The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-09-04

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4 Roosevelt on tire Trusts
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dealt sIih thea ~ several Of be ssarss
10. The nsntsr 10 .Lish be has treated
them sheus lhsi be h.s given r pch inislli
sspt tbesshi 10 then. Ia bic Bosios
spesoh. Tor tisapls. be peistsd 90, thai
The ua.i ss. very BIG aau,ien. tbst
many ~s,s had teen proposed iot dealing
With II, thsi be himself bad proposed %,
ersl plsrs. snone Which .. pablisity 10
.seir sh.irs spd greater poser on the psn
OF the sorsfnGsni 10 thtif regulation. bat
be ifstIiy ssys be 10 not Of ell certain lhsi
any OF ell Of ibess nsthods voald NEE, oil
The evils sLieh STE possible TO arise under
The syster Of monopoly which 10 nos 10
coarse VI r.rii t,oln,ion. Moreover, be
act ~ ifsnti1 Gays. end 10 this every
tnou .htiui Ierspn 10 the eountry will
ssrse vilh him. that concentration 10 10
dustfiss 10 not sIssys snd necessarily 90
evil. II 10 the sbose OF tbs concepirstion
pfioeiple thai bss to be gasrdsd sssinst.
TIE trost 10 . broad question. which
should not DO made matter Of partisan
politics 81 ell The diEsuiiy OF dealing
Win the irus,s 10 made apparent when il
10 considered thst trusts are not peculiar
10 suy particular eoustry. They ere 10 oil
cooniries ID sbicb cspitsl 10 ,bandsnt.
busi0ess intelligence is high add progress
spd prosperity are the rule. E,elsnd hes
them s. veil - The U1ited States. There
sre trusts 10 Germany and France. sod
these will itcresse 10 number and poser
30 Ioua IS capital 10 them keeps Oh grow
rug and 6ospcisi snd com meroisl spplisne
., inese,se. Some Of these com bines are
itteiuaiionsl 10 their scope. They take 10
many different countries, II 10 evident
that 20 l.v which could be passed BY the
Congress st Washington could be OF any
svsil ssainst these combines. Moreover,
II 1t sere possible for the United States to
crush some Of the combines which exist 10
this couutry alone We would merely be
plsced 10 the poser OF rival ombines 10
the came sort Of commodities operating
outside OF the United States, bat which
would qaickly get . fooihoId here. IL the
homo trust wire abolished.
twill be seen that the trust question 10 |
lar larger usiter than is CON monty Sup
posed. PiesideLt Roosevelt 10 Q close stu |
dent oil history and economies. What BIO
ssys Oh the trusts is the result OF Q good |
deal OF Intelligent thought, and it lie q
pressed With bis customary trsnkness and
clesrnesss. Although the trusts should be
kept 90. OF politics. every great issus 10 .
representative govern ment 10 bound to get
into politics. This question has been. 10
one phase and another. 10 politics ever
since the foundation Of the sugsr trust 10
1887, The Republican nstionsl platform
10 the convection which nominated Gen.
Harrison in 1888 had . paragraph dealing
With the rnsts. although nobody u that
time could have guessed the development
which has been made 10 the combines 10
the past fourteen years. The Rapablican
party, which carried the election 10 that
yesr, went coursgee usly and iatelliRsntly
to work 10 attend to the trust Question.
The Republican Cons ress elected In 1883
passed bill on the subject, which Gen.
Harrison signed, that bss been invoked 10
several instances since sud that hes had
some good effect Is . deterrent, even 10
the Gases 10 which II failed TO meet The
specific evil ct which 1t vas aimed. The
trust question is certain to attract q great
deal OF attention 10 the present canvass.
snd the Republican Congress to be elected
this year can be relied on to pass some
legislation dealing With Il, bat the people
should grasp the fact that the question 10
isr from being % simple % is commonly
lhougbt. 1t question which will ssti
ously tax tho statesmen ship and the com
mon sense OF the country. st Louis Globe
Democrat.