Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-19
.JOSLIN

JosLIN. Oct. 1S.-The decision OF the
| supreme court OF the United States as
delivered by Justice Miller should be
read by every protectionist-"To Law
| with one hand the power Of the govern
ment on the property Of the cit z n and
| with tie other bestow it upon favored
individuals to aid private enterprises and
build up private fortunes is none the less
| robbery because it is done under the
| form OF law and is called tax .tion. Be-
yont q cavil there can be no lawful ssxa-
ton which is not laid for public pur-
poses."
| Said q friend Of ours the other day.
| why don't The farmers form a trust in
| order 10 get even with the other trusts p
| Everybody should know hat that is
not practicable; that the farmers are too
large a body of men, the most OF whom
| must sell their produce as soon az it is
| ready for market. Then it would not be
right if they had the power. Justice to
the farmer means that as supply and de-
msnd governs the price of what he has
to sell; that the Same law should govern
the price Of that which he has to
purchase. and there is no equal rights"
for the farmer until he Can do that
We maintain hat tie railroads should
be operated in the interest of the people.
because they are the public highways;
and courts have declared that they are
highways and should be controlled 10
the interest OF the whole people The
government should DO the Carrying trade
of The people at minimum cost. 1t
carries my letters across tbs continent for
two cents; my paper at one cent. Why
should it not carry my hogs. my cattle,
my wheat and manufactured articles
across the continen: al the lesst possible
dor
controlled by q corporation as are our
railroads. what in all probability should
we have to pay for postagef
When Charles Searle made the state
ment at Joslin that tie republican party
was opposed to trusts, l FASTENED to look
up the records. The only effort ever
made to protect the people was while the
Mckinley bill was pending in the senate.
Senator Plumb introduced an amendment
to aid the people and protect them from
the protection plunderers as follows:
If it shall appear to the satisfaction of
any circuit or district court of the United
States that the manufacture or produc.
ton or distribution Of similar articles OF
domestic production or of the articles Il
domestic manufacture and product on
with which an imported article comes
into competition, is controlled by q single
C operation. firm or individual, or by any
combination or agreement between cor.
porations. firms or individuals engaged in
the manufacture, production. sale or dis
tribution of such domestic article. so as
10 produce either of ,hs following r.
suits. namely: The establishment of ai.
bitrary AMI prescribed prices for such ar
ticles Of domestic manufacture or produc-
ton. or the arbitrary restriction or limita
ton Of the production or sale Of such ar
ticle, or the suspension Of competition in
the sale. distr button. manufacture or pre-
duction of such domestic srticles-then
the importer of such competing articles
shall be entitled to receive lie goods free
from duty This WAS to prevent organ Il ID
greed from arbitrarily fixing prices to re-
strict competition. Had Senator Plumb's
lust amendment been added to the Me-
Kinley bill and its provisions been fairly
obeyed and enforced. there would have