New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-07
MR.. BLAINE ON TRUSTS.
FULL TEXT OF THE DOVER SPEECH.

AND RETALIATION POLICIES
Below IS cven the full text of Mr. Blanes speech
at Dover Name on Trusts extracts from when nave
already been printed in The Tribune:
Ladies and Gentlemen In some remarks az fort-
land fortnight ago had occasion 10 say wa. 'nc
Presidents attempt TO charge 'ne ty v'' ~ tSe
protective tariff Is he did IN ms iss, si""i IVA tn
was utterly groundlcSs and un1usihaDc sau tu.I
as / repeat now that trusts hour sh 10 a greater
Sv,cnt Under The free trade policy Of England than
they do under the protective policy oil INC tm.eu
states and gave one extreme Instance IN Wh,h ,ns
Whole business OF burylng the dead IA the United
Kingdom had been committed TO tlust n when an
the underakcrs were stockholders, and that prefer
entiai bonds were issued upon this grim and ghostly
trust for the financial market held IN my manu- an
eHae, Wn nsa faet s' in nil Immediately thereafter
class Of cd who think that cont addiction means
argument and that mpudent denial wen takes inc
plsce OF sober fact, asssed me for having made an
untrue statement and one of them procured Fpsand
even know what the phrase trusts iMPIeu
Qaughtorl ..u.., ,r,,h,,
TWO or three years, for II IS simply modern use Oh
word 10 describe that which has existed Tor a long
time namely, a combination of traders or manual
urors in a given line to keep up the price OF a1
art Gle which they may all be engaged In selling anu
nnw calIca trnst not only aomishcs ranhy
IN England than in the United states out wa" Az 90
England and Encshmen that the commercial uT[ d oo
Was imported into the United States The LONDON
sron trade circular Of June 30 IN rcieIllus 20 IN an
stance to which have elsewhere MADE an aiius on,
declares II 10 be the largest amalgamation OF hu
firms which has been accom- sheu IN Insdnn",
london said: The practice Of comb nation to main
tain prices in certain branches OF puelurss -
tending E%sa an sustain the iron trade II further
saws that the makers Of carriage, cart ara WAGON
axlcs recently united for tho purpose Of cstab.sRiuE
or sdrance and that tho alliance has succeeded IN
uphold ng higher prices Anolhof sas'c ' have
ioincd together 10 prevent free competition ana ,ha
more than twenty firms have shaiea ~ en- 70 aide
as TO price by the dec sion Of she ma]oS,, 1tli,
another Is the vcltknown wood-scTe" c'.uiias t
ffob x~qE
aor wnS'o' 81 n snotber which has recently been
ceWnd IN nv notice Is a combination In some gas
ware pottery. which, not being able 10 SAc ~ q" ,6s
trade attempted to turn radcsm'1 ., ","C or and
against those who persisted in remaining o"' anu
practically boycotied them" ..,,,r,
ENGLAND ACTUALLY "PLASTERED OVER VII"
TRUSTS"
might cite many more, and worse, for repeat
what I said before that England is plastcreu oEe'
with these combinations, which are now calico trusts
in this country, and the men who dchleu c''u'l nv
,ohinr Of the subject or striving TO cohceai 'o
,,,,b They may take either horn Of the dilemma
dauchferJ The point that made then ths' trusts
were IN no way chargesble TO protective Ss'en'
hut nourlsh even more freely and more "u'is
under free trade system: is abundanty d ,be
and Is wen known 10 all who choose 10 reau "ie
trade journals Of that kingion 49,. ,,,s ,h,t
tbore is NOT one among all the trades In the lana 'ha,
derives rs being owes i's ,c sYaansI Government
Every one Of them derives whatever sancloI 1r to
brt SOMETIMES several sinitine in giving vitality
20 tbe organization Of trust, but in 70 case ,ha
on fr1Ist The whskey trust the cotOnsfed on i'Ss
The sugar trust and vafn1s coal Tus' ra s,,nds
whole list from a 10 T. and not one OF thenl s'auS
rpon or supported by the authority Of NG99a law,
the PERMISSION ana aIPfoSai o. mnt have known
certainly he should have known-wnen ne aII"lsnT Id
rss Ssol1e Nom when their charters were from
state Legislatures or their organization uuuei Ie
law. If he ala not SO understand H. obviously '''
Democratic House did
NOT THE FRUIT OF THE Tariff.
