their respective
profits when the English trust points out
Tho way to increase the price of salt four
[old at single jump. Do you think We'll
lingtOn r. Rurt is one Of the modest men
10 say no to proposition to unite the two
trusts, all stockholders on the ground
floor, and both united in an agreement
10 advance salt three hundred per cent.
70 the consumer in Great Britain and the
United Statess [Applause and laughter
Thus you see the danger, apparently
without remedy, that will follow an
trust organized on q basis
Il free trade. Alexander Hamilton laid
{ down in the greatest financial paper
unlimited by him to congress that behind
! protective tariff competition would
lways insure reasonable prices to the
'onsumor, and ask you, in our exper-
ences, does 1t not justify the wisdom Of
mr. first and rraataet spcratarv nf tha