New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-30
WIFE TIE TRUSTS UINf

The Democratic press with singular unanim-
IT'S recognizes the fact that the German tariff
is a Ell 81 Sale 10 the Trusts Accordingly II
Is with few exceptions urging the President and
the House 10 make a stand against ii and not
10 bcrray The party by Surrcndcrlng 10 the mo-
mopoly ruled senate whose leading members
on HE Democratic side are openly charged with
Icgsla,ing for The benefit ~ Trusts and SpcciI-
larlng secretly in Wall Street. Certainly This
explicit declaration Of the Democratic platform
adopted M Chicago offers strong warrant Tor
the position taken by the press Of that party:
W. recognize IN The trusts ana combinl,il"s
which are designed 20 enable capital 70 secure more
inaa rs just share OF The joint product = capital
aul abJr a natural consequence 81 The prohbitive
take. which prevent the free competition which :
The Ike % honest trid" bu' Ne believe their worst
evils can be ah1'od 10y .aw. AMI We demand 'he
figll enforcement - the avs made % prevent an
control them together with such further leg station
10 restraint - their abuses experience may show
- bc necessary
Tho Cleveland Administration has done moth
Ing 10 enforce laws against trusts The Demo
cratic Congress now has In conference n tariff
bill which has been largely framed In the in
tcrcst ~ those combinations Of capital which
were dcnouncci In The Chicago PLATFORM The
Trusts have been lobbying successfully since the
first week In December The Keiincr> Trust
according To- senator Cafrcry has dictated the
sugar schedule and forced the Louisiana Sen
aiors To- nccrp, ii when they would have been
satisfied with other terms ON three tic votes
the Democratic Senators la~t week. with only
two honorable exceptions. placed themselves on
record ~ che servants ~ their masters. the mo
nopolls'S who helped by their campaign sub
scriprions in 1902 to overurn the Republican
party and the Mckinley Tariff
This Is the situation which the Democratic
President aud liou~c have now 10 face. II they
surrender 10 the senate they Will ovcrwhclm
their party with humiliation and dishonor. They
will rcpudlatc the Democratic platform and join
the Senurc in a dsrcpuiablc bargain with the
Trusts The President himself, II he sanctions
in advance 80 dsgraccful Il decker, will sutify
and degrade himself. for in his second inaugural
address he had these weighiy words about the
Trusts:
The existence Of immense agsreeauons Of kindred
enterprises and combinations OF busiuers interests.
formed for the purpose OF limiting production and
fixing prices with the fa!r cii which
ought be open every independent activity. l"-
climate strife In business should not be superseded
by an enforced concession 10 the demands or com
b.naions that have the power destroy; nor should
people 20 be served lose the benefit OF cheapness
which usually results from Wholesome competition.
These agYregatons ana combinations frequently
constitute conspiracles against the interests Of the
people and In a.. their phases they are unnatural
and opposed 70 American sense " fairness. To
the extent that they be reached and restrained
by Federal power, the General Government should
relieve our citizens from their Interference and ex-
actions.
II President Cleveland desires TO preserve the
respect OF the American people he will live up
10 he level OF that passage Of the inaugural
address, and not again degrade himself by sug-
COSTING compromise with the Rctlncrs' Trust,
"A conspiracy against the people" as he did in
his letter 10 Chairman Wilson. II he allows
non0pONs 10 master him. as they have re-
duccd the Senate to humiliatlng servitudc and
ends by signing the German Bl OF Sale his
reputation for courage and consistency will be
as eyanescent as the hctIons Of Ophcllas