Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-06-01
answers both proOaoly wrltren oy tug

the fight against trusts If the Repub-
lican party does not align itself on the
side of the people and against these
combines, it will be in great danger of
defeat But. he added 81 am not
willing to believe that the Republican
party has passed entirely into the hands
Of the trusts :,
"Will anything be done in congress
next session to serve as foundation for
party action2'
81 do not know. Something ought to
be done. The tendency of these great
combinations is to crush out the small
enterprises and dealers The trusts are
controlled by few men. and the mass
of business men who have been conduct
ing independent enterprises become sal
aried officials and lose their Individual
ity.
"Chauncey Depew comprehends the
injury will result from crushing out the
small manufacturers and dealers, and
rather an interesting story is connected
with that
when the pooling bill was being
considered some years ago, Mr. Depew
gave some interesting testimony, but,
curiously enough, the printed document
prepared for the use Of the committee
disappeared Nobody conld find it.
ut was put into the bound volumes
of other matter connected with hearings
before the COMMITTEES. A copy was at
last obtained after three years search
and then Senator German had it re-
printed and circulated Well. Mr.. De-
pew spoke most toUchingly of the men
of small capital, the firms Of little
means. composed generally OF young
men whose friends. believing in their
integrity, enterprise and honesty. have
advanced the money that they may go
into business Mr. Depew deprecated
the frightful competition these young
men and small firms have to deal with
''He predicted that, under certain
conditions. every business would. in
FIVE years, be in the hands of trust -
stDid he have a remedy r.
"Oh yes. said Senator Chandler.
''He wanted to kill all other trusts by
creating railroad trust. Isuppose that
when Mr. Derew begins his career in
the senate he Will be the outspoken op
ponent of all trusts except the railroad
trust. in which he is interested.
sBut, seriously added the senator.
eve have got 10 meet this question,
and we ought to meet it boldly. The
point has been reached where we have
combinations ruling everything, from
sugar and lead to brooms, soap and
collins. The only fortunes are those that
are made by the muItimillionaires who
control trusts.
81 do not regard the assertion that
some prices have been cheapened by
trusts as a sufficient excuse for their
existence The question is whether
prices have been cheapened as much as
they ought to have been. Evidently not,
or such enormous fortunes would not
be made.
Chauncey's BIeeding Heart.
/ most heartily commend Senator
Chandler S interview to all my readers,
especially to my Republican readers
who cherish the delusion that the Re-
publican party will ever do anything
against trusts.
The thrust which Chandler delivers
to Chauncey N. Depew is artistic, de-
lieious. clever, skillful. sly. perhaps
malicious Chauncey's great Wander
biltian heart was bleeding profusely for
the little business concerns and the
poor young men who are being so fear
fully squeezed by the wicked anaconda
trusts. ''But did he have remedy q
asks the reporter. ''Oh, yes + replies
sly Senator Chandler. ''He wanted to
kill all other trusts by creating a rail-
road trust Then Senator Chandler
hits the cheerful Chauncey blow be-
low the belt by remarking, II suppose
that when Mr. Depew begins his ca
reer in the senate he will be the cut
spoken opponent of all trusts except
the railroad trust. in which he is inter
ested. " Prescisely so. Every Republican
will be ''the outspnken opponent of all
trusts except the one in which he is
himself interested Exactly It's the
old tale of the canny Scotchman with
his little red herring with variations.
Every Republican senator will be the
outspoken opponent of every other Re
publican senator's trust, but his own
eve lamb mast not be taken. and sen
atorial courtesy will save them all
Happy Chaunceyl Patriotic Chandler !
Charitable trustsi Since st. George
killed the dragon no more stupendous
figure has impinged ON human vision
than that OF Hon William E. Chandler,
senior senator from New Hampshire. in
his new role Of trust killer.
One Of his sentences l most particu
larly commend to my Republican
friends. s'But am not willing, says
the senator. .sto believe that the Repub-
lican party has passed entirely into the
hands of the trusts. A strong and
startling admission. surely, to be made
by high priest in the temple of Repub-
licanisn. ''Not entirely, mark you,
but mostly Like King Agrippa. Sen
aror Chandler is ''almost persuaded =
that is, King Agrippa was almost per-
suaded to be Christian, and Senator
Chandler is almost persuaded that the
Republican party has passed entirely
into the hands of the trusts The great
body of the people are altogether per
suaded that the trusts own the Repub-
lican party-boots body, soul breeches
and spurs.
Republicans Hunting Cover.
have given few Illustrations of
how certain Republican papers and
statesmen are seeking to escape the aw
fnl trouncing in store for them at the
hands of an outraged people by lifting
up their voices and bersting the trusts
whom everybody with two ideas above
a mud turtle knows that the Republic
an party is the mother of trusts. The
Cleveland Leader is certainly scared mp
It's latest utterance is decidedly rich
reading. coming from Republican or
gan. and is as follows:
with no signs Of raising prices for
grain and no possibility of any combi-
nation among producers of the cereals
to control the markets, farmers are to
be asked to pay about 10 per cent more
for plows than they have had to give in
recent years. The reason is the increas.
ed cost to the plow manufacturers of
the ircn and steel which they use. At
leust. that is the excuse published. and
it is coed one. Every pound Of metal