Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-09-21
BRYAN TALKS TO DRUMMGRS
He Deals With The Effects Of Trusts Un
Travelling Statesmen

Hon. W. j. Bryan spoke at st. Louis
Saturday night at the Coliseum Hall
under the auspices of the National
| Democratic Committee OF Commercial
| Travellers.
The hall is said to re 1t II 060 people
Not only was every seat occupied, but
every available foot of standing room
was also covered.
The speech of Mr.. Bryan dealt alih ost
entirely with the trust question,
thought IN concluding he spoke OF tie
dangers of militarlsm.
; There is an intimation, lie said,
"that under the trust system the traV
cling salesman will not he needed. |
When every retail merchant mnst buy |
e all goods of one class from asingie com
pany the work can be done by samples,
and no travelling men will be needed.
q There will be 10 competition between
different factories, because all are IN
der one management. The first lIan
to feel this will be the salesman, VITO
will lose his occupation. The next
a man to feel it will be the hotel man,
j. who will miss the trade of the travel
% ing salesman. TIE railroad will lose
R the mileage paid by the travelling man )
c. the liverymen will lose their best pa
re irons.
he "Those who attempt to divide prl-
to vate monOpolies into good monopoiieS
ey and bad monopoiies will never make
"a any progress toward the overthrow OF
IN. the trusts. There is no good monopoly
nut in private hands; there never was ahc
it never will be. With all the advance
Ter ment in civilization man is still too
selfish to be trusted with the abs0 ut
in control with that which his fellow
ct must have. The Republican part.
bile has no remedy tor the trusts. Public
the ity is good, but publicity alone IS no
yer sufficient. The practices of the trust
ore must not only be made known, the
for must be prevented. The Democrat
of platform contains d demand for iegl
to lation which will place trust r.
Ike, tcles Oh the free list. There is /
to doubt that such a law would prote'
.kes the people from much of the eXtortlt
erty which is practiced under cover OF his
ator tariff laws.
law congressional action is not nece
neil sary to destroy trust which coniiIl
ex- its operations to Il single city, or Il 81
cur Ole State Such trust can be extern
were mated by State legislation. Its vii
lncil in the power of the State to prescrl
rohi- the conditions upon which q
g on porations shall be organized. and th'
,urd conditions should be such as to ms
1t by private monopoly place llmltati'
upon outside corporations cong D'
ness within the State This, hnwa'
is not sufficient. Congress must
operate with the State in prevent
;, the organization OF any lnterSl
we'll monopoly. w ithOut impairing
at 10 present authority OF tue State
ief i'll gress can provide that corporations
Turing gahizeu III aS 3 Pt S. mil
About neee conditions are comp
e was with.
Il aid "ThOse who desire the annihlia
w., of the trusts are not hostile to p
WV erty rights, but they protest aga
'ut ne allowing the fictitious person, ere
Rich by law and called corporation
nor of trample upon the rights OF the
turaI man of flesh and blood. 1t
lhsur man-made corporation supports
1as an Republican party, we ought to be
rginia, to appeal for support to the God
n. He man..