Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-09-29
A FREE TRADE MOSES
NAvEMsYERs HELP IS JOYFULlv
WELCOMED.

gopustst., stsv-rit-. and Socialist.
Hail with Loud Accisim the En-
courssteH Uueraaees Of the sugar
/ Truss Maxaate.
| The usuniiy dignified Journals. which
ordinarily display self possession aud
intelligence In discussing public ques-
tons. have fallen ut the feet OF Mr.
uascmcycr as new prophet of eco
Monies. That the yellow journals. ~
"a ] advocates. Popuiists and Socialists
should make much OF his utteraiicr In
not surprising. since they feed chiefly
ON the foam Uf sensation. but to find
The sober papers and magazines yylng
with the gutter journals IA this suhstl-
tuition OF sensation for rational discus
sion Indicates thnt the stream OF public
opinion In being polluted at Its very
source.
A. a part OF this sensational spell.
General Alger. as bid for election TO
the United States senate. has an.
nounccd that he IL opposed to trusts"
and favors the election Of United
States senators by popular vote; and
-shaf'N WI htkN7 w hVNt EltutfNt Hoto-
riets IN associated with the Homestead
strike. rctires from business with $780,
100000. declaring himself against
trusts and the bequeathlng OF great
fortunes
All this tends To show dishonesty
or uttcrance ON public questions. The
talk against great wealth by million.
aire journalists like Bennett. Hearst
aud Pulitzer. Iron hnndcA and hint
hearted capitalists like Carnegie and
Iiavemcyer aud millionaire politicians
like Alger aud ringree. of course IL not
To he token seriously, They are per-
forming to the galleries. they are en-.
terlng 10 public sentiment thnt has
been created by systematic traduelng
OF successful business men for politl
eai purposes. This Is so general that
frank. honest discussion of the public
aspects OF Industry has become dllicult
ana In many quarters impossible. In
tallcetunl Integrity In this field Of pub
lie Interests Is rapidly being sub.
merged aud superseded by economic
cant aud public sensation. The extent
10 which this Nv taking place Is painful.
ly illustrated by the way In which the
liayetncyer testimony IL heraldca aud
estellcd by the press throughout the
country.
From tho homage paid him imme-
dlatsiy after bis Testimony before the
Industrial commission. one might think
that Mr. liasemescr was a statesman
OF economist whose opinions ON lmpor-
sant public questions should hive
9rvat weight Yet realty he had never
hevn suspected Of anything Of the
kind. lie has never said or ,snnc any.
thing to en,itle his oplnion on matters
u public concern 10 any special
weight whatever. MIR. Iiayemeyer IL
known oaiy as tn. president Of the so
called sugar trust" whose reputation
II the NEST unSasory OF any large In
dnstrtai concern III this country Ills
trust has been notorious as n stock
manlpulator. II plays ducks aud
drakes With It's eva stock In the mar.
kst place. making large profits on, OF
transporting Investors Under MIR.
uaseocysr's leadership the sugar
trust has been this mozt conspicuous "a
" W1Atthtatnt " tpnkffSe pA doubtful
methads- IN rvrently as iSs1l. when
the N Ilson bsll was before the United
States senate. his trust was the most
active factor Ia tho iobhy He then
tslsesrd that high tariff was u very
tsssi thing aai iahorel hong and hard
Is scvurv u for sugar indeed. his nc,
usity fot high protection TO sugar erv-
ated national scandal Rali eorrnp.
ton and bribery wvre openly charged
In shs ssnatc. AMI canastss. was Az.
Pointed Ia Investigate the matter At
the esaftnx lssrore this committee c,rs
tain OF Ar. hasemescr's witnesses.
conspicuous employees Of the trust.
MsFe ssnt 10 jail for refusing IN AN.
swsr questions which 4 Was feared
would have placed apcn the sugar
sfu1s the crime cf eorrrrtiug thr init
ell States senate. Nothing mere scan.
dalous has oscurss,d IN the public M
fairs of the republic.
Al that time the ffee trade tourpa,a
10 the iasai fnrsonsly denounced Mr..
haNsm.ycr as a low. selfish monep,-
nss' rorrupser Of legislators aud
aessncher OF public morals His ontn.
hon on tbs tariff or an, other nnhlt,.
question was then regarded hy the
ts'fs nv Of no moro account than ths