The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-11-29
WASHINGTON LETTER

Senator, what viii be th
Democratic policy in the Fifty
Seventh Congressg" Iaskea Sena
tor Vest, Of Missouri, ia his com
Portable home on p ST., yesterday
Watch and wait, was the reply
"What else can we dos The Re
publicans have a majority Of twe
to one in the Senate and a large
majority 10 the house. No, tbs
Democrats win not attempt ais
obstruction methods. The people
have sent large Republican ma
jority to Congress; they have the
privilege, and the responsibility
of sending whom they please to
represent them, and it is onl, right
that we should abide by the re-
suits.
swim the people be pleased
with the resultsgn "That remains
TO be seen. Everyone knows that
the Republican high tariff policy
has built Up the trusts and that
those trusts are selling the same
goods to foreign consumers for
from twenty-five to forty per cent
less than to the American consum-
ers; but if the people enjd it, it
is their privilege to perpetuate
this condition Of affairs. OF
course, the weak spot ID the Re-
publican armor is the trusts. Mr..
Roosevelt, who is more fearless
and more honest than his party,
appreciates this and be would like
to curtail their privileges and curb
their rapaeity but, mark my words,
there will be no change in tariff
schedules and no reciprocity
treaties ratified. The manufactur.
ers and the large capitalists who
control the Republican party will
MI permit it. Sooner or later the
people will realize the Injustice
that is being done to them, and
when they do, there will be a re-
yulsion Of feeling. Until then,
the Democrats have nothing to- do
but to watch and wait.
''How would you prevent the
trusts, Senatora'' "Simply by re-
moving the conditions that have
produced them. The trusts are
the natural product Of artificial
The destruction Of
competition by high protection
has resulted in trusts. Restore
competition, and the trusts will
TALL. They tell us England has
trusts. 4t ID not SO. Mr.. w. Il
Wilson went to England and made
! careful investigation and he as
sures me they have no trusts. The
paper manufacturers once crgan-
zed one and put up prices, but
he newspapers promptly placed |
heir orders with French and
American manufacturers end the /
rust fell to pieces. When the
American trusts charge exorbitant
prices the consumer cannot buyl
elsewhere because of the tariff, |
ind the trusts know itand natural
y they use their powerful influence
q perpetuate the party that makes
heir existence possible =
The Reciprocity Convention.
which is now in session in WASH |
ngton, is presenting, in a ludi- /
srous manner Tie Republican posi-
ion on reciprocity Mr.. Charles
Heber Clark expressed the senti
nents Of his colleagues when bel
aid, "Like The famous patriot
who was willing to have All hts
Fife's relatives 40 to war, they
viii agree 10 the injury or de- /
struction Of i few American indus.
,rics If they can thus obtain j
,hance to sell more Of their own
Everyone Is willing /
hat someone else should Be sacri- I
iced. provided bis own intsl sstss
ire not touched and no one is will |
ng to relinquish one cent Of profit |
'or The good Of the whole country. /
There il good reason 10 believed
hat there will be q serious ack Of |
harmony in The House during the /
coming Congress, but nothing will
10 accomplished that viii interfere
Nith the trusts paying their pres.
mt profits on watered stock. /
Representative Burton Of Ohio.