The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-10-31

limit production or to control prices.
Nobody, Mr.. Chairman, would ever
have known this last was in the re
publican platform, except by refer
ring to the original document.
Now, this amendment, which /
should like to see tested, it seems to
me is above criticism, even from a re-
publican standpoint. 1t puts in the
hands of your president the power TO
suspend the duty upon articles which
come in competition with articles of
American manufacture sold cheaper
abroad than they are at home.
These monopolies have become so
absolute and tyrannical that they fix
their price according to competition.
Where the competition is small, the
price is high, and where the competi-
ton is great, the price is lower Our
| people at home are absolutely at their
| mercy. The law of supply and de-
mand is abolished. and in order to
aid these combinations to Cypress
the people more effectively, the re-
publican party has surrounded this
| country with tariff wall which
shuts off competition from every 9TH
er part of the universe.
There is nothing complex about
the proposition to. put these articles
on the free LIST. 1t does not require
the president to determine whether
any particular corporation is a trust
or not. 1t does not require him to
have conspired together to regulate
prices. There is no difficulty about
it. There is no legal obstacle in the
way. There need be no fear of any
shifting decision of one majority by
the highest court in the land
4 The proposition would apply to the
individual as well as the corporation
1t is simply the suspension of duty
on every article which comes in com
petition with articles sold by Ameri
can manufacturers cheaper abroad
than at home. The president coult
easily determine this. You say you
[ do not fear him. He is protection
list; he is warrior; he leads siren
uous life. You need not fear to pu
) yourself in his hands. You say, ant
) say, we believe he is honest.
Z Now, if these things be true, let u,
: offer an amendment of this kind tt
some bill, and let us give to Thee
7 dore Roosevelt, republican, soldier
: warrior, the absolute power to sus
(, pend the duty on all articles whicI
7 are sold cheaper abroad than the,
are at home. You condemned all con
: spiracies to restrict business or ere
2 ate monopolies in the platform O
q your party. We are ready to he'll
: you carry out your platform pledges
+ If you do not do this, then all we AS
a of you is that in the year 1904 yo
4 have the courage to nominate flo
r the president of the United State
Theodore Roosevelt upon a platforr
: which honestly declares the tru
t principles of your party.
e Yes, in some respects, your pres
& dent is bold. He is bold enough t
S allow the Stars and Stripes to col
y tinue to float over polygamy and h,
n man slavery. The great Lincoln il
S sued his proclamation giving free
n dom to every slave in the Unite
n States. Now you say your presder
did not enter into contract wit
y any one of the native rulers of tn
e Philippine islands whereby we al
| RI c1 or
J. You cannot deny that human b
vt ings are held in bondage by other h
n man beings in one of the islands /;
/ least. Why has not your PRESENT til
n courage of the great Mr.. Lincoln
II Why does not he issue his proclaim
IS ton and declare free every slave
Ii the islands? You say the war
D. ended. Gentlemen on this floor WI
e have recently visited this extraconst
tutional territory of ours tell us the
III have seen and talked with slave
s. Your president is czar of the island
% Let him issue his edict and remo'
N this stain before history shall indie
III bly, record it.
. Our republic can boast of the gres
= est trusts on earth. 1t is too bad v
~ must be constantly punished by thel
% You say if the government won
protect these great corporations
= that they would become rich it won
- enable them to sell their goods chea
= err and enable them to pay more
- the labor necessary in the manufs
. ture of their goods. My Observable
- has been, Mr.. Chairman, that the
% huge combinations of capital @ot ju
- as much as they can for their goo
- and get their labor just as cheap
they can.
- This is human nature anyway. M
10 do not pay wages according to thu
Se ability to pay. Most men get all til
10 can in this world. The laboring m
is not fooled by this argument a