Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-03-06
.sImIIia Simfl1bus curanter.

The people of the United States are
indebted to the New York Tribune for
an entirely original suggestion of rem
edy for the trust evil The Tribune is
an ultra protectionist, and cannot calm
~ contemplate the danger which now
seems to threaten its pet economic the
DRY from the rapidly spreading idea
that the trusts owe their existence to
high protective tariffs. The Tribune's
suggestion involves the application to
economics of theory not altogether
new in medicine. SinailiG similibus curaa-
ter, the slogan wherewith Doctor Hahn
neman introduced to the world the new
school of Homeopathy, is the Tribune's
cure for trusts. While the theory of
the Tribune isthe same as that of Hahn
neman, its application of the theory is
the opposite of his. Hahnneman taught
that any poison, or other drug, which
taken in large doses will produce GER
tain symptoms, will, if taken in very
small doses, remove those symptoms
and effect cure of the disease ipdi-
Gated by them The Tribune reverses
the working of the rule, probably upon
the theory that it is a poor rule that
wont work both ways, and suggests
that if the protective tariff has so en-
couraged home manufacturers as to
give rise to the present army of trusts,
all we need do for cure of the condi-
ton is to so increase the tariff that it
will still further encourage home man.
ufacturers, and so bring into existence
a new lot of trusts which will compete
with the existing trusts, and so, through
competition restore prices to what they
ought to be- The endless chain of con-
solicitations with new competitors, and
other new competitors to oppose such
consultations, which this pronesiittii0aa
opens up is interesting to contemplate.
The Tribune's theory is thatif there
exists poison which is fatal when
taken in moderate doses, very large
doses of the same will be harmless. 1t
is undoubtedly true that some attempts
at poisoning have failed because the
dose taken was too large for the stom-
ach to retain. But, as yet, we believe
no respecta BILE medical authority has
advised that sort of heroic treatment
for poisoning. Yet in these days of
political quackery it would not surprise
US to see the Tribune's idea adopted if
the republican party is continued in
power another term. Those of US who
have still a little philosophy left; who
still believe in Washington, Jefferson
and Lincoln, not as mythical person
ages about whom fairy tales may be
told, but as real men who loved their
country, loved humanity, were wise
and good, and with far-seeing vision
read in the future, and warned us
against the dangers that now confront
democratic government in this country,
and against the money passion which
has raised up for ms brood of million
aire malcontents who hate democracy
and love monarchy; those of us who
Notwithstanding the sinister appear
ances of these present day tendencies,
still believe that the mission of demo-
cratic government has not been yet full
filled, and that until fulfilled, God will
not let Il government of the people, by
the people, and for the people, perish
from the earth; those of us who have
philosophy enough to- harbor no more
disturbing feelings than sorrow and
contempt for the drifters and fatalists
who prate of Destiny that comes to
nations nOlens uOlens, are able yet to
confide in the final common sense of
the common people, and trust that Lin
coin spoke the truth when he said they
could not be fooled all the time.