The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-10-11
NO"TRUSTS" SAYSHANNA
THE REPUBLICAN DICTATOR DE-
CLARES THEIR EXISTENCE A MYTH.
In n Recent Oratorical Effort in Chicago
He Said: az Don't Believe That
There is IA Trust in the United States"
Merely OuibbIing With Words.

Merely QuibbIing With WORDS.
Headquarters Democratic National
Committee, Chicago.
On the afternoon of September Is
Mark Hanna made a speech to the la
boring men of Chicago. There is
| nothing remarkable about that, as Mi.
Hanna has made various other
speeches at other places, and will
probably make many more. The par
| ticular thing to be noted, however, in
Mark Hanna,s oratorical effort is that
| he has placed himself upon record in
regard to a few matters that are at
present very important to the Amerl-
| can people. He said for example
among OF II things: Il don't believe
| that there is a 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 were attributed to Mr.. Hanna it
| it was simply done through malice by
| partisan Democratic papers; in fact,
| it was claimed that MI. Hanna was
misrepresented. 1t was urged that he
| was far too intelligent man, too as
| tute a political leader to maintain for
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,
er would reply at once, Call it trust,
combination, corporation or what you
please, | 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" II
| Mr.. Hanna should assure the farmer
| that there is no lumber trust he
e,5,,, iIC,. -0y 70
the farmer knows that the price of
lumber during the present Admins
tration has been consistently and sys-
tematically raised up and held at a
level only possible through trust or
ganization.
! The position of the Republican party
In regard to the trusts-acknowledg
| ing that SIR. Hanna voices the posi-
| tion-and if Mr. Hanna does not speak
| for the party it could very pertinently
be asked who does, is untenable. The
first ac- of the Mckinley Administra-
ton and of the Republican Congress
| that went liz with it was the passage
of the Dingley Tariff bill Under the
operation IF this lay 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-
| sumers We're left absolutely at the
mercy of the Sugar Trust. The Amer
lean people have been furnished in
the last three months with 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 as
| follows:
May %, 1900, $500 per 100 pounds.
May %, 1900, $3.50 per 100 pounds.
May 20, 1900, $40 per 100 pounds.
May 81, 1900, $3.50 per 100 pounds.
June l, 1900, $3.50 per 100 pounds.
June "A, 1900, 500 per 100 pounds.
June %, 1900, $3.50 per 100 pounds.
July 5, 1900 $500 per 100 pounds.
July 8, 1900 5000 per 100 pounds.
But enough of the Sugar Trust. for
assuredly the American people have
had enough of it. Immediately after
the passage of the Dingley bill the
| American Steel and Wire Company
formed a trust, as result of the for
nation of the trust the price of nails
and wire fencing was doubled, and
the American farmers were forced to
pay a substantial tribute to that same
trust; yet Mary Hanna says there are
no trusts. AS a result of the passage
of the Dlngley bill the Federal Steel
Company was organized, and as a re-
suit of the organization of the Federal
Steel Company iron and steel products
Immediately doubled in value. The