The Dickinson press., 1896-10-31

AMOUNT. II we mad prO0uce0 u own
sugar, instead Of gold having been ex-
export that has widely hurt our indus
.ries and business-gold would have been
imported. for the more than one hundred
million dollars of gold OF it's equivalent
sent abroad each year for sugar would
have been kept at home.
Home OF Foreign Wool, Which?
All these advantages-the use of land,
domestic commerce and Of u circulat-
ing medium, the retention Of gold
would follow also from a production of
the 250,O0O,O00 pounds of wool that we
annually import under the Wilson law;
4 production that would follow from the
lion as was given by the Mckinley law.
Surely SO far as tariff legislation is con-
.erned, the farmer, whether he regards
only his own interests or looks beyond
hem to the interest Of his country, viii
nave; no difficulty in deciding which par
will be all the easier and surer because
Of the record of the candidates for Presi.
January @ Is, i iSs4, efa'a IS im m SerElt:S IL
my judgment whether the sheep-grower
receives any benefit from the tariff o.
voted for free wool, for the repeal of the
sugar bounties and for the abrogation of
the reciprocity arrangements Mr.. Nc.
Kinley, it is needless to say, has been
and is, in favor of reciprocity, just pro-
tecrlon to wool and other farm products,
out bect-sugar industry as other coun-
tries have found profitable. In con-
trast with what Mr.. Bryan said about
;ariff on wool is what Mr.. Mckinley said
when introducing his tariff bill into the
House:
with more force than another for defensive
duties it is this, and to no class Of citizens
should this House more cheerfully lend legls-
ions, than to. the million farmers Who own
steep in the United States. We cannot af-
PAD rs a nation to permit this industry to
% longer crippled.
This shows Mr.. McKinley's regard for
ind Mr.. Bryan, also, may be judged by
lis %utterances on the same subject.
Republicans and Trusts.
Farmers have been consistently and
,ersistently opposed to trusts. This hos
.ility has been exaggerated in the voci-
:erous and sweeping d~enunciatiOns of
trusts by the Populists. The farmers of
his country are well aware that there
are more trusts that, while nearly and
If certain articles to their sure and lib
.ral profit. have nevertheless, by reason
If the economies of the aggregation of
capital, the employment of best talent IN
directing, and Of producing. and hand
ing large quantities, made the prices of
he articles to the consumers less than
hey would be if the trusts were not in
existence. Nevertheless, the farmers of
his country believe that the principles
underlying trusts are wrong and that in
ne aggregate trusts are a serious injury
% business and WELD a power that will
present to human nature a temptation too
strong to be resisted, except in a few
,ases, to use that power with political
parties and legislative bodies, for i'm.
proper ends; in short, that the trust is an
enemy to the people and. a menace to the
aatlon, there being some exceptions to
prove the rule. Representative agricul.
lemned trusts and asked for legislation
chat, would end them, or at the least,
would subject their affairs to such public
knowledge n control us would remove
their power for evil. A representative
Agricultural body has never pronounced
farmer as regards trusts is that occupied
5y our economists and by nearly ali GU
population, hence, it is sanctioned by
scientific research Inc reasoning and by
the common sense. In accord with thu
wishes of farmers and in compliance
VIII eue!I requests. the Nlfty-irSt Con.
yress, which was the first Congress Re.
publican in both branches since trusts
aad assumed prominence in this country
1aStened ut its first session to pass "a
Dill to protect trade and
against unlawful! restraints and monopo
lies," which declares that:
avery contract, combination in form o.
straint Of trade or among IN,
several states. or with foreign nations, i,
hereby mere sbs DECLARED to be illegal. Every person
IN any such combination or conspiracy shai
be deemed guilty Of a misdemeanor, and. OF
asp pa nat ex Thereof, ste ball. be punished BY
ment not, exceeding one year, or by both o.
court. VI III
Every person who shall monopolize O.
snail attempt to monopolize, or combine O.
!, eonspire with any other person or person,
TO om mSnep0l amon any Pa Rart Of sevs the trade .
or with foreign nations, shall be guilt,
# q mIsdemeanor and on conviction thereof
, saMn. o or h puin n,nr,s by fine not exceeding
year, or by both said punishments, In tn,
!, DISCRETION Of the court:
~ That tso word I'd Person" or persons. whcr
eluAe corporations and associations existin
nnSeE or authorized by the laws Of eithe
the United States, the laws Of any OF tn
laws of amy foreign country.
/ This act is so comprehensive in it's def
4 nltion of a trust. which it made illegal
that 1t was clearly the purpose. of thos,
who made it a law, that no trust shonl,
escape.
:, Democracy and Trusts.
Contrast with the action of the Fifty
first Congress the action of the Fifty
third COngreSs-the first one Democrat,
IN both branches since trusts a~ttaine,
J to prominence in this c~ountry-which, q
I its regular session. put into the Golfer o
, the Sugar trust. BY means Of the Wilson
/. then in its hands; and by the same Inv
made a profit for the Whisky trust O
nbout $1O,O0O,OOO on the whisky with
, drawn from bond after it became Ger
tam that the tax on whisky would b
increased and before the law went int
] effect, and, in addition, the Wilson Law
increased the allowance for wastac
! while in bond and heightened the bonde,
r lerior from three to eight years. TIL
Fifty-third Congress legislated agains
t trusts, but only those Of which import
t Prs age members and which deal in i'm
ported o%rticles. Domestic trusts have re
] manned uEdisturbed by Democratic lcgis
!aticn. NO effort has been made by tn
Democrats administration to enforce tn
antitrust legislation of either the Fifty
first or the Fi%fty-third Congress, thong
frequently reminded oe its duty by tn
= agricultural and other papers. includin
!: even a leading New York Democrati
paper. So far as their attitude towar,
: trusts is concerned. the farmer ought no
!. to have any difficulty in deciding whic
! Of the two leading political partie
7 should have his vote.
On questions that have not had til
:. long and general attention bestowed o
: Z the tariff or in the treatment of evil
8 that have been SO acridly denounced q
6 the trusts. but that farmers have RICH,
fully considered to have q direct and cor
siderable effect on agricultural interest,
the Democratic and the Republican pa
: ties have recently made records e0uall
= plain snd significant.
=. Who ravors Rural Mail Delivery.