The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-10-24

| NJ purchasing power of what von
r"ise Is the test Of its value. Famncs IN
ihdla since ~ and Scarcity el.ewhoro
"''o"', nave served to raise the price of
"''ea' cents bu-hel on the AVERAGE
over the price during Clcycland's term
.Mr. Mckinley has nothing to do with
Via'. lhe price is fixed abroad. there is
no tarlf on it. But what will il buy ia.
DAY: In NJ, ten bushels of wheat would |
huv OF Kerosene llO gallons. ia d,v ,cl
eaiioilS. The trust gets the difference
VI sugar, I'D bu-hcl, of wheat would
then buy lo7 pounds: 10 day loi pound.
vi lumber 80 feet. now i3o Inst Ian
uary = Kegs of nails cost "a much a, 1
Kegs formerly, 50 on of wire fencing can
ned goods. and host of articles Of every
Gay Us" IN families. All these article.
TOO, are trust protected articles. and the
difference Of cost has come. and i com
ing out of your pockct- and going into
'he pockets OF tn" trusts They get "the
iuil dinner pals The los 10 South
DAKOTA on sugar alone i >ooO.upn a wear:
on Kerosene, Si.Oon: on nails 5000. to
say nothing OF the enormous suns on all
| 'ic other trust protected articles which
We har" 10 buy. To fatten Rockcfeller-
who Will give big donation to some cd
ueational institution to buy right 70 a
seat III heaven. Hard coal is :, Der ton
dearer in Duluth than four years ago.
yet coal miners are getting only ,2il a
year accardlng 10 the state mine iu-pec-
tor- report; sis each for family Of five
just think Of il. And yet have 70 bay
powder at $50 a keg which costs only
sl.p. To show what profits trusts are
| making. they even sell nall. wire fencing
| and such like cheaper in Europe than
| here. They sell % much cheaper To
dealers exporting that the latter can
| send the goods IL Europe, re-hip them
, back 10 thi. country being an American
produc, they are free from tariff and sell
| them 10 people here cheaper than the
| latter can buy them from the trusts III
| the regular market here. \ year ago
Mr.. Hanna said there were good and bad
trusts: now h says there are no trusts.
Yet he i a member Of the steel trust,
the wire trust and several other
trusts There i not republican
here but what knows there are
trusts. | have been followed
by -tcnographcr Of the republicans IN
every speech of the campaign ! have
made until Yesterday, and Yet not once
have the republicans attempted 10 dis
proyc one statement have made. The
| Dinglcy tariff of 81 was framed TO pro-
tect trust, which was wrong; II should
have been passed to protect labor which
would be right. What have you done
10 prevent trusts" was asked the
speaker. introduced a bill TO pit on
the free list all trust made articles.
Senator Nelson aftcrward introduced a
| similar bill and asked ny permission to
let his pass first. consented. Nelson
| then refused to offer his and voted
against mine. Not republican voted
for my bill. l then offered an amend
mcnt to ano ther bill, providing > per
cent tax on trust made articles, lhi~
would make margin that would enable
cor Ipetition to drive out trusts. No'
one republican voted for my anencment'
That was in ~. Congress can tax
trusts out Of existence; the constitution
permits il. We tax state banks out ~
,|cxistencc by the IL per cent tax now on
m. statute books. We do no,
need an amendment to the consti
tuition to prevent trusts. Vie yer!
children in Washington know that MARI
Hanna j, president. Every republican
in the United States krows il. Since
'o7 what has been done 10 prevent
, trusts Nothing. The gold -tnndar.
bill t.te biggest banking trust in tn
. United States, has been passed. \ con
, s,i.utional amend mcnt was Offered D.
l me ftDuilP!lN Jt>l uL ssi' Ni'7N - -
, last session. they wanted more powe
Ito deal with trusts when they would no
: use the power they had--the taNih
power. This amendment would rcdn''
} rattle alton hy legislatures vt two 'illN'
Of he states before it would herohi
Q ,,ar, Of the constitution and n Ia" co"'
. h, made under it 10 contr"t trust
:. With the trusts manipulating the leS'
y latue., you and would be IN oar sra''
b,forc such u constitutional amenaihe'
;, Gould he ratified and we would all
:. onslavtsl 10y trusts, 1t wa- @lmpl!
bluff To &C 10 this election on ana no
the question NY from discussion ny y
~ pcoplc. opposed il. wa against
J., for another reason. 1t cohtaiii'" "''
that if ,,ss-ed would have oe7'f".
). labor unions. 1t was :" framed VIZ
:. snenking design. The president -
re,,orptson of Labor pointed tii- o''