The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-09-20

Of trust upon employment, with special
reference to the commercial travellers. Then
he dwelt upon the relation OF the tarlH
to the corporations, following that with
condemnation of discrimination by rail-
ways.
In order TO destroy trusts requires them
to make open accounts and eliminate wa
tered stock he recommended that congress
sional action be taken to wipe out trusts.
He was interrupted by an auditor who
queried: Would that be constitutional
Would Change Constitution.
'I would have congress take such action
Immediately" replied Col Bryan, "and II
the supreme court declares such a law un-
constitutional would have the constitu-
tion OF the United States so amended that
1t would give congress the necessary au-
thorlty."
The speaker then dwelt more at length
upon the powers which should be reposed In
the state and federal government TO curb
trusts and prevent the watering of stock
He suggested that the state should have
the right to create any private corporation
conductive to the welfare of the people.
that II should have the right to prohibit any
foreign corporation from doing business
in the state In other words, the people Of
the state should not only have the right to
create corporations, but they should be per-
mitted to protect themselves from any out
side corporation. To this declaration of
states rights, Mr. Bryan said, should be
added the power of congress to place such
restrictions and limitations, even to the
point of prohibition, upon any corporation
organized in one state, that wants to do
business outside of the state as may TO con-
Rress seem necessary.
Reference to the income tax law was ap-
plauded as well as passing reference to
the Philippine issue contained in the state
ment that "a government derives its rights
from the consent Of the governed"
Got an Idea from Hogs.
''I was riding through Iowa and saw
some hogs roofing In field, and the first
thought that came to me was that those
hogs were destroying a great deal OF value,
and then my mind ran back to the time
when lived upon farm and when we had
hogs. Then thought OF the way in which
we used to protect property from the hogs
by putting rings in the noses OF the hogs:
and then the thought came to ME why we
did it-not to keep the hogs from getting fat
we were more interested in their getting
fat than they were: the sooner they got fat
the sooner we killed them. The longer they
were in getting fat the longer they lived
but why did we put the ring in their noses:
So that while they were getting fat the!
would not destroy more than they wert
worth" prolonged applause)
Must Recognize Human Nature.
and then the thought came to me
Qaughter)-the thought came to me tina;
one OF the great purposes OF government
was to put rings in the noses of hogs. (Pro
longed applause.) l don't mean to say any
thing offensive (applause), but we are al
hoggish. In hours OF temptation we ar,
apt to trespass upon the rights of others.
Primary Cause Is Money.
LET me repeat that the primary cause O
monopoly is the love OF money and the de
sire to secure the fruits of monopoly; but
believe that falling prices caused by risini
dollar have contributed to this desire ant
Intensified II, because people with thei
plants, seeing the fall In prices and meas
urlng the loss on investments. have looked
about for some means by which they coult
protect themselves from this loss, and the!
have Joined together In combinations 4
hold up prices in order to protect their In
yestments from a loss which would no
have occurred but for the rise IN the valu
of dollars and the fall in the lev 81 OF prices.
(Applause)
The speaker concluded with strong ap
peal to human Impulse, comparing tn
'God-made man" with the "magnlfe'
man-made man."
The Final Session.
The closing hours OF the trust conferenc
brought out the first suggestion OF an ope
debate on the floor There was not much
It, but, such as 1t was. 1t had lively inter
est, william ]. Bryan and w. 3ourke Cock
ran coming into mental collision
The work OF the conference had bee
practically completed. rhe last prepare
paper had been read anC the last set speec
delivered. Ex-Gov Lu:e, OF Michigan, 10
the committee on resolutions, had reporte
that the call for the conference gave 1t n
authority to proclaim platform, and tn
report had been accepted unanimously
Then Chairman Hove announced that a
opportunity for fres discussion would b
given to all who wished to take advantag
of II.
Attorney General Smith. Of Texas. an
James d. Dill. OF New York. had spoken
answer to this Invitation, when w. Dude
Fouike. Of Indiana. was called on. He too
occasion to critlclse the remedy for trui
evils urged by Mr.. Bryan in the morning
and when he had finished the Nebraska