The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-12

hear trusts denounced on the railway
trains. on the street cars and street cor
ners. BY whom? Nearly every MAZE
white person from the age of Il TO 81. VI
what political faith? AS rule, processes
democrats What brand OF democrats
Mostly Bryan democrats, who denouneeo
trusts of every form in 1896, especially the
protective tariff trust ard the money trust
These two arc the father OF all Trusts,
| One of these, the tariff trust, is now IN luil
! force and effect. Remove this restrictluh
and we can buy our goods iiom lorelsh
manufacturers, or force local nlahuin5-
turers to sell ms cheaply as foreigners W
force of competition. III there arg Vn's
twenty five nail factories in the oniieu
states. each one operating under a uii-
ferent charter and independent OF the
other competing in the market Tor traue'
competition would evidently DC SHARP
and should any one or two of these manu-
facturers raise the price of nails notice-
ably above the others, they "ouiu Iose
their business and soon be lorceu 10 snu'
nm shop. but If these Twenty-Five lactolie9
through their management, conclude to en-
tor into n combine then competition mas
beon DESTROYED In this line for the reason
that all nail factories in the unlteu $40.
+ have combined their brains, MANAGEMENT
and capital, and fixed arbitrary prices iO'
5 their output. ,,us
wore ON tho market, they could reduce W.
] outnut and run the price up before FORM
4 ing the combine; but they do not reacn tne
Y desired end by this method They must re-
. ducS exnenses by economizing in mahase
= ment Again, each factory before cu ili,li,
ing. was compelled to SEND out soilel.o n,
for trade After combining these baieSiite',
i are not needed any longer 10Y W. AZ ~ tH,
Y there Is no longer any colnpeutlon IN ~.
A limited States nor is there any li"na
frreien countries while we have hlsl
protective tariff in operation 49,, no
= vino opposed the combines and the pro
Ii tective tariff in 1895? William bryan an.
d six and a half million voters. WIZ WY, WI Si.
N for the tariff and combines IN losU 10,
"A and three-quarter mllilons VI
~ by William Mckinley. ,,.t,,,
lie Who else came to the relief OF Mehin
= Low the combines and tarin, ana eIis,
aloud "Dnwn with the repudiators' uo"'
~, with the anarchists; they are not Coiilpe
~ tent or honest enough to MI nish s.u
to tions in this great government my We
~ destroy the credit and honot oi Wv puc,,
an tion?" 1t was 13o,oUo Voters' ieu "
Mt ner and Palmer,
Ne In 1sse while travelling on the roa'
be MANY times did | get into arguments u.
az tending the Chicago platform N the Pr,
,e once Of travelling salesmen. FIFTY OF poI
ne hans seventytive per cent Oh lheih 81 81
of either straight for Mckinley or loI nusi
at ner and Palmer, which, properly consti ~,
mt meant the same thing; at least tne 80
)r. was the same Now these same ssies ~.
lat oro bepqina everybody to help hgnt tne
,ss combines why Is III Because they INN u,
INT the people will suffer on acc9uni ~ W, 81
combines? oh, no; they MINK nc
IN lose their jobs, as combines can ulsP1a
IS their goods and wares without lhe ~,
ee yention of travelling statesmen, 10
u men, il you had talked ana workeu ~ rrs
on as Won do now, II would have been 80
lot helm towards checking these coInpine
out Your mower and influence Is great oul y
AZ used Il against Bryan when ne was hs.
10 ing trusts You slept on your Ilsn
tue Don't complain now, And those VINO Yoe
,.,. for Buckner and Palmer, they mao an
am portunity in 1896 to put themselves
20 record az opposing trusts. Dld they ~
~ oh. no; they slid off from the de lnocl d d
", marty and thereby rendered valuaole ,
~ vice 70 the party OF trusts, combines
~. Tho majority of them now have -.
Mr. deal to say about trusts. They arBue
NJ the country is ruined unless we pIeah
ia. these combines. Are they penitehV
AZ. truly converted? Shall the Bryanl,es
os tend TO them the right hand OF felloTs
aid and all 20 TO work and pun the saiie o.,
10 snd try Ia break up the combines or
he n he more prudent TO keep them un
cry suspicion and probation until aiiei
pre- next convention? .,,oo
fter NV reason for asking this question
hat that have never known one OF me- ~
Jew tlemen to write an article, engage IN
waite argument, or make speech asa
iuct the money trust. the worst and nosy u
gere gerons Of all trusts. The proposilioh
,per Lyman j. Gage TO retire the ereehpa'
self sherman notes and silver on hand, an'
up issue bonds instead, is simply earry."e
plans OF Grover Cleveland and J. y,
hich isle. the ultimate purpose OF when wa
Mt establish National bmking trust,
} 10 purpose of which is to issue and con
rmit TIE money OF the United States.
the wrong and dangerous for a lew nuns
men TO control TIE output Of all the =
wire. sugar. l.a;her, etc, It Is worse
more dangerous 10 allow few nun,
men to issue and control the money o.
are country. for every one Is bound 70 ana
~, admit thar manufacturers OF these aru
Ns are as good as bankers who propos'
de- form a banking trust. They are all nul
rust, beings, working for their own nv,
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