The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-15


tional platform. Let there be no re-
steady advance all along the line. and
THE ISSUE WILL Be TRUSTS:
what VIII Tn. People do when They See
That Times Get Harder sder High ~
We'll ss . Lew Tsrine How Nspolsan
Dealt with Trusts.
Sam Hudson in Philadelphia Sunday Item.
Ia my judgment the issue that
will come two years hence will be q
settlement with the oc.opian Trusts,
which have become q menace to the
life of the nation. l recollect read
ing, in the life of the frst Napol-
con, story of how that great states
man, for the great Corsican was q
great statesman as we'll as a great
soldier, dealt with trusts.
While Napoleon was in the hey
dey of his power, the question in
France, of whether privileges and
favors should be given to "ccmpan-
ies," as trusts were called at that
epoch.
England is the true birthplace of
the trust and trade monopoly, the
powerful East India Company having
been the first atield.
Napoleon summoned the ablest
lawyers of Europe to a consultation
in Paris, when the problem was
submitted to them, Of whether trade
monopoly or individual competition
was best for a nation.
These eminent counsellors exam
ined the subject from every point of
view and it was their final judg-
ment that monopoles were inimical
to nations ilfe and prosperity.
harmful to the people and threat
eniug to the sovereignty.
Napoleon proved this finding and
to this day that has been the policy
of France and is the secret Of her
wondrous and Aladdin-like prosper
ity.
The Trust has a devoted friend and
guy rope in the Rep ublican party.
And this is no joke.
While the Dingley bill was pend
ing in the House, or rather while it
was being indecently showed through
that non-dellberative body, the Dem
ocratic and Populistic minority
made every effort to engraft upon
the measure antitrust cogs.
The Republican gossoons, under
the Yankee leadership of Reed and
Dingley, resented these attempts.
They spurned these air brakes for
the prote ection Of the people. They
stood Loyalty and staunchly by the
trusts, which contributed Of their i'll
gotten gains to Mark Hanna's polit-
ical fund like water.
But | rather reckon that the trusts
are not yet quite through the woods.
All, there is the Senate!
After all said and done the SEN
ate is the bulwark of the people, un-
popular as it may b5 with newspa-
per editors who wear monocles and
who belong to good government
clubs.
The Senate is extremely likely in
it's tinkering with the Dingley bill
to fasten some tn thrust mueller
upon it.
The best minds of the Senate
clearly realize that the coming is
sue is one between the people and
the trade monopolies and they are
prepared to use the knife heroically.
recollect telling Prof. Wilson
when he was framing his low tariff
bill that he was going agin human
natur. You propose to give the
toiler more stuff for his money, but
at the same time you propose to give
less money with which to buy the
stuff. Where, then, doth the ad
vantage appear
You see the toiler guages entirely
by his pay envelope. II doesn'
matter to him how cheaply he ma,
buy q pair of socks, it is the amour
of the ''long green" he finds in his
pay envelope on a Saturday night.
was true in my diagnosis.
The toiler, finding less dross il
his envelope, took it out of the life
of the Democratic party.
The Mckinley bill will raise prices
will make the articles of consump
ton dearer, while it will not add t
the amount of dross in the pay en-
velope.
The tariff Baron will selishly keer
for his own purse all the profits tina
will accrue from the tariff bill. Ant
the toiler won't do thing but tax
it out of the hide of the RepubIi
can party.
And further deponeth sayeth not
The best information that l wa
able to obtain indicated that Con
gress will not have the tariff bill
cased and ready for shipment befor
August.
The Solons of the Senate mean t.
revamp the bill so that its own da'
won't be able to recognize his Owl
prodigy.
The clash between the two house
over this bill is likely to be prolong
ed and memorable.
| There is a great deal Of force i
the above, but why not tell the pee
pie what are the real causes of trust
No trust could exist with fair raj
road rates and rising prices. Th
only way to kill trusts is to kill tn
gold standard and stop discrimins
tion in transportation rates. In
two greatest and vital questions bt
fore the country are financial an
transpol tatian. With these two RI
forms trusts will disappear as mis-
before the rising sun.-ED. CAUcA'
IAN
Some Views on The Political Situation
, Henderson Gold Leaf.
AS conservative spectator, ha,
calmly and studiously watched tt
= various moves made on tho politic
t chess board in this State, since Il
! Presidential election. Legit1ma
wire-working has always been reco
J nized, and allowed, by all partie
9 but the bareface corruption devt