The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-03
A DASH THRO' WISCONSIN
Bryan Makes Eighteen Speeches in
Single Day.
WHY REPUBLICANS FAVOR THE TRUSTS
The Organized Wealth Of the Country More to
Them Than the Vast Bulk cf the Peo-
pie Who Pay The Trusts
Dividends.
(By the Associated Press.)


Lacrosse, Wis. Oct. 2.-When w. ].
Bryan concluded his last speech here to-
night he had made eighteen addresses
and had covered about fifteen hours of
the time during the day. Beginning at 8
o'clock in the morning, he talked at in
tervals until II tonight, putting in all
told, fully six hours of solid speech
making
The region traversed today is a rich
agricultural section. and Mr.. Bryan's re-
marks were addressed principally to farm
ers, the trust question receiving greater
share of attention than usual.
At Shakopee Mr.. Bryan said:
why IS It that the Republican party
allows the trust to grow? Because the
Republican party is more interested in
those who possess the organized wealth
of the country than in those who are con-
tributing to the large dividends collected
by the trusts. Why does the Republican
party want a large army? They want it
at home to suppress by force the discon-
tent which should be cured by legislation,
and they want it abroad in order to ex-
plot the Philippine Islands, and if you
will look up the record you will find that
the Republican member of Congress who
stands at the head of the Army Commit
tee of the House of Representatives is the
president OF the Philippine Lumber and
Development Company, and they have al
ready gobbled up a lot of lumber lands
and taken control of the Improvement in
the Philippine Islands. In their pros
pectus they say the labor question is
easily solved. There is plenty of Chinese
labor. By reading their prospectus you
can see why it is that some people want
large army and Imperialism and while
it is a good thing for those doing the
developing, it is bad thing for the people
who furnish sons for the army and the
people who pay the taxes
Mr.. Bryan discussed at Wauseca the ef-
forts to secure legislation to control
he trusts. He asserted that Republi-
cans had not really desired at the last
session of Congress to secure antitrust
legislation, but had only brought in their
bill for constitutional amendment
towards the close of the session. and
after throwing away their opportunity
The Democrats had, he said, opposed the
amendment because it took away from
the States the right to control corpora
tions within their borders.
At Rochester Mr.. Bryan said:
at was my good fortune to be in Con-
gress a short time, just little while, but
| would not take a great deal for my
experience there. In all that time, did
not see one single farmer asking for
legislation, but l saw lots of fellows who
asked for legislation against the farmer
In the hearing before the Ways and
Means committee | heard it stated only
one farmer appeared and he lived near
enough to Washington, so he could walk
down. But the great corporations had
their lobbyists there. You attempt to get
a bill through to correct unjust railroad
rates and you will find lobbyist there
You attempt to reduce the tariff on any
thing and you'll find a lobbyist there. You
talk to Republicans about the tariff and
they will all admit that some rates are
too high but whenever you attempt to
lower the tariff on a particular thing
you will find that the producers on that
thing are Just on the verge Of bankruptcy
and you cannot afford to take the tariff
from it. and after you get all through you
are lucky if you don't raise it..
Concerning Imperialism Mr.. Bryan
said:
"If we have a colonial policy we will
administer it with injustice. God never
made people selfish enough to want to
govern other people and then unselfsh
enough to govern them well. Republicans
do you want to tear down the statue of
liberty in New York and send it back to
France and tell them We are out of the
liberty business Instead Of that we ought
to put another statue of liberty in the
harbor of Manila and proclaim liberty
throughout the Orient.