The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-11-07

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Impotent Trust Remedies Proposed.
1t is recognized by the intelligent Re
publican press that the trust question
is at present of paramount public IN
terest. MOnopolies developed under Re
publican administration are growing ar
rogant and ravenous. Prices of almost
all articles of apparel and materials IN
use by the mechanic, the farmer ana
the laborer. have been boosted TO out
rageous points Competition has been
stified i'm nearly every branch of indus
try. Resentment against the party re-
sponsible for such condition is grow
ing
Intelligent Republican newspapers
are asking themselves and are asking
their readers what can he done to curb
the ravening trusts. All of them rec
ognize the danger to their party If
present conditions continue until the
next Congressional campaign opens. To
forestall defeat at the election for a
new Congress is now the subject giving
most concern.
The Chicago Tribune, which has for
years been a tariff for revenue advO-
cate except when the loaves and fishes
were at stake. recently sent an inquiry
to the editors Of leading newspapers In
all sections of the country. What,
in your opinion. is the best method to
deal with the trust question" That
was the question pumped at the breth-
rem of the press by the Tribune.
The direct question was amplified by
reference to the extract fram the speech
Of President Roosevelt at Minneapolis.
delivered some days before the shooting
of President Mckinley. The quotation
Is as follows:
Yet more and more, it is evident
that the State. and If necessary, the
nation, has got to possess the right of
supervision and control as regards the
great corporations. particularly as re-
CARDS the great business combinations.
which derive portion Of their import
ance from the existence of some mo-
nopolistic tendency"
Answers from % representative edit
ors were received, 10 Of them Repub-
licans. 1t is amusing to see how gin
gerly they approach the trust remedy.
Between the lines of most Of them
may be read great fear lest the
trusts be offended, with the result that
they might refrain from contributing
to the Republican campaign fund here
after. They pour fine sentences from
their pens about rigid supervision a
necessity" and public protection re-
quired." and power of the govern
ment to hold monopolistic corpora
tions in check when required by pub
lie welfare" and SO on. There is fire.
Quent reference to the probable need
of an amendment to the constitution.
the enlargement of the powers OF Con-
gress to deal with the subject, and
great Difference to the wisdom of the
President. which is deemed sufficient
for all mundane purposes.
Astonishing how far around those Re-
publican editors would go to avoid
simple and effective remedy. 1t is
known Of all men that the monopoly
of the United States trusts would be
broken in a minute by the repeal of
all tariff duties on every article con-
trolled by monopolistic trust. For
instance: Repeal the tariff on iron and
steel and the American consumer could
buy the products of the billion dollar
trust at approximately the cost of the
same article to the purchaser in Eu-
rope. The billion dollar trust EFFORTS
the limit from the American purchaser;
yet, he sends the Identical article across
the ocean, pays the freight. and sells to
the foreigner for from % to 10 per
cent less than he exacts from his next
door neighbOr And the trust makes
profit on the goods sold abroad; hence
1t follows that he collects usury from
his home customer.
The billion dollar steel trust is but
a type There are other trusts. fos-
tered by the high rates Of the Dingley
law. doing the same thing. and paying
immense dividends on watered stock to
the extent of hundreds of millions.
The solution of the trust problem is
easy, but it will never be worked out
by the Republican party. which is in
office solely by virtue of the corrup-
ton fund provided by the trusts them
selves. They gave up their money in
return for the promise Of monopoly,
and the Republican party kept its part
Of the bargain.-Helena Independent.
Durbin's Anarchistic Proposal.
Gov. Durbin's proposal to send an
to Kentucky to investigate the
Jury system there and decide whether
or not it is fair is of itself violation of
the plain provision Of the constitution
Of the United States. 1t is a violation
Of the constitution for State official
to question the fairness of judicial pro-
ceedings of another State. Sec. 1, Art.
Of the constitution provides:
Full faith and credit shall be given in
each State to the public acts, records
and judicial proceedings of every other
State.
There is no possibility of misunder-
this language. and there is no
possibility of not seeing the necessity
If such a provision. Unless such rule |
existed it would be impossible to main |
ain diplomatic relations between the
States. And this is especially true as
o acquisitions, which form the chief |
,art of interstate dealings. Section .
If the same article provides:
"A person charged in any State with
reason. felony or other crime, who |
hall flee from justice. and be found in
mother State, shall, on demand of the
authority Of the State from
which he fed, be delivered up, to be re-
moved TO the State having Jurisdiction
# the crime"
How could that be enforced if Gov
rnors were permitted to examine into
he judicial system of sister State.
Iecide whether or not it was fair"