Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-24

railroad passes in their pockets the in
terests of the coal and all other rail-
roads will not suffer, e7sn 81 the people
do freeze little.
Tic Presidents Message.
President Roosevelts second annual
message to Congress has one and only
one advantage over his flrst-it il
about half rs long. In every other
respect it Is singularly lacking in rec
ognition of the trusm incorporated in
its reference to craftsmanship In the
navy, I'm battle the only shots that
count are the shots that hit" So in a
Presidents message the only passages
that count are those that hit, and
upon the real questions before the
country-trusts. tariff and the DISPOSE
ton of the Philippines-AIr Roosevelt
appears to have used Il literary blum
would go cunning with q repeating
rifie.-Chicago Record-Herald.
We have in the opening paragraphs
some words dealing with the Ameri-
can people as chosen people who
might. if they would find their Moses
in the strenuous, the eXuberant, the
unrestrained and the combative char
acter which now occupies the chief
executive office of the nation.-Spring-
field Republican.
The document displays all the abb
stract ardor and concrete conservatism
of candidate for Presidential consid-
GRAFTON. The only possible de-
duction is that he is willing to drift
as the party leaders may dictate.-In-
dianapoljs Sentinel.
He asserts squarcly that "the Ques-
ton of the regulation of the trusts
stands apart from the question of tar
III revision Yet lie speaks Of depriv-
ing trust goods of protection rs a
punitive measure" and plumply de-
clares that 1.-THE tariff on anthracite
coal should be removed" Why. pray.
If the trust question is entirely apart
from the tariff question?
AS whole, the message is n curious
mixture of bad economics, good homi-
| ly and Indifferent statesmanship.-Chi-
cago Chronicle.
Returning from his unsuccessful
hunt for bears of the South he rec
ommends that Congress pass law
protecting game and wild animals.
This is an issue of startling import
ance and must make the bears which
the President did not shoot laugh
Cleveland Recorder
Following the Presidents Lead.
The bill introduced by Senator Gull
Ion to amend the antitrust law pro-
hibits interstate commerce in articles
made by trusts, the penalty for viola
ton being fine of from $500 to
$1,000. The meat in the bill is in the
proposed appointment of fifty special
agents to act as spies to report any
infringement of the law. What IL snap
these appointments would be for the
henchmen of Republican Congressman
of the Rathbone and Nelly stripe! But
"the boys" will have to wa!rs some time
before the trusts will be called upon to
put up the STUFF to avoid prosecu-
ton. Senator Cullom and the Republi-
can majority have no intention of real
ly reforming the trusts or the tariff,
and the flood of bills that have already
tbeen introduced are only intended to
= please their constituents. Since Irps
ilents Roosevelt's 'conservatiyey mes
sage has >neen made plSlic good
many antitrust Binls have been held
up for revision on more conservative
lines, and more VIII follow the Presi-
dental tip. that there is to be moth
ing doing" ut this session, and .Ytts.,e
INTO the waste basket. The voters, -.
expected Republican action against the
trusts or the protective tariff will again
be disappointed.
knocks the "Iowa Idea"
President Roosevelt entirely dis
agrees with Mr.. Havemeyer that the
tariff is the mother of trusts and, in
his message to Congress, discussing
the tariff and trust question, says:
Not merely would this reforming
the tariff be wholly ineffective, but,
the diversion of our efforts in such a
direction would mean the abandon
ment of all intelligent attempt 10 do
away with these evils
The Iowa idea" that the tariff shell
tiers the trusts is thus also knocked
in the head by the chief politician of
the Republican party. and tn ~,
ise of the Congressman from the West.
ern States that the Republican party
could be relied upon to reform the
tariff and prevent further trust ex