Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-31

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undoubtedly voiced by Congressman
Taylor, before the Industrial commits.
sion, SO far us any change Of the tarin
is concerned. They want the support
of the trusts and will offer for 1t the reJ
tention of the tariff benefits on the plea
of necessary protection Of American ins
dustries. L.
The only country that has adopted
the plan of restraining trust increases
of prices by threatened tariff reduc.
lions is Canada. Under the Canadian
law, when the Governor in council has
reason to believe That with regard to-
any article of commerce there exists
any trust, combination, association OF
agreement of any kind among manu-
facturers Of such article or dealers
therein to unduly enhance the price Of
such article or in any other way to un.
duly promote the advantages Of the
manufacturers or sale at the expense
Of the consumers he is authorized to
commission or empower any Judge Of
the Supreme Court or ExcheQuer
Court of Canada or of any. superior
court in any province Of Canada to I'M
quire in a summary way into and re-
port to the Governor whether such
trust, combination, association or
agreement exists. The Judge may com.
pei the attendance Of witnesses and
examine them under oath and require
the production Of books and papers,
and shall have such other necessary
powers as are conferred upon him by
the Governor for the purpose Of such
Inquiry. If the Judge reports That such
trust, combination, association or
agreement exists, and II 1t appears to
the Governor that such disadvantage
to the consumers is facilitated by the
duties or customs imposed on n like
article when imported, the Governor 10
authorized by Parliament to place such
article on the free list or to so reduce
the duty as to give the public the bene-s
fit of reasonable competition in such
article.
In. practice, however, this law has
never been applied in Canada, and for
this there are various reasons. One 10
TINT prices are generally lower. as
4 measured in gold, than when the for
nation of trusts began, and this makes
1t difficult to show the effect of trust
4 regulation In keeping them up. An
/ other is the large importation Of foreign
manufactured goods by Canada, and the
4 relatively small amount of Canadian
manufacture, whereby the imported
goods seem to control the establish
ment of ordinary prices. This is more
especially true on account OF the prefer
entail rates to British manufacturers,
which make the Canadian tariff wall a
comparatively low one. Another is that
trust development In Canada has not
gone to any such extent as It has In
the United States. In this country such
a law would undoubtedly have speedy
application In practice. because there
are many important industries which
are hampered by trust extortions, and
the interests back OF them are strong
enough to force the question to a test.
indianapolis Sentinel.
secrctnry Cages Blunder.
II The more the Russian blunder Of
], Secretary Gage is looked Into the more
ridiculous becomes the position into
which he was led.
For instance n ia claimed that the
{ annlication Of tho conntcrvaii,no t;,tv
unon Russian sugar was mater
which might have, been taken 10 the
courts nv the obiectinc SINNERS. Tint
is. the Russian government. In order
to obtain its rights. could hive an
peared as n party litirant In a court Of
the United States. such proposition
as this is nothing short Of drIyeling.
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s,on aararnn,ant should n,aca ,tss,f an
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, aa,,rt raor, NM ,,rhts ,,nssass.d 10
tha pnss,an aanornn,an+ siom,d he
,oo,,od ,,,to ord odm,ttad liz t,,a Aoor.
, ,con aovornmant without any circumlo.
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4 Tha Amer,cop Government .honld
! boyo In mind tho preservation of o,,r
immense trade With Russia rather tbnn
: tho nro, r of tho h,,s,nasa Interests
!, ~ = s,na,a ooncorn sacretnrv Cage,
contontien 10 ono 10 Witch M govern.
a n,ant n t,,o ,rorld would submit ana
I nnr own least ~ nj, Re the Secretary
! ,vare half no ony,ons to nromote the
e ma mn, eroi lin ,n+arost nc i,e Ia 70 stnka7 care
J, 20 tha4 .,aor tr,,st there would nave
d haon no 'd,sorss,on oye,. orr trade rela.
: t,ons With Russia
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