The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-11-02
JAMES STERLING
ANSWERS LYNCH.
Discusses Some Talk That Has
Been Made About Trusts.
rs GOOD DEMOCRATIC READING.
Says MIR. Lynch's Pro-Trust Declaration
Is Helpful To tho Democratic
Causo-An Open Let
FOR,

varication and evasion, find the sub
ject of trusts very troublesome, and 1t
is difficult for them to determine what
line to pursue in order to fool the peo-
pie.
III their platform they denounce
trusts and Mckinley says: "Me too
while Hanna says, There are no trusts"
and Teddy says, "There are trusts, and
that trust stock owned by Democrats is
n bad thing" Mr. Scott said the other
night, in New York, that the Standard
Oil trust (Which, by the way is the
greatest monopoly in existence, except
the money tl1usO is a good thing; and
that the good times we are now enjoying
were brought about by the great mon
opoly. This having been published, the
truiy good Mr.. Scott and his associates
hasten to deny it in memory of Burch-
ards ALTERATION, "Rum, Romanlsm
and Rebellion"
The last Republican to speak on the
trusts up to date, Is the Hon. VIM. A..
Lynch, of this city; and we think that
he out -Burchards Scott.
The Repository, of the Goth inst, with
many capitals, publishes the trust part
of his speech delivered in Baltimore.
Mr.. Lynch believes in trusts. worships
them; and in talking of destroying the
trusts says: For Gods sake don'tl"
And uses the following language "And
there is another reason, and that is these
| trusts, as they are called, have gather
| ed together within a hundred or two
orations-mammoth concerns with
great big capital stocks. Why, sir, when
have been reading over those lists Of
| capital that the trusts have in l have
sometimes thought they were trying 10
| use UP all numbers in the arithmetic.
But these great concerns have gathered
| together over 100000 mills and factories
and other producing establishments in
this country, representing hundreds of
| MILLIONS OF ACTUAL CAPITAL,
and employed tens ofthousands ofhonest
laboring men working in their establish
ments, and I don't want, and 1 pro-
test in the name of God-in behalf of
those laboring men that Bryan's iniqui-
tous scheme of destruction shall not be
permitted to prevail and that those fac
tories shall be closed UP and all these
laboring men driven out upon the
streets"
Now, il that language does not show
either alteration of trusts, or a very
great desire to get into favor with the
trust magnates, 1t is hard to understand
what it does mean. And 1t is equally
notable for it's ignoring the facts, FOR
| Mr.. Lynch hides the fact that by com
bination of this immense capital uniting,
| 900, 900 mills and factories, which he
says employees tens of thousands Of
honest working men, have turned out
of employment and closed the doors Of
opportunity against other tens of thous-
ands of honest laboring men.
Again Mr.. Lynch claims to believe
that the trusts beget competition and
that such competition will thereby de-
stroy all bad trusts Now, every school
boy, every laboring man, and every
farmer knows that the purpose for
| which these great aggregations OF
wealth which Mr.. Lynch worships, are
| formed is to destroy competition and
| they do it most effectually. Mr.. Bryan
asks that the trusts be destroyed OF
\ controlled that they may not destroy
the laborers and deprive them of em-
| ployment. What nonsense to say that
the destruction of the trusts would put
a stop to manufacturing and business.
l
has been able to stand against the
| Standard Oil trust? And what Legal
power has been able to control it in the
least degree? 1t has subdued all COM
petitors in every line of business OH
which it has laid its mighty hand. The
last victory to its credit, is that it con-
quered the supreme court Of Ohio; and
shows that it is too powerful to be con
trolled by the orders Of that august
| court.
Then Mr.. Lynch INDUCES in either will.
| full of reckless Misrepresentation, by
asserting that Mr.. Bryan says that hc
| is in favor of destroying all corpora
| tons. We hope that Mr.. Lynch is mis-
| quoted in this matter, for no such ut
terance ever passed Mr.. Bryans lips OF
| pen, as everyone who has watched his
speeches and writings must know. Nj
| Lynch began his speech by heraldina
| himself as an ''old fashioned exclusive
| Democrat" and the Repository ac-
| count says that he also paid his respects
| to militarism and Imperialism. In othci
words, Mr.. Lynch is the kind of Demo-
crat that voted for Mckinley in 1896
and intends to vote for him in 1900. He
| lauds the trusts with their hundreds o!
millions of capital, and is in favor of the
present imperialistic administration and
tha present policy of army and nava
| control. He Is the kind of Democrat
who is opposed to everything Democratic
and in favor of everything imperialistlc
"a Mark Hanna Democrat.
| We commend Mr.. Lynch's trust speech
to all thinking men, and recommend
that the Democratic National commit.
tee publish 1t in phamplet form as g
| campaign document 1t out-Burchards
Scott, was uttered by a man who has
adopted ali that Is bad in the Republi.
can party of today and yet wants people
to believe that he, an imperialist, al
advocate of trusts and monopolies anl
especially the present financial sys-
fem, the money monopoly, an apologlsI
for the criminal administration of Marx
Hanna-is a Democrat. All such
speeches and articles Will only confirm
thinking men in their devotion to Bryur
and the Democratic cause.