The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-25
Living Issues.
IrTTER OF ACCEPTANCE.

MI Damonratic Candidate AOE
ou,sss the Issues Upon Which ne OOeS De
fore the Country.
The Progressive Farmer gave q
ovtanded notice of President
MoKinlev's letter of acceptance. we
nov Give the most important secUlonS
60 +ho+ Of Col. Bryan. Formally &C
+bn Democratic nomination
last week, he said;
uovino in my notification Speech
5;.orssed somewhat at length the
paramount issue, Imperialism anu
addnd some observations on mllltar-
ism and the Boer war, it is su1nclehV
Of this time to review the remaining
n1anks of the platform.
TRUSTS.
The platform very properly gives
prominence to the trust question:
The appalling growth of comDlna-
+ions in restraint of trade during the
nresent administration, proves con
c7usivelv that the Republican party
lacks either the desire or the ability
+o deal with the question effectively
IF. as may be fairly assumed IIe
snnecbes and conduct of the Repuol1-
can leaders. that party does not in
tend to take the peoples side against
these organizations, then h weak
on5 Qualified condemnation OF trusts
70 he found in the Republican plat
form is designed to distract atten-
+ion while industrial despot1sm Is
completing its work. A private mo-
noDOlv has always been an outlaw
No defense can be made of an indus
trial system in which one, or a few
men can control for their W profit,
the output or price of any article OF
merchandise. Under such a system
the consumer suffers ~eXtOrtiOn, the
nrOducer of raw material a u
one purchaser, and must sell at the
arbitrary price fixed the laborer has
but one employer, and is powerless
to protest against injustice, either IN
wages or in conditions of labor; the
small stakeholder is at the mercy OF
the speculator, while the travelling
salesman contributes his salary to
the overgrown profits of the trust.
Since but a small proportion of the
Deople a share in the advantages
secured by private monopoly, 1t FOL
lows that the remainder of the PEG
pie are not only excluded from the
benefits, but are the helpless victims
of every monopoly organized. 1t Is
difficult to overestimate the immed1-
ate injustice that may be done, or to
calculate the ultimate effect OF this
Injustice upon the social and political
welfare of the people. Our plat
form, after suggesting certain spe-
cifc remedies, pledges the party to
an unceasing warfare against private
monopoly in nation, State and city.
I heartily approve of this promise
if elected, it shall be my earnest and
CONSTANT ClllCd VI W 4O4AAAA OAAO
promise in letter and spirit. 1 shall
select an encouragement who will,
without fear or favor, enforce exist
ing laws; I shall recommend such
additional legislation as may be
necessary to dissolve every private
monopoly which does business out
side of the State of its origin and if,
contrary to my belief and hope, a
constitutional amendment is found
to be necessary, 1 shall recommend
such an amendment as will, without
impairing any of the existing rights
of the States, empower Congress to
protect the people of all the States
from injury at the hands of individ-
uals or corporations engaged inter
State commerce.
CORPORATIONS IN POLITICS.
The platform accurately describes
the Dingley tariff law, when it con
dennis it as a 'strust-breeding meas
ure, skiTlfully devised to give to the
few favOrs which they do not de,
serve, and to place upon the many
burdens which they should not bear >
Under its operation trusts can plum
der the people of the United States
while they successfully compete IL
foreign markets with manufacturer:
of other countries. Even those who
Justify the general policy of protec
ton will find it difficult to defend
tariff which enables a trust to exac
an exorbitant toll from the citizen
Tho Democratic Dartv makes n