The San Francisco call., 1899-09-17

wants to DO business outside OF the
State.
Now, I believe that these concurrent
remedies will reach the difficulty: That
the people OF every State shall first de-
corporation; that they shall, secondly, de-
eide whether they want any outside cor
poration to do business in the State, and
If so, upon what conditions; and, thirdly,
that Congress shall exercise the right to
place upon every corporation doing bus-
ness outside of the State in which 1t is
organized similar restrictions as may be
needed for the public good.
If it is unconstitutional and so de-
clared by the Supreme Court. am in IA
vor of an amendment to the constitution
stroy every trust in the country. The
first condition which suggested was that
no water should be allowed in the stock.
l do not believe that any State should
ton with a single drop of water in the
stock of that corporation.
If a license is granted, then the first
conditions can be that any corporation
desiring to do business outside of the
State in which 1t is organized shall bring
to that board or body proof that the
water in it. In my Judgment when you
take from monopoly the power to issue
stock represented by no money you will
go more than half the way toward de-
stroying monopoly in the United States.
You can provide for publicity and that
annually or at other times the corpor-
and. when you provide for publicity so
that the public shall know just what
there is in the corporation you will go an
of ether tbe long step Il toward the
a third condition | suggest is that this
license shall mot be granted until the cor
poration shall show that it has not had
monopoly. and is not attempting a
monopoly Of any branch of industry or
any article Of merchandise. and to provide
that If the law is violated the license can
be revoked.
Now, 1 may be mistaken, but it has
seemed to me that this method of dealing
with the trusts would prove an effective
method. do not believe 1t is the natural
outgrowth of unnatural conditions created
by man-made laws. You cannot hide be-
hind the doctrine that It is here and you
American people can get rid of anything
that they don't want, and that they ought
to get, rid Of everything that is not good.
1 believe that the Declaration of Inde-
pendence was the grandest document ever
penned by human hands. The truths Of
that declaration are condensed into four
ated equal; that they are endowed with
inalienable rights; that governments are
instituted among men to preserve these
rights, and that governments derive their
just powers from the consent of the gov
erned. Such government is impossible
under Industrial aristocracy. Place the
wear and use In the hands of a few people
and instead of being government by the
people 1t will be government of the syn
dicates by the syndicates and for the syn
dicates. Establish such a government and
the people Will soon be powerless to secure
q legislative remedy for any abuse.
l am not willing to place the laboring
men Of this country absolutely at the
mercy of the heads of monopoies When
you control the price that man Is to re-
ceive for what he produced, you control
the price that he is to receive for the
labor in the productions of that thing.
Some people have tried to separate the
laboring man who works in the factory
from the workingman who works on the
farm. l warn the laboring men in the
factories that when they join with the
monopolieS to crush the farmer, as soon
as the farmer Is crushed the laboring man
will be crushed, and his ally will be de-
stroyed; and in a test of endurance the
farmer will stand II longer than the labor
ing man. The farmer was the first man
on the scene when civilization began, and
he will be the last one to disappear
But, my friends, why should we try to
see who could hold out the longest in suf-
fering? For one hundred years all ma
tions have looked to this nation for hope
and instruction. Let US settle these great
questions that we have; let us teach the
comes from the people, and let us show
them how happy and how prosperous peo-
pie can be.
The afternoon session opened with
addresses by Attorney General Smith
of Texas and James Dill, who had a
hand In the framing of the New Jcr-
sey trust law. A general discussion
followed, which resulted in both
Colonel Bryan and Bourke Cochran
taking the platform. W. D. Foulke Of
Indiana made a short speech, in which
he declared that he failed to see that
the remedies proposed by Colonel
Bryan in the latter's speech during the
morning session could result in the at
tainment of the object sought for.
Colonel Bryan, who was sitting in
the back part of the hall, arose and,
amid cheering, started to reply. Before
he had uttered a dozen words, however.
cries of Take the platform" came
from all parts of the hall, and with a
smile he did so. In concluding his
speech Mr.. Bryan said:
do not believe it necessary for us
70 sit down quietly and permit a great ag-
gregation of wealth to strange. every
Competitor. 1 do not believe that 1t is in