Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-27
TRUSTS AND COMBINES.
And the Protective Policy Of the Repub-
hcan Party.


There is more unanimity among the
editors of the United States in regard tc
the abolition of trusts by legal enact
ments than on any other subject which
equally affects the well being of the peo-
pie. Yet, strange to relate, there is nc
remedy proposed which can even re-
motley bring about the desired result
There are few general principles which
cannot be ignored it We would solve the
question correctly. The first is that al
men have the right of association, foI
the purpose of acquiring a greater share
of the profits which arise from the union
of labor and capital. Have not capital
lists the same right to organize as work
ing men? Concede the right of organ
ization to any particular class, and you
cannot withhold the same right from
any other class without committing a
glaring act of injustice. And surely in
the closing years OF the nineteenth
century we will not be called upon to
ratify the erroneous doctrine that we
may do evil in order that good may fol-
low.
Last fall on more than one occasion
asserted that il the Democratic party
was successful in electing their nominee
for the presidency, it would have the
effect of stimulating European manu-
featuring enterprises to degree hitherto
unknown. But if the policy of protec-
ton, advocated by the Republican party,
was faithfully carried out it would have
the effect of not only giving diversity OF
occupation to our Workingmen, but it
would necessarily cause many European
manufacturers to invest their capital in
this favored land The fulflment of
this prediction is the highest compliment
that foreign nations could pay to the in
telhgent voters of the United States, to
whom under God we are indebted for the
victory achieved last November.
Capital is timid, it knows no country,
but is continually seeking safe and
profitable investments. For the last
hundred years continental Europe has
been sending its surplus wealth to Eng
land, there TO be invested, consequently
money was cheap, and with the aid of
this cheap money England became the
workshop OF the world. Will not the
stream of gold now coming to our shores
produce the same result here? Ii it does
not, then the voice of experience need
not be hardened to, and the lessons Of
history are as valuelesS as old wives ia
bies.
The money kings of England have at
length been taught, that our Republic is
not bubble that may burst at any mo-
ment. and every English syndicate es-
tablshed here is combination as strong
as proofs of holy writ that they believe
in the perpetuity Of Republican institu-
tons.
But it is asserted by some who take a
superficial view of the question that
English mechanics will soon fol-
low English gold and will con-
troll our future elections. They
also assert that these emancipated
Englishmen will always vote with the
English party in tins country or in other
words the so-called Democratic party for
express purpose OF enriching the land of
their birth at the expense OF the land of
their adoption.
Mr. Editor, we have no means of judg-
ing the future by the past. And that
past no Englishman who immigrated to
these shores need be ashamed of. On
many occasions they became more Amer
lean than the Americans themselves.
Whenever the life of the republic was
assailed by foreign foes or domestic
traitors they went forth shoulder to
shoulder and blade to blade" to die if
necessary that government of the peo-
pie might be preserved one and indivis
able.
The only enemies we have today are
native-born Anglo-maniacs, commonly
called Mugwumps, who are willing to
concede to Germany and England all
that these countries demand. The shame
full policy pursued by the last admins
tration is enough to bring the blush of
shame to the cheeks of any honest pa
triot.
Place no impeachment in the course
which the stream of English gold is now
taking. 1t will become an important
factor in developing the boundless re-
sources of our common country, but
prohibit by means of an enlightened and
an American system of education the
spread of English ideas that are foreign
to the genius of our institutions. Ii we
permit professors in our colleges to teach
the rising generation the beauties of En-
glish free trade, and the hideousness of
our American system of protection then
we deserve another four years of Cleve-
land & Bayard. Yours truly
ONE OF THE MACS.
Glen Mary Farm, Sept. %, 1889.
INDIANS IN KANSAS.