Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-10-02
Congressional Ticket.
For Congress 4th District,
JOHN FOLEY, of Chickasaw County
TRUSTS ARE RoBB1NG.
An Issue That in Itself Would Alone
Insure -tha- EIeatfon of
Bryan.

One Of the most vital issues of the
present campaign is that of the trusts. y
II 10 en- issue because there is sAbso-
lutely no effectual remedies from the
republican party underiars present lead
srship. II therzs is any one thing more
+han4 eaIJsher In which the present adj
ministration has been conspicuous
failure II 10 In regard to the trust evil.
And the republican control of CON-
gress, IL both branches, has been, and
would remain, II continued, highly IA
'vorable to the trusts.
This results from the decay of orig
inal republican principles and the con-
trolling influence exercised by such
men as Mark Hanna, who is openly the
friend and protector of trusts. Not
only Is this trus, but tbs also notorious
ly the fact that the republican cam
psign fund has the trusts for its chief
contributors. Knowing Hanna's rec
ord regarding trusts, and mindful that
these great corporations are the chief
benehoiaries Of the Hanna republican
policy, az we'll as Its principal cham
pions, can any sensible person believe
that there Is the slightest prospect Of
relief from trust oppression through
Hanna-directed legislation3
On the other hand, there is absolute
y no question that Bryan is the earn
est and incorporating foe of trustn,
and that IL elected he will exert all his
power and influence to correct the
trust evil.
Every great trust in the country,
without regard to the past political
situations Of any Of Its stockholders,
will oppose Bryan's election and oon-
Artbut1 freely to the Mckinley COM
paign fund.
II xhs extent Of the trust evil could
b. brought home to every voter in the
land, this one issue alone would be sui
Aoisnt to insure the election Of Bryan.
But few Of the people realize how out
ra9aously they are being robbed by
the thousands Of trusts that have fas.
tened upon all the great manufacturing
industries Of the country. The public
have but faint idea of the extortion
praoticed by the trusts, of their sitting
Of composition. their Determinations
in favor Of foreign buyers, their enslav
ing Of labor and their dangerous gril
upon state governments as we'll as upol
congress and the executive
One Of the questions to be decided
in November is this: SHALL TEL
GOVERNMENT CONTROL TIL
TRUSTS, OR THE TRUSTS CONTROL
THE GOVERNMENTS
In former articles the Bee has pre-
sented many facts and figures. not on
Of which has been questioned or denie,
by anybody, regarding the operation
of the great trusts controlling the man
ufacture and sale of barb wire. stee
nails. tin plate, kerosene and othe
commodities. And the stated inoreas
of prices, which in number of IL
stances was more than 100 per cen
due to The operations of these trusts
we have since corroborated by off1oi,
figures from a recent report of the d.
partment OF labor at Washington. "
have also shown that the trusts al
strengthened in their grip on ii
American market by excessively big
duties. which go far beyond anyreasol
able requirement of protection
home industries. 1t is largely becau,
of their aid for Hanna,and.NcKinle
rapublicanism in tariff legislation th'
the trusts have sprung into existenc
And thss thsy hoys to psrvetuats THIS