The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-02
BRYAN'S A%GRICULTURALISM
Questioned by tho Crater Who Claims to Have Some Practical
Experience In the Cultivation Of The Country Soil
Himself and Speaks Advisedly.

befopeI and increase IN profits coming
from thRt " legitimate, although thoS
have no right 10 MI ssoh inorenso 81
profits, Better products ~ cheaper
prices 10 the consumer Ii the only jus
tiaeati0n for trusts, " the farmer
were able ~ force np The price u
grain dishonesty and still inoroaF'
their profits, that Wonld ba wrong,
and " ought 10 ba prevented, Just Nc
when n trust IN able 10 dishonesty
force NJ the price 0f IN products,
Thai IN wrong and " onght 10 ho pro,
vented, And that ~ what the pepnb'
lean parry proposes ~ dO, But bp-
onnsa The self binding harvester Nv
GpaAsas The fhPmaP's prOtit by enabling
him 10 produce ollenpep grain, w no
paasoD why the self.bindep Ought 10 bo
burned, And just No, tha fnGt fhnt
trusts paUsa cheaper production Of
products II DO peason why they should
be destroyed, The republican idea N
regulation and punishment The
Bryan idaa IA simply destruction "
Mr., Bryan will work more Oh his
farm NJ driving his self. binder, no
Will better understand the first pVinpi-
pies or the trust question:
PrWn,iaM Remedy for Trust Evils
Thape ~ only one possible way Of
regulating trusts, That way N by tho
congress 0f the republic controlling
corporations, This N one country
now, We have OHtgpOWa state rights,
There N no reason why n corporation
organized IN New Jersey should have
gpeater privileges than one organized
IN Nebraska, A trust, 10 snoNaed,
must do business all oynp the country,
Therefore, " ought 10 bA controlled,
net by n state government, bnt by tho
nati0n's government " " the 0ld
stpHglga between nation and state
rights, The constitution does not
permits THAI nj ppesent, The pepnbli'
can party proposes No amend tho CON
stitHtioa w that the national govern
manf may control trusts, The demo-
cratic party voted s0lidly against that
proposition WhyY Be0ause the
democratic party was more IN favor Of
trusts than Tho republican paVty9 Not
Bothp apties arc equally against the
evils of trusts, But the de0mevats op,
posed that maasHp, which alone oan
cure tha evils Df trusts, because " Nv u
republican maaspye, and they would
not permit " 10 pass nv n republican
measure without protest, The point
IN that tho republican party have pro.
posed tha only possible remedy, md
apa pledged W its execution
HVyan Fsvovs TRUSTS,
nv, Bryan Nv IN favor Of trusts IN
reality ~ much NJ any man IN tho
United States, He admits " himself,
F0p ha says that he ~ n great cham
pi0n ~ labor OragniNatiOh No nm !,
Tha Mb0ping organizations gf my
state supported me f0p the senate, and
when they did ", they knew Just
where ! stood on every question then
before tho people, am, and have
baen since ! Was n boy, IN favor Of H.
b0p organization " IN the only way
lR0hV has ~ asserting Nv eqpal rights
WIN tha organizations Of capital, and
N W doing N n public benefit, for tho
ellrhaiHg NJ labor IN NJ vital concern
% tho Wall'baiDg Of the entire nation,
" benefits labor IN numbepIess ways,
Over and Oyer again Mr., Bryan has
sald MAJ these organizations aTe N
great blessing, And yft labor Oragpi-
Mti0n " merely 4 form ~ trust, ~
" u labor trust, and " IN n good thing,
BHf even labW trust sometimes does
wrong, When " dOes, " loses the
sympathy ~ tpa great mass NJ Our peO-
pies md " 0aght 10 be resisted, lust
W. tho trusts ~ capital often do
W0png, When they do, tbey ought w
No punished But because labor
Trusts AVG sometimes In tho wrong, Nv
no raas0R why thay should tM de,
slr0yfh What both need when They
~ wrong w restraint and correction,
Hpf what Mr., Bryan proposes IN DE-
sfFHeflOgj and " no Nv IOgieaL he
mast destroy the trust M labor IN well
nv the trust NJ Mpitah
Trusts sUd yogOs Msn
N.Y. Bryan declares The trusts pre-
yhnt Young mfH from rising In the
business world, an the contrary, the
active heads NJ most NJ these Gorpora-
mons arf Young men VIM have risen
Wnh0H influence M any other aid
n,an fbelF own ability NJ their high
position, ThH WesideRt ~ the Car
HeKM steel company ~ sin n Young
.Walt aRd rose IN hs position from q
nOy. ln me WORKS, What the trust "
looking f0r--what any continuation NJ
capital " locking forts fresh and
ylge0Hs ability, Unless tbey get that,
nReK cannot sReeeed, will venture