The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-06-02
The Issue OF 1900.

IL Is hard too much 10 aliirm that
Mr.. Bryan will be the most potent
factor in determining the lines OF
battle upon which the democratic
party will enter the campaign.
The fecundity of the Mckinley
administration in monopolies, and
the apprehension of danger to the
interests of the people their rapid
growth has occasioned, naturally
introduces the trust as an issue In
the campaign OF 1900.
Keenly alive to political tenden-
cies that threaten the interests OF
the people, we find Mr.. Bryan giving
a large part of his speech at St
Louis to the consideration OF the
evils OF licensing and fostering mon
opolies, while the discussion OF the
money question occupies compara-
lively a small place in his latest
declaration. 1t must be borre in
mind, however, that the st. Louis
affair was designed as an antitrust
banquet. and thefore the discussion
at length Of other public issues was
not appropriate.
1t is evident, however, Mr.. Bryan
discovers a relation among the sew
eral issues of high protection, in
dustrial trusts and monopolies, and
the gold standard that will cause
them to be allied objects of demo
cratic crusade.
The connection between high pro-
lection and industrial monopolies
was pointed out by Mr.. De Arnold,
saying:
"A potent agency in bringing the
result which is summed up in the
word trust is republican high tariff.
The high tariff, called protective,
but which is prohibitive, shuts the
worlds doors against the American
consumer and leaves him to the
tender mercies of the tariff barons
of our own land. Then, from mon
opoly bounded by the lines Of the
republic, the way is plain to mon
opoly bounded by lines OF this or
that trust. 1t is, first, bolt and bar
the outer doors of the great mansion,
and then bolt and bar, one by one,
the doors of its several apartments,
great and small. With competition
from abroad shut out by law, how
naturally is competition from within
strangled by combinations of sutli-
cient strength to accomplish the de-
sired result. Such combinations
are called trusts.
The relation of the money ques-
ton to the question of the industrial
trust is thus described by Mr.. Bry
an:
"Just now people are startled by
the principle OF monopoly as it
manifests itself in the industrial
trust, and well may they be start
led. The principle, however, is the
same as that which manifests itself
in the effort of the national bankers
to secure a monopoly OF the issue
of paper money.
The greenback is rival OF the
bank note, and its presence is a con-
stant menace TO the banks of issue.
Some who recognize the evils that
flow from a soap trust seem indlffer-
ent to the dangers that attend the
formation Of paper money trust.
The principle of monopoly not
only lies at the foundation OF the
attempt 10 destroy the greenbacks,
but it is the controlling principle
that underlies the crusade against
silver as standard money.
Between 1850 and 1860, when
the production of gold was increas-
II ing and the production of silver was
small, three nations demonetized
gold and gave to silver monopoly
Of mint privileges. Early in the
7Us the fnanciers became alarmed
at the increas. in the production OF
silver and conspired to destroy sill
YER as a standard money and give a
monopoly to gold, the production OF
which at that time was stationary.
The standard money trust is not
only the parent trust, but II is In
the hands of Foreigners"
The tendency to consider all oi
these questions in their relation as
the abuse of the power of wealth i
,Isignally illustrated in the speeches
at st. Louis. Evansville Courier.
The gentlemen wno drafted the
township and county reform law
|, evidently forgot that the whole time
E between the close of the legislator,
and the beginning Of school in th'
fall was not to be occupied in sleep
ling. Some provisions should hav'
been made for the proper conduct
ling of county and township busi
;, luto.~ sLa t,.,,a tho la txc f,.nl