The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-09-26
Democratic Ticket.
For Congressional Congressional District
l.. FREDERICK c. TALBOTT,
of Baltimore County.
TRUSTS AND TARIFF.

TRUSTS AND TARIFF.
The action of Senator Dubois, of
Idaho, in calling for the recent records
of the United States Senate in order
to show that the Republican leaders
are unreliable on the matter trusts
is hardly recognized by the leaders as
the necessary step in bringing this
matter as an issue in the present
campaign. The evidence on this sub
ject is so vast and volumnious that
no one can make a mistake without
he is willing to be deceived. AT the
last session of Congress, Senator Du-
bois offered an amendment to the
Permanent Census bill in line with
President Roosevelt's recommended
tions for securing publicity of trust
affairs and every Republican in the
Senate voted against it. Their ground
for opposition was that the amend
ment would kill the bill. Since this,
President Roosevelt has two or three
times reiterated his remarks on the
trust question, and argued publicity
as the best manner of controlling
them. One or two things is presented
to the voters, and that is, that the
President is not sincere in his remarks
regarding the trust question or else
he is not in accord with his party If
either condition is correct, and one or
the other must be, it is evident to
everyone that the people can expect
no relief from the Republicans. At
any rate, it would seem to be strong
combination of circumstances that
the men who conduct the policies of
the Republican party should be will
ing at this late date to enter a war
fare against the trusts. Their party
organization is dependent in such a
degree upon the trusts that they
could not take any serious or effective
steps towards bringing these COM
binations under government control
without drying up the chief source of
their power At the same time, in
view of the drift Of public sentiment
OH this question it is not impossible
that they will endeavor to make some
sort of a move at the next session of
Congress in order to persuade the
credulous that they are in earnest in
their assertions.
President Roosevelt, in a recent
speech at Pittsburg, discussed the
trust matter very fully and there was
little in his talk indicating that he
would favor any drastic measure
looking to the curbing ofthese money
ed aggregations. MIR. Roosevelt has
plainly indicated that he will favor
no bill that will contain any provi-
sions, which will provide for penalties
for a violation Of its directions. He
urged that much more harm could be
done by Legislative interference with
the normal industrial development of
the country. His intimations that the
proceedings against the Beef Trust
and Northern Securities Company
are designed especially to test exist
ing laws and to ascertain wherein lie
their defects, is anything but con-
vincing. 1t might be taken as a pre-
paration for the failure of the Adj
ministration in the Courts than like
a purpose to pursue the above trusts
orany such combination, to the death.
On the other hand the Democrats
are in a position that is too strong
to be disturbed by any maneuvers of
their Republican opponents. 1t is
not believed that they will favor the
making of legislation to crush trusts
at blow as they know full well that
such an attempt, if successful, might
do more harm than good to legiti-
mate business enterprises. Instead
Of launching new plans and penalties
against combinations in trade that
could not be enforced in courts, the
Democrats have selected the wiser
and more simple plan of simply de-
manding removal of the favoritism
of tariff legislation by which the
trusts are nouriShed. 1t has been
argued that if the tariff was taken
off of our goods it would bring i'll
competition goods made by trusts OF
other countries. To answer this is a
very simple matter. The superior
skill and workmanship of our citizens
would cause our people to patronize
the home market and goods would
be sold here the same as they are now
and in addition thereto that would
be on the market at reasonable and
fair price. Itisnot lust to the millions
of our citizens who do not derive their