The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-07-10
clent and fixed principles of FREQ

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"Private mouopolics are indefonsi-
Die and intolerablo. They destroy
competition, control tho price of all
material, and Of tho finished product,
thus robbing both producer and con-
sumcr They lesson tho employ
mont Of labor, and arbitrarily fix the
torms and conditions thereof and do
privo individual energy and small
capital of their opportunity for bet
torment.
"rhoy are the most efficient moans
yot devised for appropriatiug the
fruits of industry to the benefits Ct
the fow at tho expense Of tho macy,
and unless their insatato greed is
checked, all wealth will be agyro
gated in few hands an! tho rcpub
lie will bo destroyed.
DISHONEST PALTERING WITH TRUSTS.
"Tho dishonest paltering with tho
trust OWL by tho Republican party in
State and National platforms is con,
elusive proof Of the truth Of tho
charge thut trusts arc legitimate
product Of Republican policies, that
they arc fostcred by tfo Republican
laws and that they are protected by
tho Republican administration in re-
turn for campaign subscriptions a'l
political support.
UNCEAsING WAR ON MoNop0L1Es.
"Wo pledge the Democratic party
to an unceasing warfare in nation,
State and city against private nonop-
olies in every form. Existing laws
against trusts must bc enforced and
moro stringent ones must be enacted
providing for publicity as 10 The af.
falrs Of corporations engaged III iu'cr.
state commerce and rcquirln. all
corporations to show, before doing
business outside of the State Of their
origin, that they have no water in
their stock and that they have not
attempted and are not attempting to
monopolize any branch of business
or tho production of any articles Of
merchandise, and the whole constitu-
tlonal power of Congress over inter
state commerce, the mails and all
modes Of inter state commerce shall
be exercised 10y tho enactment of
comprehensive laws upon tho sub
jcct Of trusts. Tariff laws should DO
amended by putting the products of
trusts upon the free list to prevent
monopoly under the plea Of protec-
ton.
"The failure Of the present Repub-
lican administration with an absolute
control Of all the branches uf tho
national government to enact any
legislation designed to prevent or
even curtail tho absorbing power of
trusts and illegal combines or to en-
force the antitrust laws already on
the statute books, prove the insin-
corlty OF the high sounding phrases
of tho Republican platform.
KEEP CORPORATE POWER WITHIN BOUNDS.
"Corporations should be protected
in all their rights and thoir legiti-
mate interests should bo respected,
but any attempt by corporations to
interfere with the public affairs of
the people or to control the sover-
eignty which creates them, should be
forbidden under such penalties as
will make such attempts impossible.
D1NGLEY BILL CONDEMNED.
"We condemn the Dingley tariff
law rs a trust breeding measure skill
fully devised 10 give the few favors
which they do not deserve and place
under many burdens which they
should not bear.
ave favor such an enlargement of
the scope of the inter state com.
morco law rs will enable the commits
sion to protect individuals and com
munitics from determinations and
tho public from unjust and unfair
transportation rates.
CHICAGO PLATFORM REATFIRNIED.
"We affirm and endorse tho princi-
pies Of the National Democratic plat
form adopted in Chicago in 1896,
and wo reiterate the demand of that
platform for IN American financial
systom made by the American peo-
plo for themselves which shall restore
and maintain bimetallic price Lowell