Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-19
NO"TRUSTS" "SAYSHANNA
THE REPUBLICAN DICTATOR DE.
cLARES THEIR RExlsTENcE AMYTH.
In n Recent oratorical Effort in Chicago
He Said: al Don't Believe That
There is Trust in the United States"
Merely OuibbIing With Words.

Merely ouibbitnE with "ords'
ueadquarters Democratic National
Committee, Chicago.
On the afternoon of September Is
Mark Hanna made a speech to the Ia
boring men of Chicago. There is
nothing remarkable about that, as Mr..
Hanna has made various other
speeches at other places, and will
probably make many more. The par
ticlllar thing to be noted however, in
Mark Hanna's oratorical effort is that
he has placed himself upon record in
. regard to Il few matters that are at
present very important to the Ameri-
can people. He said for example,
among OF, II things: Il don't believe
that there is Il trust in the United
States" This sentiment is no new
one with the Senator from Ohio; he
has said it before, or, at least he has
written it. But the Republican press
has stoutly maintained that when such
ideas We're attributed to Mr.. Hanna it
| it was simply done through malice by
partisan Democratic papers; In fact,
| it was claimed that Mr. Hanna was
misrepresented. 1t was urged that he
was far too intelligent Il man, too as
tute a political leader to maintain for
a single instant that there were no
trusts In the United States. Hence it
was particularly gratifying that he
should in his speech to the laboring
men of Chicago stand erect round
out his chest, and below forth that
"there are no trusts in the United
States"
1t is evident to every intelligent
voter that Mr.. Hanna was not stating
facts, but was merely quibbling with
words. Regarding some phases of pol
itics the average voter is familiar with
them only through the press or other
current literature. He knows what
has been written upon that particular
subject. Regarding many matters, po-
litical in their nature, it is impossible
for the masses of the people to have
direct knowledge. But with the trust
question it is different Let Mr.. Hanna,
for instance, go to the farmers of any
one of our Western States and say,
*There is no nail trust" and the farm
er would reply at once, Call 1t trust,
combination, corporation or what you
please, l know this, that there is some
sort of organization existing that dur
ing the last three years has raised the
price of nails nearly 200 per cent" If
Mr.. Hanna should assure the farmer
that there is no lumber trust he
would receive a similar answer, for
the farmer knows that the price of
lumber during the present Admins
tration has been consistently and sys-
tematically raised up and held at u
level only possible through trust or
ganiZation.
The position of the Republican party
tn regard to the s-acknOwledg-
ing that Mr.. Hanna voices the posi-
tion-and if Mr.. Hanna does not speak
for the party it could very pertlnently
be asked who does, is untenable. The
first act of the Mckinley Administra-
ton and of the Republican Congress
that went in with it was the passage
of the Dingley Tariff bill. Under the
operation of this law the growth of
the trusts have been amazingly rapid.
The bill destroyed all foreign compe-
tition. and the domestic market was
left absolutely to the trusts formed
under the measure.
Under this bill the sugar interests
received greater benefits than We're
ever before bestowed. Foreign compe-
tition being cut off the American con
| lnft nhsnlntnlU "a a thl
mercy of the Sugar Trust. The Amer
lean people have been furnished in
the last three months with a practical
example of the power and methods OF
operation of the trusts. The figures
must be familiar to every consumer
of sugar-so familiar, in fact, that the
only reason for referring to them Is
''less we forget" as the American
voter Is sometimes very prone to do
The Sugar Trust has advanced the
price of sugar during the summer Us
follows:
: May %, 1900, $500 per 100 pounds.
May %, 1900, $3.50 per 100 pounds.
: May &C. 1900, $40 per 100 pounds.
May 81 1900, $3.50 per 100 pounds.
June /, 1900, $500 per 100 pounds.
June IA, 1900, $40 per 100 pounds.
June %, 1900, $3.50 per 100 pounds.
a July 5, 1900, $500 per 100 pounds.
S July 0, 1900, 5000 per 100 pounds.
But enough of the Sugar Trust, fol-
assuredly the American people have
I had enough of it. Immediately after
the passage Of the Dingley bin the
I American Steel and Wire Company
]. formed a trust, as n result of the for
I nation of the trust the price of nail!
8 and wire fencing was doubled, an(
d the American farmers were forced II
l pay a substantial tribute to that same
L trust; yet Mary Hanna says there ar,
d no trusts. AS a result Of the passag,
of the Dingley bill the Federal Stee
{ Company was organized. and as a re
g suit of the organization of the Fedora
Steel Company iron and steel products
}, immediately doubled in value Th,