The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-21
HANNA DEFENDS
THE TRUSTS
Speaks of Them as Giving
Land Prosperity.
POSES AS A GOOD
FRIEND OF LABOR
Finishes His Tour of Bryan's
State.

Omaha. Neb., Oct. 2e--Senstor Hanna
concluded his six days tour Of speak
ing at Omaha tonight. winding up his
itinerary by making four speeches,
three in South Omaha, where are To-
Gated the big packing houses of the
city, and where his audiences We're for
the most part composed of working
men, and one in Omaha Late tonight
the special train left over the BurlinS-
ton road for Chicago and viii arrive
there tomorrow morning, Senator
Hanna viii devote but little time 10 the
business of the national headquarters
next week, however, as he is booked
for speeches nearly every day next
week, NEST of them in Illinois towns,
The weeks itinerary has included
over $500 miles of travel in the three
states, Senator Hanna in that time
making nearly a hundred speeches OF
from two to forty minutes duration
With the exception OF some hOaFseness.
however. he has withstOod the ardHOus
weeks campaigning exceedingly well.
Senator Hanna narrowly escaped
serious injury today at Auburn, where
q stand had been erected on the race
track of the fair grounds The over
cFOWding of the frail structure and the
crush Of people around il caused the
stand to collapse with a crash that al
most created a panic in the grounds
Although thrown on his hack by the
fall of six feet. Senator Hanna was
entirely UnhuFt- 4 boy ciingiRg to the
structure had his leg broken by being
caught under the timBers-
Besides the four speeches "A Omaha
tonight Senator Hanna made addresses
at nine towns in the territory covered
during the DAY, which included the ex-
IRENE southeastern portion OF the state.
The day was intensely disagreed bic,
strong winds filing the air with blind
ing clouds of dust.
Defeats the Trusts.
Nebraska City was reached late in
the afternoon. Here are located the
big works of the National Starch COM
pany and other important manufactur-
ing interests. Senator Hanna vas met
at the train by J. Sterling Morton. sec
rotary of agriculture under President
Cleveland.
Mr.. Hanna devoted most of his time
to the discussion OF trust questions
1T has been claimed the Republican
party IS afraid to discuss the trust
question: said Mr.. Hanna. We'll.
am not. You are getting to a question
that I know something about. I have
been in business for forty years and
nave IN my employ 5000 men Mr.
Bryan does not know a thing about
business; he never did and he is too
old TO learn"
Mr. Hanna then entered into a dis
cussiOn OF the trust issue and said:
According to Mr.. Bryan'S ideas
there is not a single manufacturing
concern, thOusa Rds of which are grow
ing up all over the land, bringing pros
perity with them, charging and de
VelOpinS our resources, furnishing labor
to thousands, but is a trust and shauId
be wiped from the face Of the earth.
You have had an object lesson in your
own town here when he attempted to
destroy that great industry of yours
the National Starch company. The
policy which he advises, if followed
would paFalyze all the industries Of
this country, because capital, always
timid, would shrink from any invest
ments which could be reached through
the legislation of dema gogues-'