Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-09-28

seIf-binsler therefore incrG the
farmers profits because il aables
him To market his grain cheA and
that is right. The trust eanes It's
managers to produce cheap than
they did before; and increa - IproIts
coming from that its legitne, al
though they have no right I'd such
increase of profits Better spducts
at cheaper prices To the conner Is
the only justification for Ets- II
the farmers were able to rnp the
price Of grain dishonesty aInfln IN
crease their profits. that yvld be
wrong. and il ought 10 he Pented.
Just 50 when a trust is ALTO dis
honestly force up the pricxpf its
products. that is wrong and mlsht TO
he prey ented. And that is Eat the
Republican party proposes tio. But
becsiuSc the binding harter in
creases the farmers profit bynablins
him To produce cheaper grr, Is no
reason why the self -hindaT.ught 10
be burned And just so. theact that
trusts cause cheaper produion of
products * no reason why b should
he destroyed The Republic idea Is
regulation and punishment ]e Bryan
idea il simply destructioIL If Mr..
Bryan viii work more on Ii farm at
driving his self binder. he ,ll better
understand the first princirs of the
trust question
Practical Remedy For Tr,t Evils
There is only one possib way of
regulating trusts. That wIis by the
congress of the republic Dntrolling
corporations This is one cGntry now.
We have outgrown state rigfs. There
is no reason why corporiuOn organ
lied in New Jersey should hve great
er privileges than one oIslnized IN
Nebraska. \ trust. 10 SUCCEED. must
do business all over the counry. There
fore, il ought To be complied. not
by "a state government. but by the ma
tons government. 1t is theold strug-
gle between the nation and site rights.
The constitution does not PERMIT that
at present The Republicanparty pro
poses to amend the constitution so that
the national government may control
trusts. The Democratic party voted
solidly against that proposition. Why
Because the Democratic party was
more in favor of trusts than the Re
publican party? No, Both parties are
equally against the evils of trusts. But
the Democrats opposed that measure
which alone can cure the evils OF
trusts. because il is n Republican
measure, and they would not per
nit it 10 pass as Republican meas
ure without protest. The point is that
the Republican party have proposed
the only possible remedy and are
pledged to its execution
A Trust No One Will See Destroyed.
Is Mr. Bryan in favor of destroying
a department store? Is there i woman
in the United States who will refuse
If not, why not? Because before tho
department store came She had to buy
one thing in one little shop and another
thing in another little shop. and al
of poorer quality and higher price
whereas now she buys everything I'M
der one roof. at cheaper price and OF
better quality and has it quickly de
Iivered. Under the old system, stats
tics show that more than so per cent
IF the small stores failed. And all OF
them had to sell poorer goods at q
profits. and even then they failed
whereas the department store sells al
Il lower price better goods in more
Il
who before was waginc a daily strug
gle with bankruptcy and failing in the
end, is now the wellpaid and prosper
Gus head of Il department of that great
center of distribution for the masses
called the department store. And vet
that department store has not destroy
j the small dealer who succeeded be
fore. That small dealer still exists and
hourishes more than ever The shop
devoted to SpecialtieS and where high
individual skill is required are more
prosperous now than ever. The de
partment store really furnishes thu
specialist his opportunity. 1t also AT
fordS the neighborhood store its on
portunity And SO we find specialists
shops and ncighborhood stores more
plentiful and prosperous today than
ever before. They do the small and
business just as small
does the small and Immediate
business required of money. Because
We have ten. twenty. and fifty dollar
bills is no reason why we should dis
pense with the dollar. the quarter. the
lime and the nickel Each have their
spheres of usefulness. And Just SO the
trust and the small dealer. the de-
Dartment store, the specialist and the
store have their respect
We spheres of usefulness. And the de-
)artment stare takes the place only of
he stores which failed before and
we're constantly upsetting business If
Ir Bryan is logical. he is in favor of
destroying the department store. be
'au>e the department store is a trust
n its simplest and most familiar form.
Bryan Favors Trusts
Mr.. Bryan is in favor of trusts as
much as any man i'll the United States
lie admits il himself. For he says
hat he is n great champion of labor
So am |. The laboring
rganlZationS of my state supported me
or the senate; and whea they did il,
hey knew just where l stood on every
question then before the people. l am.
nd have been since | was a boy, in
avor of labor organization. 1t is the
My way labor has of asserting its
quail rights with the organizations of
apital. and in so doing is a public
enefit. for the well-beingof labor is of
ital concern 10 the welEbeing of the
ntire nation. II benefits labor in num-
erle>s ways. Over and over again
lr. Bryan has said that these organi-
ations are a great blessing And yet
ibor organization is merely form of
rust. II is a labor trust. and is
God thing. But even labor trust some
Ines does wrong. When it does. il
'ses the sympathy of the great mass