That trusts had no possible legal connection with
The tariff has been confessed by the Democratic ouso'
ronfessed by the Ways and Committee confessed
y; Chairman Mills practically confessed by every ma"
mat stood as an advocate Of free trade Take Tue
MINIS hill that the House. its committees had unoer
consideration for seven months, IN when A'S "e'0
seeking TO do the most radical things with our revenue
laws that they dare That BILL after It's seven hohS
sncuhafion left the House containing forN-ohe s"O
,,ors sixtv-scvcn octave PAGES than 1000 hncs
and $1,000 words. and II does not contain oo,i~ on
page or line or word or sylaoie ic-a.n5 ~, THE
zeal with which the President started on 20 sap ,co
tara and upon The Republican party seems MOI e'gm
e aSc 10 ee aroat he president by taking no notice
If his suggestion, Id the Dem0cfa,lc WeihueI9 "
cent some CONCLUSION thai stated at Portland namely
that neither the President OF me Ali-u ,rrc
ne existence of trusts or cure the abuses dheieD ~
vo &c or in National campaign Ine rits' trif
.oes not Therefore have fool Of ground TO stand on.
and was conradicted in every Hue oi the hee u3uo
sxreriepce have quoted from England
II Is very well 10 make stump speeches against mo
rerublican party "a having favored trusts, to hold
iSem reponile for then existence. and to introduce
81 as an Issue I'm national campaign Oul even tIc
Democrats who are making these speeches. Whsn pu,
npon their responsibility le -ators, did nor dae to
bring the subject forward Ihey hneW, .ng ,.to
dent did not, that trusts were derived rom s'a'o
charters, and did not exist under national law
DEMOCRATS FIGHTING SHY or THE sU~FCT.
Nor dd ,he passage Of the Mills Iarih bill through
the Democratic House afford the only occasion IN the
history of Congress that the Democratic party very
unanimously backed out Of an investigation Of trusts
do not desire to be pei sonal censorous. ana least
,f all do ] accuse any man; but II - fresh IN tho
memory Of all my hearers that President CleVe
land was inaugurated IL was charged that senator
for great state owed his election to bnbery-to
bribery Of the ranhcs character ever charged IN our
,,oltlcal history. So notorious tie charge that
lie Legislature OF the state memouaized the senate
G, the United states the subject and asked only the
favor that there might be an open fair and fu III
Vestcaton The bribery charged against one Of
the most prominent members Of perhaps the larsest
trust IN tho United states Far be II from ne 10 say
thai be was gully Kno" holNlhS vi MN, 49,.
fainIy know nothing TO his personal dscieIi h9t
the charge made and made openly-n0t male
anonymously not made n corner tVt Wdu. ny an
individual responsible or ire ponsble, not maze
merely BY ne wspapcr-but made by the Legislature
Of what the Democrats are fond OF ealing a SOW
ercgn State Of this Union There my friends, was
tie opportunity for these rrepressble, voracious ON
rc right INTO tho secret history III there hstory
OF all crooked transactions ~ there were any crooked
flarsacOnsl OF Of tho largest trusts IN thc nfh
T. asccrtain whether II was guilty monster, whether
II was corrupt and dangerous organization whether
SIS members were paying for the election OF tnlien
states senators and buying up state Legislatures by
tie OUTLAY Of vast SUMS Or money. , 10
We have seen thai tho cCntrivcs OF me NILS laIH
bin avoided tho whole subject and what dd these
democratic Senatois-n any Of them stiH IN service
those Senators hat are preparing 10 make sunni
speeches on he Republican IN luiry I'm tho matter OF
trusts what d.d they 10, DID they spring forward
eaCerlr 10 the Investigation Did they champ their
senatorial bits with impotence 10 get into tho race Tor
who should first chase these wicked trusts or MS one
wicked trust down Not Of them. IhrN sloh'
against Investigation. They worked against lnVcsi-
CATION They combined against invest CATION, lest one
stray Senator might press faint desire 10 opk mo
the matter Of trusts % the corruption charged upon me
chief Of them They caucuSod against investigation
Fhey voted unanimously against touching the matter
u the alleged trust had had The smallpox. they could