The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-07-31

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stringent ones will Be enacted AS
one remedy u IS proposed that Pub-
LEFTY as 20 the Affairs Of corporations
engaged in interstate commerce viii
Be required. and that sll these eorPO-
rEiions will be compelled 10 show, be
fore doing b1siness side tae state
Of their origin. that ihey have uo
water in their stock. and that they
have Dot attempted and are rot at
tempting 20 moooPolize any branch Of
businsss OF the prcduetiOn Of any
article of merchandise. Il Is also ex-
piicitly promised that the whole con-
stitutionAl power OF eongrtss over iu-
terEtzte commerce. ever the mails and
al modes Of interstate oozDuniestiou
VIII t.e exercised by the enactnent Of
comprehensive laws zaon the subject
CT trusts. X is1.-- explicitly prom
issd that the iar1R laws viii - amend
e by putting the produc;s Of trusts
upon the free list, 20 prevent monopoly
urder the plea OF protection These
clear AID explicit pledges shoz the
disposition OF The party 20 deal fairly
and frankly with the people
TIE trsst question IS = problem that
ma.t Se solved and various remedies
must De trie5. The authority OF the
fscsral government ever the mails ex-
srcised 10 the destruction Of q trust
viii be productive Of good results.
This IS E pledge which the Republican
party has never dared 20 mske-a
remedy which they have dever dared
70 apply.
The promise thzt tariff laws shall be
amended by putting the products Of
trusts upon the free list Is edge
which the Republicao party has Eever
dared 10 make. There are interests
even il the Democratic party that ob-
-eied 20 that clause in the platform
Il was Immediately recognized IS one
oi the effective remedies for trusts.
and the platform 0ui ders at Kansas
City resented al objections al boldly
pns this plank in the plstfy-1. show
ing 30 the people ot the Urtseo St4ees
that they meant 10 deal wiz this evil
il E6prscticAble and effective way.
Not all trusts result from high
protective tsriE but many Of the
most powerful Of these organizations
20 exist and thrive by reason Of
high protective tariff II we search
for = hirI ct the effectiveness
Of tbs remedy we may fnd i
in the attitude CT the ublican
newspapers uPou the question Of
the paper truss. Recently, when tie
white paper tIust began % press
heavily upon t1e newspaper Of the
country until Iae extortions Of that
trust became the creates burden news
paper chces had = bear, many Repub-
lican newspapers that for years had
pleaded for = high protective tariff and
had defended trusts thf - newspapers
with ole voice insisted that the tariff
should be removed frcm wood pulp in
order that the consumers OF paper
might be protected from the rapacity
Of the paper trust. This was one ofthe
highest tributes that could be possibly
pai6 . tie wisdom Of those who had
ius.s:fd q that one Of lhe most effective
remedies for the trus. evil vas the
power 20 place upon the free 81 the
products Of trusts in order TO prevent
monopoly under the plea Of protec-
ton,
Ard yet Mr. Roosevelt says the
Kansas City platform has nothing
practicable % advance in the way Of
remedy There are seseral explicit
pledges. a. shown above, made Z re-
gard 20 ,he trust evil. aud there are
Two remedies proposed that, under an
ADMINISTRATION sincerely devoted 70
the destruction Of trusts would be ef-
fect.ve-the one is the authority over
the mai :. and the other is the power
10 place upon the free list the pro
ducts e rusts. These are eminently
practically remedies. They are rem
edies which the Repu blican party has
never yet dared 10 offer; and inasmuch
as the Democratic party has offered
these remedies. pledged them explic-
lily. written them il platform upon
which stands q man who, il elected, as
every body knows, will enforce the
pleddes, we say il comes with bad
grace from Theadore Roosevelt or any