The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-10-04

Z people But his action is so very rar,
and noticeable that he has become an
/ object for admiration among the com
mon people. whose cause he has 50
f0rclbly espoused. Now that the great
trusts have announced that they will
defeat him. Il is our opportunity to set
IN motion a campaign Of the common
people. A campaign that VIII re-elect
him and demonstrate to the world al
large that In this country OF ours there
Is still a government Of the people, by
the people and for the people. To re-
seat so faithful and alert an official
as President Roosevelt Is the work OF
the young Repu- Leans. Let as take
up this great campaign and show by
an overwhelming vote our apprecia.
ton and our fidelity TO him aud ap.
proyal OF his stand for us. Nothing
could indicate to him our approval and
sanction Ike electing him with colors
flying 10 the breeze.
Men who spoke against the trusts a
few years ago were considered alarm
lists Now the most conservative men
are pronounced in their opinions con
cerning the general detriment OF com
bines. And. n the people only knew u.
II behOoyes them 10 elect a man to the
presidency who will watch their inter
ests Ike our present incumbent Any
one at all familiar with the gradual
reaching out OF these gigantic trusts
vii see the paramount necessity for
placing them where the people will be
safe from them. II is a true saying
that you can't stop ingenuity, and we
find as much ingenuity among the
trusts and combines for getting hold
Of business as we find In other lines
We have laws and laws and laws. We
haven't enough ofiiclals who will en-.
force them. We must see 90 II that
we are properly represented I'm the
future or an unwelcome remedy must
be the outcome. We nnd the great
railroads today engaging In all manner
Of side lines. Most roads own all the
towns where their trains stop. They
have been extensively In the timber
business and having gotten hold OF all
that Is worth having. In California
where II rs cheaper 20 ship a box Of
dried prunes from San Francisco TO
Omaha than II Is TO ship from the
same place TO Los Angeles. we find a
nice system OF railroad orchards and
lemon groves In other states we find
the railroads are looking into stock
-aislng, into the hay. grain. and In fact
all the productions of the farmer.
They are buying and selling real
estate are running hotels. and doing
lot OF other things we know nothing
about just now. After becoming a
great railroad company. they are not
satisfied. but proceeded To reach out
and compete with the individual pro-
ducer the individual business man,
the individual grocer, and step into
his place. n they keep on getting
into the poor mans place In the world
the people won't have anything else
10 do but 10 sit around and ride on The
cars. They can ride when they have
the price and sit around when they
haven't. II Is this sort OF business
that Roosevelt Is asking explanation
for. And he has opened the question
In the right nick OF time II sounds
good 90 hear Magnate James Hin tell
as how his company had To build a
dozen grain ships for the Lakes and
build a few elevators 80 the dear peo-
pie could have their grain handled for
a half cent instead OF cent and q
half The only difficulty 10 that II ISL
hard 10 live on sound. and then we are
mean enough not to believe everything
We hear.
To the young Republicans; Now
that President Roosevelt has stood
for us, and stood for our future wei
fare. as WELL let MS make Il our cause
to uphold him In his commendable ac.
tion regarding these absorbing mer-
gers Let ms take up the work where |
he has mapped Il out for as. We are
young and can DO effective work Wei
do not know what harness feels like |
We are free young men. Free from
All political obligations We owe Il 40 |
ourselves to back our faithful eXecu- /
tive up with our strongest marshaled |
forces. We have an American presi- l
dent. and lea MS show the world We
TOO. are Americana. Il Is our oppor-