Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-12-18
csstx ccanig Ifrald.
IsL,yp Pogr.Vr- DFcFuHRE } 4


Shall -.s hsvs sstts- tiuss nou that
1eKinley is elected, snd hOv shs.I
tbsy BE- brought sbostr
~. man ean fail ~ Observe that iust
M rsason. patience and ~ united sf'ort
~ rnntribB'r 20 public Hsars aai pros
I>rrfy - giving wy % impat,eu,s. cor.
rlqfafs ard "a Ti'1 scramble ~ PERSONAL
siyq0rrz-. and % IS not singular that
out 81 tHsss cpn1 tiJns should cIne IN
unreasonable demand fpr sudden pros
reritv from The coming Hdmlristratisn
t.-fprs it is even inauZrraief. The time
is coming sy,8 WHEN the flil rssponsi-
1al'y will 10 upon a republican admins
traitor, ard a responsibility fDT results
TN. The peopis demand prosperity and
LITTER times. They do not care 20 much
Nv what lawful means they come. but
thsv will demand certain res5l-s Of the
electfgr leta1ss they have been promised
them. IfthsleaGinz spiritsin legislation.
trade. commerce and industries II the
country rush ua3Iy towards personal
snds and lose sizht n the greatest ecOno-
mic questions that the American people
we're ever called uuDn 10 solve, those
jJbbcrs will srre.y meet disastrous re-
suits and terrible retr.butiOn. These
great problems are Of course attended
- fl 49, . -
Ieyond our capacity or that Of men IN
the ordinary pursuits Of life. But men
have assumed capacity 10 cope with
them and haze taken the responsibility
Of producing favorable results. and they
vii be hell accountable for them. In the
name Of wealth, power and statesman
ship they have demanded and majority
Of the people r.ch and poor have given
them the entire responsibility and are
waiting .or promised results.
In tntse times President Cleveland oc
cupies a very euviabic position. lie has
SHIFTED to them even his responsibility.
Ills Girtatious With Queen Lii are being
fast forgotten. Tie is we'll out Of the
Venczuclal matter, He has by non-con.
curreace vita the action Of his party
sIirked the responsibility for the present
burdeJs on the people growing out Of
ccJnDinc cJuditions He has just stated
IN the abstract the rules prescribed by
national laws to be applied to Cuba
leaving he responsibility Of their appll-
cation 10 Others and Offering the choice
II WAYS and measures until the time Tor
action arrives" even though half cor.
.cealsd in this generally dignlfied state
document is an admirable specimen oi
fnesse in which it is suggested that our
present obligations may he suspended by
higher obligations which we can hardly
hesitate to recognize and discharge.
lie has, however, met squarely one stu
Htion Of grave importance by saying that
the beneficial results claimed from trusts
and "other huge aggregation Of capital
"fail far short ii com.
pcnsating the palpabIe evils charged to
the accounts Of trusts and monopolles -
and that their tendency is to destroy in
dividaality, 1.-THE free use of human facuI-
ties and the full development III human
character" There is Of course no deny
ing the fact that men TO certain extent
and under certain conditions can accom-
pIish greater and more beneficial results
for themselves and for the public by COM
bining their energies and actions than by
acting each separately. But when their
operations get over the line and they
reach the region Of compulsory control oil
trade, when they suspend the free action
Of the natural laws Of supply and de
mand, when they make the prices the
poor have 10 pay for the necessities oil
lie depend upon their will and not upon
the scarcity or abundance Of the articles,
then in effect it is worse than extortion
BY physical force. But has not man
the natural right to purchase all Of a
commodity there is in the market and
hold it at his own price; And If 80 have
not one, two or three the same right, of
has not corporation! Where is the
line to be drawn Right here Of course
is the difficulty. Where trusts deal with
trade alone and are created for the cx
press purpose Of sitting competition, and
when they compel poor consumers to
come to them and to submit TO their ez
actions then they are neither in harmony
with our laws nor with justice. To unite
the means and exertions Of several per.
sons in legitimate production is commen.
dable. Scarcity Of Il commodity from
natural causes 10 bad enough, but when
produced Intentionally by the creation d
corporations for that express purpose il
is intoIerable. When Joseph wisely sug.
Rcsted the gathering up Of all the food in
the land Of Egypt it was fitting that he
should be arrayed in fine linen, and that
ring vas PIT on his finger and gold
chain about his neck; but If he had not
forgivingIy shared his Accommodations
with his brethren and justly supplied al
countries coming into Egypt to buy corr
an iron chain should have been substitu
ted for that golden one. 1t may be asked
if the immense oil trust does not involv,
vast amounts Of property, wells, refner
les and means Of transportation, and i
production is not smong it's main oh
jects and purposes, ifnot its principal de
sign? So far "a the operation Of the