The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-08-30

| BY Its proteges to swallow lloraol foot
and dragoon and to dieeat Al @odd ~
the health of the Democratic tartv.
what do we fl nd aa III . anntl.sn ]. !
friends? 7' 81 I,3 S''S
Trusts: Protective Tariffs sto s,io
those trusts, and shlp subsidies TO par
of tho rich como srns already blosted{
with other proteotivoS Of protection: 81
No right minded man objects to COR.
porato organic ations in reason and right,
because thoroby capital can bettormoet
tho objects Of Legitimate trsdeiSbut
those mommoth monopolios WkiSh en-
gulf tho aggregate capital OF smaller
corporations with tho object and offt Q /
OF sitting competition; aud destroyi ng
tho opportunities Of businosB and liyeli-
hood. OF thousands OF mon and families; !;
should not DO fosterod but ought to,
moot tho outraged opprobriu d of ali
right thinking people. '|,s4f. .E
Our own State, along with other
states, has passed strict AntisTrust
lave, but approhoad when tho S,at,'s
Attorney Goneral comes to apbly it,
no will bo met with tho difioultsqu,s
tion OF inter stato complication. rs
Ii tho United States statute Sailed
tho ShtrmAn Anti.Tru,t ACT 10 not
found tfhcaclous enough to deotroy this
OWL, lot tho party in power frame @
Constitutional Amendment broad
enough to root up sho evil and submit
it TO tho people under tho machinery Of
tho Constitution.
But no, that would not suit th{m for
thsir campaign friends arc ia the
Trusts; and moro campaign funds will
bo nocdod. Just boforo Uougco8 ad.
juourns great fuss is mado that Anti.
Trust legislation is to DO passed., but it
is all fuss.
| And yet, this 10 tho party we are
oailod upon to embrace: Good Lord
dolivor us: S
This formation Of Trusts to ruin the
inseros,s Of trade and sggrsni iise tho
feI to tho iAjury Of the many, natural
ly arose, as Its quintcsaonoe and CON
seGuenoe from tho favorite fundnmcn.
tai doctrino Of tho Republican party.
protective Tariff for tho sake Of bro
teotion; az opposed to tho Oonotitu
tional principle Of equal rights to all
aud special privileges to none !; aud az
opposed sso tthhe tthhe Democratic doctrine Of y
| tariff for revenue only.
| In this day and time in which We
1.-Two, by it's workings wo bohold tho
trado anomaly Of Amorio.n Tfult goods
selling cheaper abroad than they do at
| homo. 1I7l
The Russian can buy American pro
teotod stool for their oruiners sheeper
than this govornmont Of tho Uaited
Statos can for tho upbuilding yof her
1t can only bo remodiod by tho con ;.
sumers OF the American public dom md
ing that raR material Of all kinds shall
be placed on the free list along with
all Trust goods.
The Revision Of this Robbor} Tariff
and tho Regulation Of those iDfagon
Trusts should bo made the rallying ory
Of tho Domooratio battle Of 1905.
Just at this iuaoture in our businesa
history the export trade Of the. United
State hRn become and will continue to
be immonse, because OF the industry Of
our pooplo and tho development sc our
RESOURCES; and not because Of Tariff
laws; and because thereof and Its ma I
tursl interference with kindred d0mos-
tic enterprises thore, tho foreign ooun
trios such as Russia and Germany, arc
threatening rotaliatory measdtSss Of
protection (Which wa cannot losioAlly
resint if wo protect onrsolver) and ufthis
status will surely bring TO- tic Dsmo4
cratic fold an army OF now al = ssts,
if systcmaticallY nurtutad & asa stusal
allies of }thia Enayl IVY y. 4. ~ 4 q .fo q.
'onuo only, x OF X. :, 4 ] /. &, II 81
brace Protection as ai pr5pel Strine
for PRoGREsslvED Demo ,racy. n. Il
1t is an absurditY, selfoyldonto Ion it's
face, to ory for IAN opon door, III Asia
and Europe and elsewhere and then to
close that door Of trad Z, at home the
outside world coming here to trade with
us. 1t5Ss
It ia pharisaical and dishonest TO ox-
peot others to trade with US and we not
to trado With them. The roci prooity
OF tho situation must be looked at FROM
the STANDPOINT Of all the peoplo Of this
Republic, and not simply from tho
standpoint Of the few.
MIR. Mark Hanna, the king bee Of the
grand old party, promised his campaign
frioDds o ship subsidy dose as solaoe
for thoir aid and comfort.
TGo hundred and thirty Eve millions
of tho poopios honest earnings to be
| dolled out at an annuity OF niuo mil
lions per year to sid existing limos; and
it is said this was to aid in the eatabiish-
mont Of our Merchant Marine to Garry
our trade to the new colonies and tho
world. 5ls
Our new apostlos toll vi to take this
dose also into our political anatomy;
that it would do us good.
If it wero right to d. 50, how much
Of it would MARK allow to bo admins.
terod bclo| Mason and Dixons line t?
Nay, rather, no and his oonfreres
would in tho tranaoontinental Rail
road Limos in endesvoring to throttle
our hopo Of an Isthmian Canal, which
means 30 much TO the South
Wo nocdod no ship subsidy from 1850
10 1860, when tho Democratic party
honootly and practically and suocoss-
fully administered the National Gov.
crnment; and our Merchant Marine
| representing the honesty earnings Of
Americans trampod the seas in sefoty;
and whom no Robbor Tariff was prsaent
to increase tho plioo Of shin building