Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-22
FOR WAR On TRUSTS
Democrats Opposed to Their
Regulation.
FREE RAW MATERIALS
WOULD PUT A TAX ON EXPORTS
OF MANUFACTURES.
Representative Livingston's View of
the Most Expedient Issues for the
Coming Campaign.

Coming Campaign.
| What President Roosevelt needs Is a
democratic House Of Representative to
| carry out his trust IDEAS
| This unique statement was made to a
| Star man today by Representative Living
| ston of Georgia. Mr.. Livingston is the first
| one Of the democratic campaign orators to
| come forward in answer to the request Of
the congressional committee and indicate
| his willingness to address the American
people on democratic issues. He presented
| himself at democratic headquarters today
| and arranged speaking tour which will
| begin in Maine the last week in August and
end in Indiana the 1st Of November Mr.
Livingston will speak in New York. New
Jersey, Maryland, West Virginia and possi-
bly, some other states
1.-The tariff question, the trust question
| and the advocacy of an economical admin
| istration of the government is, in my opin-
! ion, just about all the democratic party
| ought to try to handle at this time con-
| tnued Mr.. Livingston.
THE financial question Is practically set
! tied. The greatest question in this country
| today is, who shall control the government? ?
| Can the state legislatures or the Congress
accomplish anything, or will they have to
! lie down and submit to the dictation Of
| combinations and corporations?
| Abolition Not Regulation of Trusts.
''If President Roosevelt had demo-
| cratic House of Repfesentativ he might
| be able to accomplish his desires regarding
the regulation of trusts. But from the
opportunity furnished last winter, which
was wantonly thrown away, it is evident
| that the republican legislators are not with
! the President on the trust question.
Mr.. Livingston makes a decided distnc-
| ton between the avowed desire of the
democratic party and the avowed desire
| of the republican party in regard to trusts
and combines. The democrats want to
| abolish trusts. while the republicans want
| to regulate them
ITO regulate trusts either one Of two
courses must be ollowed-uniform state
| laws must be passed, or the states must
concede the right to regulate trusts to the
United States Congress-this right to be
conferred by an amendment to the Const
| tuition, after which 1t Will be the duty of
Congress to pass such laws as may be
necessary for this purpose, if such thing
| is possible.
Il do not believe the republican party
| can, nor do l believe the men who form
| that party really intend to do either of
| these things The President seems to be
| alone in his crusade. l would not, however,
want to say that he Is not in earnest but
l DO not believe he has his party behind
| him.
Proposed Tax on Exports.
The democratic contention-to abolish
trusts-can be accomplished through the
| taxing power, and this is the quickest and
surest way out of this trust trouble. For
| instance, we can, with the sole purpose OF
destroying combinations in view, abolish
| the tariff on raw material coming into this
country used in the oF
| goods and levy an export tax on manu-
| laelured articles going out Of the country
| manufactured by trusts
rms would open wide the doors of COM
Peutloh IN manufacturing. 1t would dis
Inantle every manufacturing combna ton in
| the land through the medium of competi-
| uon. THESE giant institutions have been
| punt up gradually, and | have no doubt
| that in the earlier days of the tariff agita-
non our politicians on both sides were
| honest in their efforts to build up the
country and better the condition of the
masses OF the people by protective tariff.
| the advantage Of that tariff, and they are
| the ones that have been built up until now
| they threaten, If indeed they do not actu-
| any control, the government
| DO You make a distinction between tariff
| revision In order to destroy trusts and
| general tariff revision to accomplish the
| democratic idea of free trader"
| Decidedly. Outside of the question of
eoNiiio the piolecll0n OIL Oh tHe dTllcleS Oh
the combines l would favor a general re-
| VISION of the tariff to make 1t bear evenly
! upon all industries and all sections Of the
country; make it a tariff simply and solely
TOR revenue only, but ample to support the
| government. | am against tariff for pro-
tectlon. Such a revision of the tariff as
| this should be made for the benefit of the
| masses OF the people. Then l would handle
the trusts and combines as l have indi-
Gated, by abolishing all duty on the import
| ed raw material and levying an export tax
| on all manufactured articles sent out OF
! the country by the trusts
Il do not see that the foreign powers, un-
der the lead of the Car of Russia, can do
| anything else but erect tariff barriers
against the encroachnents of foreign trusts.
Our own combines and trusts are getting
into these foreign markets, and they are
enabled to sell low enough to do this by
| reason Of the enormous profits they make
| on the goods the sell in this country L
MADE the prediction two years ago that the
| time would come when these countries
would protect themselves against this very
| thing
The Philippine Question.
! Discussing the Philippine question, Mr..
Livingston said that his position was de-
| fined as an expansiorist. but not an i'm
perialist. He csntended that, after all,
there was only a1slfght difference between
the bin of the majority and the bill Of the
minority on the Philippine question. The
| majority bill provided system Of govern
ment without making any declaration or
promise as to when self government, II
ever, would be granted to the people of
| those islands. The democratic measure
which was urged provided system Of gov
| ernment and provided also that in eight
Years the people of those Islands should be
| free to govern themselves. Mr.. Livingston
said however thatshe was unalterably op-
posed to an imperial policy of government.
Our aim in the islands should be to fit the
natives there rapidly as possible for the
then be given gradual authority and a form
of government like the territories until they
develop and We're ready to go step farther.
Mr. Livingston will say but little in his
speeches in the campaign on this topic He
thinks there is enough to do along other
lines of more Importance to the country
and the people
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