Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-10-11
THE FIVE GREAT TRUSTS.
Mr.. Blaine Says They are Controlled
by Democrats

Mr. Biaine Says They are Controlled
by Democratic
THE SAIL, SUGAR corToS-ssED, STANDARD OIL AND
WHISKY MoNoPoLIEs.
MI Blaine spoke on the subject OF trusts at
Goshen, Ind, yesterday. 1t is estimated that
10000 people were assembled to meet him. He
said:
"'stop, theft stop thiefv is the CRY, not en-
tirely confined to the criminal classes The coun-
terpart OF the trick is known In political circles,
and especially noticeable in the present course
OF the democratic party respecting trusts. In
PRESIDENT Cleveland's famous free-trade message
OF last December, he warned the country OF the
dangers or trusts and argued that they were the
offspring and result OF the protective system es-
tdousheu Dy the republican party; at the same
time, while assaing in the wide sweep Of his ac-
eusation almost every Industrial interest in the
North the President was particularly careful TO
be silent respecting the enormous tariff on sugar
Out or $2l2 OO0, 600 collected on tmportati0ns OF
every kind last year, over s5s,OOOOOO came from
sugar alone, which Is equivalent 10 more than
one-fourth OF the customs revenue tor the year.
that
ONE OF THE LARGEST TRUSTS EVER ORGANIZED
In the world-the sugar trust-was In full opera
ton, and that, II protective tariff was helpful to
that trust, he was giving 1t all the aid both
Official and personal, In his power. II the words
OF his ssage true, he is himself responsible
for levying these countless millions upon the
pockets or all consumers OF this country for an
article OF universal use among the families OF the
land. lCneerS.I Nor was Mr.. Cleveland'S silence
the only boon which the sugar trust received
When the Mills bill was under consideration the
president Oh tne sugar trust (Mr Havemeyer), a
peared before the ways and means committee ana,
according TO the statement made In open senate
by Mr.. Allison, or Iowa, obtained such arrange
ment OF the duty as was equivalent to $4,000 600
in the pockets OF the trust. IT, therefore, tue price
OF sugar has been unduiy advanced to the con-
rft cord, 10 I,a
Presidents doctrine are the President himself
and the ways and means committee who con-
eocted the bill in the interests OF that trust. l
think, moreover, that whenever you find one OF
the necessities of lie eornered and controlled by
an assoeiation OF men for the purposes OF reaping
Cleveland at the head or the movement Sugar
may, indeed, be accounted luxury, tor We can
exist without II, but salt Is one or the primal
necessities OF Life. We all know that
SALT TRUST
exists In this country, and the man who is now at
the head OF 1t, openly and avowedly conducting
Its AFFAIRS is Wellington r. Burt the present demo-
cratic candidate for governor of Michigan. Mr.
Burt Is earnestly advocating the removal OF all
duties Tor salt. This would seem another form OF
contradiction OF the Presidents theory, that pro-
lection Is the first cause or all trusts and 1t like
Wise fully Justifies 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. l am
fortunately aUle 10 give you piece OF Information
that has strong bearing, think, on Mr.. Yelling
i Il
copy Of the London Times on September 5, from
which learn that they are forming u salt trust
II khslan1. The statement IN the Times, quoted
from Two English papers locally interested In this
the Efforts 10 form the great salt trust have sue
ceedeI beyond the most sanguine expectations
have been professionally acquired by a
London syndicate represented by MeSsrs
Fowler Co., solicitors, Westminster and nogo-
tlationS are proceeding 1avOrably TO purchase al
the extenslve works IN Worceshire and Durham
The capital required is fixed at c3,0OO, 600 ster-
ing, ana mas 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 2s Cd ton, will rise TO los
LEI Us ash, now, II any man in Indiana believe
That MT. Wellington r. Burt's salt trust In the
United States and this great salt trust Ia England
But there is another trust welding more political
influence, perhaps, than both OF them. / refer to
THE WHISKY TRUST,
which has absolutely changed the politics and
policy OF the democratic party. The whisky trust
has thus risen financially and politically 10 ma
tlOnal Importance. / state nothing OF internal
workings ana its political manipulaIlons from my
own knowledge, but I know democrats VINO de-
clare tnat Nj. Randall, the able, upright, and ex-
perlenced Speaker OF the House u1 Representa-
yves, was driven from the cAair and Mr.. john g.
Carlisle, or Kentucky, Was made his successor by
democratic caucus controlled by the whisky
trust, and acting under The whip and spur OF It's
agents wish some inquisltive reporter would
interview Mt. RandIifS political friends on that
subject; and thea ask, also, how much money the
whisky trust Is contributing to the democratic
canvass this year, and at the same time he might
extend the inquiry Into the amount contributed
Oy The sugar trust ana also by the salt trust In
Guiding It's fellow trust in the business beyond The
sea-"
The sTANDARD-oH AND CorTON-SEED TRUSTS.
He said further that the democratic party had
received large contributions from the stockholders
In ire standard-oil trust In addition to what he
had named, he said, was the cotton-seed Oil trust
which was in the hands or southern democrats
yellow Citizens" he said, II have named nve
trusts In which all the evil that can come from
Truss ana all the various shades OF the evils that
might come from trusts, are conSplcuousiy proml-
nent. pause now ana II there be a democrat In
this aSseInolage l ask him 10 tell me one great
trust In this country controlled by republicans,
Win any political connection, able to exert any
power OF the kind have named"
No reply came from the great throng.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND AND GEN. HARRISON ON
TRUSTS.
In conclusion, Mr.. Blaine said that Mr. Cleye-
land had missed the point In speaking OF trusts
"iou Will ind that decribed In language as clear
as amber In the letter OF acceptance by Benjamin
Harrison, cur Candidate Tor president, In which lie
neither wlthhOldo nor exaggerates nor sets down
auSnt In mailce, Di,t viadlcates with peculiar
power aud peculiar dlrectneSs TIE position which
the republican, party has uniformly held on the
whole subject"