Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-12-02

ATTEMPTS tx THE TRUST AND
FASSJES.

Farmers ThnuIa Attend the
Removal OF cti,c ruties as II
Remedy Forbiucs.
II will be a shat difficult under
taking for the trade press to show
ihat trust y more Of a Repub-
lican co.operathan a trust is n
Democratic unTwist the shai ea Of
stock which won will, hold them
mp 10 the lightihe sun or candle,
and in vain win look for a party
label or finger We heard a good .
Democrat say Their day that he in
tended TO be ast trusts as soon as
he succeeded sllng his mill for
twice the sum worth. No farmer
can pose as an st weed hater if he
shuts his eyesl hoes up both the
weeds and thels 1t Is safe to say
that he dislikens. So is it with the .
free trader whoends that he objects
70 protective "hocause it fosters
trusts. He is I'VE with free trade
j. G., idle Amen workers and busy
foreign mcrchaLand if trusts or any
other known Il but poverty could
flourish under tan American system
he would point that thing until his
outstretched ha grew as stiff rs a
poker The factthe free trader own
ed has been sold"the trust He has
in his pocket allie cash he ever eX-
poets to receive also some shares OF
doubtful value be mill he owned,
when added toher concerns in the
trust, representsiat he calls a giant,
and now it is hispressed opinion that
Henry Clay and ers never asked for
giant industlAo be protected, but
infant indnstriesly , and he asks that
the tariff be rem3d and the workers
in the "giaut" ustrics be thrown
out Of employment
When some Of old advocates or
protection TO Amcan industry asked
fer tariff for pnctive purposes, III
dustries were not ~ infants, but they
scarcely existed 2 old advocates saw
sure way to gaiNork for idle Amer
leans, men and woeD at some wages
The cry was "Givls work ~ Europe
+ is supplying US VII necessities at high
prices, while witla tariff it Is posi-
I bic for rs to supplour own wants an'
gain employmentat the same time
The wage questiC1did not enter int
the problem eXcepso far as 1t woul'
give wages where 0 wages existed. l
was going too far } imagine that Wit
the tariff not onlHhe mill and factor
would come and tb wages but that
time the compensation would first b
much less than TIT abroad, then becom
f492Il abd n bttd nP Wages pinia abroa
for the same liz of work. Althoug
the old saying Protection to Amer
can industries was continued in us'
it was discovered that the true name {
the problem wa Protection to Amer
can labor and American wages p"
protection braght into existenC
wages -infat wages, It's true-the
it followed that the higher the wag'
the greater ned for higher tariff
protect them. Even the moderate FRI
trader does nOtobject to a tariff thi
/ represents the difference between wag
abroad and wages in the United State
But such an acknowledgment CARR
/ with it a true deduction that a wai
! rate Of $l5 week requires a great
protection than a wage rate Of $40
week. The question is therefore one
wages, and whatever the wages a
unGer a working tariff they will aiwa
20 down with reduced protection.
A trust is an evil that no hone
man should attempt to link with pr
tective tariff. True protection, when
/ is allowed an undisturbed trial, alwa,
given wGrL TO the masses and plac
spare money in their pockets for inyes
ment purposes. And at such times t
/ trust (frauduient and otherwise) fin
a better field for its object. e., ca
turing the money Of the people =
/ that il only to say that the crows ha'
a better opportunity to plumber from
/ well cultivated cornfeld than from
sand hill or the yard Of a shut dow
! mill. A trust simply represents the ia
/ in the market house Protection is {
+ market ho1se, well stocked and full
/ thrifty buyers. The trust is represent
/ by the rats. Without protection t
market house would close its doors al
! the rats would find their way into t
dwellings Of the people and gnaw t
/ toes and the fingers Of babies in tht
cradles. Sugar always attracts flies, b
the first man is yet to be found W
has ever been known to utter "cus
words against the sugar. Sugar is nev
destroyed because it attracts flies Nj
! ket houses are not condemned on q
, CONT of the rats. The good and t
! bad are not related by any family ii,
! Bad always has and always will hi
/ under good. Let no man be deceived
the wi.es VI the free trader -Philad
. phia Evening Star