The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-17
BRYAN URGES ANN|H|LAT|ON
OF TRUSTS AND MONOPOL|ES
His Remedy Proposes That Corporations Must Secure
Licenses From the Government To Squeeze the
Water Out of the Stocks = A Storm of
Cheers for the Eloquent Nebraskan.


secure advantages for themselves. l be-
, lieve that society is interested in the
independence of every citizen. Society
is interested in this because if a man
dies and leaves no provision for his wife
and children, the burden falls upon So
ciety. | believe that the principle of
monopoly finds its inspiration in the de-
sire of men to secure by monopoly what
they cannot secure in the open field of
competition.
The Tariffs Aid.
Another thing that to my judgment
has aided monopoly Is a high tariff.
Nobody can dispute that a tariff law
import duty enables trust to charge
for it's product the price of a similar
product plus the tariff.
Now, some have suggested that to
put everything on the free list that
trusts make would destroy the
trusts. l do not agree with
this statement, as it is. made
so broadly. l believe that the
high tariff has aided the trust to collect
more than the trust otherwise could
collect. But / do not believe that you
could destroy all trusts by putting all
trust-made articles on the free list.
Why? Because if an article can be
produced in this country as cheaply S
it can be produced abroad the trust
could exist without the benefit of any
tariff at all, although it could not ex-
tort so much, and While some relief
may come with notifications of the
tariff, we cannot destroy monopoly un-
til we lay the AKA at the root of the
tree and make monopoly impossible by
law.
1T has been suggested that discrimi-
nation by railroads has aided the
trusts. There is no question that dis
elimination and favoritism secured by
one corporation against another has
been largely instrumental in enabling
a desired monopoly to become practic-
ally a complete monopoly. Now that
can be remedied by laws that will pre-
vent this discrimination, and when we
prevent the discrimination still monop-
oily may exist.
The Remedy
Tho reroadx ,,,s+ ha oo,,,r1a,, ,,,,,,,,
to nravent tbe nrp.nizstja, of No
nonolv Nov ybat nan he dona ~ nre-
vapt tbiso W. ha,,a "a s+.ti ,rr,,a,n
ment and federal gare~nn,er1 ard
while This anal forn, of oovarnnne,,t bas
it's advantaaes both tbe fadaroI and
state should hove co,,o,,,ro,,t ,ar,.,sin,
In the first nlace every stata b.s Tho
RIGHT to creata an,, nrirata nor1nno tio,
which in the irstioe as a. naonIa -
the state ;s conducive ~ ~ rt,eif,r, oe
the neonle NJ tbat sta+a 7 haIio,.o t,ot
we can safely antrnst IN ~ nao,,r, l1f
a state tha seftIarne,t Of c,,ast;o,,
which CONCERNS tbam 70 ,ba,, oroata
a cornora tion and n heoon, es 5Sstr,,o+i,.a
of thar bast ;nterast tba, oa,, 5as+,a, -. -.
the cornorat tion ana us Gov apeIy
trust them both to create and ami,
biIate IL copdit;o,s r,oIko ,nn;a,,a,ia,
necessary In The sennnd nIana tba
state has or sbo,,1d hay,a ~ ,,tnh. -
prohihit anv fnreie, oornora+;or, 80,
doing business in The state and it o,ebt
n have or hos tbs r;eht ~ i,,noss
such restrictions and ,;nfta,;o as ~
neon,a of the Stat ,ru t.,,, as one
,,ro, erota,, iias t .iiiiln iieeeSos'i
bpsinass IN the stato 'i p'i "'''h uo'iis
sJ ha,ia,,a q, ,ad;t; 4o
ed,- tbara r,,,st ~ fa5anoI ,'o,,I., ~
ond hal,a,.a ~ nr.n' heiheus, ny
nnu,ar r. ,eI,oo -, a,.S:.,,t los ~, w
i;,,';ta ~ piar sucn [eslrictiohs ana
n,,t;a,, -, " ttie p.. poihe Vi pie
~, 'ioh, upon aiy coIpora'ioh organ
80 =, oitG s'ase tnat Mai's 10 10 puSi-
Ness ~ 9iue ~ tns state.
,a,,oI;os lii ~, ttiat 'iisae ~, eui eht
people of every state shall first decide
whether thew want ia create a oornora
ton; that they shall. secondly decide
whether they want any outside cornor-
alton to do business in the state and
if so. upon what conditions. and third-
ly. that congress shall exercise the
right ia nIace unon svary cornora+ion
doing business outsidn of the ststa ~,
which n ic orgariged sir,,;iar ,a.t,;a
tions as may he nae6ad fnr tba n,,biio
GOOD tA'N p''>
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femoTs riroi,I. Iettar " aIn+;t,;., tiie tt
innornorstio isu,s oe na,ol',s .,Sris iIe 1I
conor9entad sornastioai,, ~, .1,'' i.e
tagas sat fo,.tb y, ~ ,a.to ga ''i
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~ a., 1eoe :, an lhey were
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