The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-17
BRYAN ANSWERS
B0URKE COCHRAN
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II the corporation must come 10 this body
created BY Congress 10 secure permission
to do business outside the State, then that
| license can be granted upon condition
which will, In the first place prevent the
watering Of stocks; in the second place.
| prevent monopoly in any branch Of bust
| ness: and third provide for publicity as
90 all Of the transactions and business Of
| the corporation.
IF this is unconstitutional and so de-
| clared by the Supreme Court 1 am in favor
OF an amendment to the constitution shat
| viii give 10 Congress power TO destroy
every trust IN the country.
"In my judgment when you take from
| monopoly the power TO issue watered stock
| you will go more than half the way to-
ward destroying monopoly In the United
States.
You can provide for publicity and that
annually or at such other times the cor
porations shall make returns Of its bust
ness or its earnings and will 20 another
long step toward the destruction of the
principle Of monopoly
ANOTHER CONDITION.
But am not willing 20 stop there, and,
therefore, as a third condition / suggest
that no license shall be granted until the
corporation shows that IL has not had q
monopoly and IS not attempting a mono
poly Of any branch Of industry or any
article OF merchandise and then provide
that II the law Is violated the license can
be revoked. / do not believe in the GOV
eminent giving privileges to be exercised
by q corporation without reserying the
right 10 withdraw them when those srivi.
leges become hurtful to the people.
Ny contention has been that We have
been placing the dollar above the man,
that We have been picking out favorites
in government, that We have been bestow-
ing upon them special privileges and every
advantage we have given them has been
given them to the detriment Of other peo-
pie. My contention is that there IS a
vicious principle running through the vari-
Gus policies which We have been pursuing
that in our taxation we have been impOs-
Ing upon the great struggling masses, the
burdens of government, while We have
been voting the privileges 10 the people
who do not pay their share OF expenses to
the Overnment
the government.
Of larceny. the speaker asserted. An in
come tax. he believed, would remedy an
other great evil.
I have no fear that any man by his
own brain or his own muscle will be
able 10 secure a fortune 30 great as 10
be q menace 10 the welfare Of his fellow
men.
When God made man he placed a limit
TO his existence. so that II he was a bad
man he could not do harm long. but when
we made our man-made man Ohe corpo-
ration, we raised the limit Of his age.
We did not give him soul and IL he !
can avoid punishment in this world, he |
NO esf.k L. q
/ want 10 protest against this doctrine |
that the trust is a natural outgrowth |
of natural laws. 1t IS not true. The trust |
is the natural outgrowth Of unnatural |
conditions created by man-made laws.
Government under the four great prin- /
cipes of the Declaration OF Independence |
IS impossible under an industrial artso- |
cracy.
NO SEPARATION
Some people have tried 10 separate the |
labOring man who works IN the factory /
from the laboring man who works on |
the farm. I want 10 warn the laboring
man In the factories that they cannot
separate themselves from those who toll |
on the farm without inviting their own
destruction. 1 warn the laboring men In
the factories that when they join with
the monoDolies to crush the farmer. as
soon as the farmer is crushed. the la
boring man will be crushed, and his ally
will be destroyed. and In a test OF en-
durance, the farmer viii stand II longer |
than the laborlng man.
The farmer was the first man on the
scene when civilization began, and he
will be the last one 10 disappear. You |
may drive the farmer down so he cannot
buy coal. but he can burn corn. But you
drive the coal miner down so he cannot
buy corn and he cannot eat coal.
But, my friends, why should we try 10
see who could hold out the longest in
why try to see who can en-
lure the most hardships and yet live?
Why not try 10 see who can contribute
most to the greatness and 10 the glory |
md to the prosperity OF this nation?
Why those who can contribute most
should make this government what the
athers intended il for. For one hundred
'ears this nation has been the light of
he world For one hundred years the
)est OF all nations have looked to this
iation for hope and instruction. Let us
ettle these great questions that we have
,efOre us: let US teach the world the |
blessing Of a government that comes from |
he people. and let US show them how
lappy and how prosperous people can be.
believe in the doctrine that God made |
N men OF the same dust and lid not !
make some 20 crawl on hands and knees |
nd others 10 ride upon their backs. Let
IS show what can be done when we put
nto actual practice those great doctrines |
Z human equality and OF equal rights.
nd make this government what he feth-
rs intended. so that We shall lead the
World step by step on TO higher ground
Facing a sea Of wildly waving arms and
storm Of cheers. the orator resumed his
eat
Three-duarters OF the audience had been
ttracted by the announcement Of his ap-
earance apparently. for that proportion
aft when he had finished
OTHER SPEAKERS
James II. Raymond Of Chicago. then
poke on Patents and Monopo'ies."
c.. W. Northrup. Jr., OF Chicago. follow
d on Practical Federal Remedies for
Trusts"
Prof David Kinley. or the University
Chicago read a mass Of statistics and
plnlons from business and professional
zen IN regard 20 the effect OF trusts.
T. B. Walker, of Minneapolis. spoke or