Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-16

CONDEMNED AND ENDORSED
Piatt saysIIe raiked Democracy id
warner says iic Cannot Einde rur-
suIt by crying "Stop Thief"

New York. June i6.-Thc Herald says.
oplniona widely different are being
expressed Ia this city IN regard 90 Sic
statement of Henry O. ilayrmcycr
president u the American Sugar COM
pany. before the Industrial commission
at Warrington recently.
SENATOR PLATT
senator Thomas G.. Plat said.
"Mr. Havomcycr expressed the views
Of Democrat and his statement was
In the interest Of the Democratic patty
EDWARD N. SHEPARD.
Edward ~ shepard. O leading att0r.
ucy Tor large corporations. rlid;
u thoroughly agrpc with the por3o,l-
ton that the serious evils or Ho-callcd
trusts ana monopollca are evils arlrlng
from the tarln system. This general
doctrine was very well Put by Augustus
Van Wyck. In his apccoh at tho Demo
cratic dinner IN April. Whatever cN-
cuso there may have bcon IN the past
for the maintenance OF infant indus
tries It IS certain the United statos has
grown Tar bcyond the usefulness, n
there over were any usefulness. of the
extreme protective system under which
we now live. The true warfare against
mon0pOlicH ought not to be wuged by
uu.Dsmocrntlc Interference with the
liberty VI business, but by dealing with
the system " special privileges created
by the existing tnHn'
EDWARD LAUTERBACK.
Edward G.autcrback said;
NN.aH..HHa.aHssHaHH 50 Ia
ulnt with ideas that call FOR careful
consideration by those who shape our
national policy. The acquisition ~
Hawaii. Porto Rico, and the Pl1lipplnca
and what appears 10 be the certainty %
the early acquisition will begct q Htu1.
tion. as soon as these provinces become
part OF the United States. that necos-
fitatcH the most careful consideration ~
the tnrln question.
"Rut no Republican would rnshly and
without the most abundant couHldCra-
ton. advocate an alteration u exist
Ing tarina Changes In tariffa and oven
threats Of changes. do more 10 unHettle
business conditions than anything else
and even a. faulty schedule ~ better
than agitation on the subject, unless u
shall result In policy that shall be
Just and, above all, lasting for cun-
tiuucd period"
JOHN DE WITT WARMER.
Former Representative John Dewitt
Warner. one of the leading members Of
the Reform club. said. ~ Mr. Have
meyer lmugincs h. can eluie pursuit
BY crying stop thief ne o. not The first
man who has made that mistake. ale
though the accuracy uf his statements
uH TO other peoples sins makes one
query ua 10 whether with n somewhat
further development 0f vcrnrity he may
not turn out 10 be new Saul among
tho uruuhrtH
should he once become converted,
his courage would make him Invaluable.
In the face % the facts hlH own cone
duct and the course ~ sugar stock
prices, his suggestion that he is pro-
tgcted by only one-cighth OF one per
cent, ~ simply heroic II ~ true, hove
ever, that since DuHChcr and Arbuclllr
have been producing he has actually
realized but little more than one
eighth. 20 which he owns up"
GEN. WAGER swAYNE.
Gen. Wager swaync snld-
There h not q doubt In my mind hut
that the institution and muintgpuucc III
a. protective mrln uH one ~ the features
NJ the government ~ this country was
originally wise ana right and has been
an essential, n not an Indispensable
factor in It's growth ana welfare.
When tnrin goes beyond the rca-
ronublc limits ~ protection, na our tar
Ut has frequently done, and doubtless In
some particulars does now, It's natural
cncct IL 20 stimulate manufacture In
those particulars and uvor-production
occurs. when this occurs, -pruduc-
ton hegotH trusts for ita suppression
and those things that Mr., Havcmcyer
says become true 20 some extent The
present situation IN that respect II nor
maj, ana has not yet sufficiently ma
turcd nor progressed Ear enough to JUS
NY sweeping conclusions or Ienchunt
remarks, the drawing and making OF
which are more easy and fascinating
than they are reliable and useful, The
alleged basis on which combinations u
manufacturers are based N the econ
omles that result. OF these the public IN
certain 90 gct % good share. To what
ever extent that results, the cgmbinu-
lions viii stand. and Mr., Hnvemcycr Is
right In saying that Il IL idle and mis-
chIcvous 10 lcgislatc against them. The
lmmnturity ~ the situation TO which I
have referred 20. In my opinion, does
not admit OF saying more than this at
lruHunt"