Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-10-09


" trusts first began forming un.
"a der the favorable influence of a
" robber tariff, l proposed to put
on the free list every article
manufactured by a trust. Recently q
good deal has been said on the subject
and the Republican party is badly di-
vided against itself on the subject.
Now comes Roosevelt advocating a
constitutional amendment; says moth
ing else will do any good. If there be
others who share that opinion. let
them read this press dispatch:
Peoria, Ill.-A stir something like that
caused by the handwriting on the wall at
Belshazzar's feast was created among the
Republicans in attendance at the conven-
ton of the Republican State League OF
Clubs here by the appearance of an inno-
cent paragraph in the Peoria Journal, the
afternoon Republican daily. 1t occupied
the place of honor in the convention ex-
tra." first column, first page. and was in
troduced by glaring caption. Here it is:
"Chicago.-The combination of the great
packing houses of the country which has
been under consideration and in process
of actual formation for the last six
months has been abandoned at least for
the present. says the Tribune The de-
cision not to contemplate the combination
is due. in a large degree. to the attitude
of the national administration toward
trusts as outlined by President Roosevelt
in his recent speeches and to the possi-
bility that in the event of a consolidation
congress might remove the tariff on cat
tle''
Thus the beef packers give us con-
firmation of our belief that good
strong free list will clean out the
trusts. Why. the mere fear of free
trade in cattle prevents the consumma-
tion of a gigantic trust! This should
efeectually squelch all of Teddy's talk
about constitutional amendments in
the dim and distant future. A Demo
cratic congress is all that is needed
a body of legislators who will cut the
tariff off of glass, lumber, beef. every
thing that is necessity of life and
which is controlled by trust.
He Dotes on EN-.
Congressman Calderhead is not tear
ing his clothes in his anxiety to find a
remedy for the trusts-in fact, he likes
them. He wants more trusts. Another
thing-he takes jab at organized Ia
Dor. There are few union men in his
district. There are many more Repub-
licans who would loudly indorse his
remarks on the subject but for the fact
that many of their constituents belong
to labor unions. Among the number is
Senator Platt of Connecticut, who
o,,,oco,,Io+od +bo Cbinoco ovoI,,c;o,, hill
when it was in conference in order that
it might not prove effective against
Chinese labor coming into the country
Chinese cheap labor is the club that is
to be used to bring the labor unions to
terms. But, going back to Congress.
man Calderhead, read what he thinks
of the trusts:
Topeka, Kan.-In remarkable political
speech w. A. Calderhead. Republican con-
gresham from the Fifth Kansas district
defended the trusts, which he character
lied as '.godsends to the country" and
denounced organized labor as ''the great
est menace the country ever had.
His remarks have caused much COM
ment. as Mr. Calderhead is prominent
member of the committee on banks and
banking in the lower house and has been
regarded as conservative He said in
part:
"Why all this fuss about the trusts?
Speaker Henderson has resigned because
some Republicans insist on tariff revision
as a panacea for the imaginary ills which
the trusts are supposed to represent. Why
seek to remedy that which has been a
blessing? / deny that trusts constitute
an evil. I contend that they have been
a godsend to the country. l have nc
ma with this f11gs
about the trusts. / care not If it does
emanate largely within my party. I con-
slider it all political buncombe Trusts are
the handmaids of progress in every chan
mel of business and every avenue of life.
They have reduced the cost of living.
They have furnished employment for la
bor. They have promoted science and en-
couraged invention Instead of attempt
ing to remedy or suppress or control
or disturb that which we know is a
blessing we should turn our attention to
that which is known to be an evil and
take hand at suppressing organized la
Dor. / regard organized labor as the
1t not only robs It's members of their lib
erty. but is a constant menace to the
lives and property of the whole people"
"A Solid Republican Column"
1t will be remembered by the readers
of these letters that in my speech at
Bangor, Me-, before the Democratic
state convention June II l declared
that the Republicans are badly split
up and that for making that truthful
assertion the st. Louis Globe-Democrat
Republican organ grinder, took me to
task. denying my statement and de-
nouncing me as "a queer person." what
ever that may mean. 1t boldly asserted
that 1.-The Republican column is solid"
Subsequently l submitted certain bits
of evidence which proved that | was
right Here is another The Washing
ton Post. independent. in an editorial
headed 'Implacable Hostility" says:
The factional fight In the Republican
party. which broke out with great viru-
lence during the first session of the Fifty
seventh congress. Is still on. The organs
of the minority that caused the defeat of
the administrators Cuban policy-the
policy of Mckinley. of Roosevelt and of
q majority of the Republicans in con-
gress-are still firing their barb pointed
arrows of malice" at the ADMINISTRATION 8
friends in congress. Although the cleo
tion of a Republican majority in the next
house is by no means assured. the leading
organ of that bitter faction prefers the
election of Horace Boies to the return of
Speaker Henderson by the voters Of the
Third Iowa district and regrets that there
is no Boies in the Eleventh Ohio district
''to take the measurements of another
representative of the same breed as Hem
derson-the CALLED and spawned hack,
Grosvenor."
That paper is the New York Press
mouthpiece of the protection extremists
the men who, while posing as the only
genuine protectionists, are doing far more
toward condemning that doctrine and
bringing it into disrepute than all of its
open enemies have done or can do In
the case of the speaker the Press does
not admit in SO many words, that 1t pre-
fers Boies, but its remarks are equiva-
lent to such an admission. The Press
says that sit would be an extremely diff
cult task for any Democrat to carry Hen
derson's district, which is naturally Re
publican by a tremendous plurality, but
the character of Ex-Governor Boies is sc
well known, he is SO highly esteemed by
the citizens of his state, and his record
is so generally good that there can be nc
doubt though he should not succeed In
carrying a Republican stronghold with
Democratic issues, that he will cut the
Henderson vote to pieces and thus give
the American people an accurate meas
urement of Henderson -
That is a splendid sendon for Uncle
Horace and ought to be good for num-
ber of votes If skillfu1ly utilized by the
Democratic managers. But as Hender-
son has margin of about 5000 votes the
chances are that the Press and the fac
ton for which it speaks will not be able
to dislodge him.
The Globe Democrat should read that
pungent editorial, digest it and then
make the amende honorable to me; but