The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-09-19

lions of shares on wind.
Take the Hour trust. am per
sonally Interested IN two milling com
pauies, tue Pillsbury- Washburn and
the Washburn Crosby. We were
making not Largo money. but doing
well and getting y fair retura on our
Investment The other mills were
not dong so we'll, owing to lack Of
capital. Along came this man Me
lntyro. Of New York, with his trust
proposition. We didn't 90 into il.
but the others did. The only con.
Germ that went into the trust that
wss making any money WAS the Con
soldated Milling Company. The
trust Is paying enormous salaiI $.
aud spending money lavishly. There
is certain TO be collapse before
long IL cannot last two years. The
security holders will then be the real
sufferers, AS the promoters will bs
safely out by tnst time Those cou
cerns that have not paid anything ID
ten years and have gone into The
trust with an enormous capital will
not be able TO stand up when the
pinch comes.
"Tuere is one thing that greatly
disturbs me The Republican party,
whether justly or uuJuslly, is associ
ated wtl trusts in tue minds Of the
masses As party We have reach.
call halt Tne Republican party
has got to dlseonuect itself from
trusts. Il has got 10 do something
more than adopt platform plauks
against trusts. IL has got to put
forth It's full strength and leglslAte
against them. Tne feeling against
The trust idea is intense ia the West.
Itisso intense in the Republican
party that the party will break
ranks unless something is done.
The undertow of sentiment IN the
Western Republican : ates against
trusts is not understood In the East.
he revolt may strike US rs early a.
next year
II ottulN " uitf hlAtA ENlbE Alt
matter great deal of though, that
the Republicans in Congress will
have to examine the subject through
ly aud whenever they find trust is
depending for its exorbitant profits
largely on protective duties 1t will be
the duty Of Republican Congress
men and Senators TO remove the du-
ties at once. We cannot stop short
/ of that. TIE duties must be repeal
/ ed when it is shown that the trusts are
beneftlrg by them. This should be
done with the duty on steel rails and
tinplate. We can make steel IA Is
at fair profit cheaper than any
, where else In the world, and the pre-
sent price is outrageous. The Re-
publican party may win at the polls
/ IN 1900 because of the remarkab ble
achievements of our Army and Navy
10 the last two years, but legislation
against trusts should not be delayed
on that account.
when | was in the Senate | did
my best to advocate heavy duty on
imported tinplate. | believed that
we should establish and build up the
industry, the same as the iron and
steel industry has been built up. That
was the right thing to do, and the re-
suits have justified the course adopt
ed then. But these duties are now
being used to put the prices of tin
plate up. Therefore the only thing
to do now is to withdraw the pro.
tective duties. have no motive 10
this matter save that of good cIti.
zen, a good Republican and lover
of my country. The attention of the
press and public should sharply be
| call d 70 the existing conditions
Tine turning of the country's af'
fairs over to such man as Bryan
would be the worst tning that could
happen. No one could measure the
consequence If Bryan aud his friends
once got chance to try out their
hare bralned experiments. But II
we don't set our house in order the
people will take the control at the Ma
ton away from the Republicans.
The peculiar disease from which the