The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-01-01
VEST ON THE 1904 ISSUES.
Follows Closely in Mr.. CIeye-
lands Line of POIiCyr
Cut OF the Tariff NOurishment and the
Trust Will Die---BUan Not a q,
Great Leader-.-NO Time Now
10 Talk of BimetalliSm.
TO Talk Of Bimetallism.


time since the death OF his son, Sena
tor Vest has given expression to
newspaper interview. The interview
with the Missouri senator comes OF
the eve of his retirement from public
life after conspicuous service in th'
United States for twenty-four years
Authoritative interviews with mum
erous Democratic senator's have fol
lowed each other in quick succession
of late. Compared to the interview
rich in epigram and thought which
the Missouri senator has made pub
lie other recent expressions OF Demo
cratic senators seem tame and in
spid Most significant is the fact
that Vest. who never liked Cleveland,
has expressed in different language
the same fundamental ideas which
the ok. President advanced in his in
terview published recently, Like
Cleveland, Vest charges the Repubi'
can party with insincerity and in
ability to regulate the tariff and like
Cleveland he regards the combina-
tions of capital as the greatest men
ace that threatens the country. lie
boldly proclaims that the tariff is re.
sponsibe for the trusts and declares
that the present is not the time for
Democrats to press the money ques-
tion TO the front. OF Bryan he says;
ale has not the elements of great
or successful leadership
"Thp greatest menace that threat
ems this country to-day, said Sena-
tor VEST ''is in OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
tai with monopoly for their object,
That these trusts. as they have come
to he known, owe their being largely,
ifnot solely, to the protective tariff
should I've evident to any student OF
economic questions. The existence
ola monopoly depends on the ability
OF n combination Of capital to con-
troll the output and distribution OF Il
commodity That sufficient capital
can be confined to control a COM
modify in this country we have seen;
but there has not been, and it does
not seem there could be, a combina-
ton sufficiently gigantic to control
the worlds output of any ofthe great
necessaries of life.
So REAL Trust Is ENGLAND.
an attempting to refute the argu
ment that the tariff is responsiblefo for
trusts in this country, it is declared
that equally great trusts exist in
free trade England. This is false.
absolutely There are in England a
number Of trusts which control the
supply OF certain articles OF com
IIierce. but none Of these articles is Il
great necessary Of lie, OF genera!
production The English mon0polics
are possible because the articles they
control are OF such limited produc-
ton that they have been able togain
possession Of the sources oi supply
40 monopoly can exist in a great
staple OF commerce where cbmpetl'
ton is open TO the world.
This being the ease, it seems very
clear that monopoly in commercial
staples is possible in the United
States only because competition It
not open TO the world, and the pro
tpcted tariff is convicted OF response
bility. The first step then, III al
honest attempt to correct the evll'
from which We suffer, is to remove thu
protection the tariff gives to thu
monopoly and force it into world
competition.
"But the Republican party willno
take this step. The protective tarlf
is nm interdependent mutuality o
greed. Let an attempt he made tt
remove the protection afforded on
industry and every industry tina
feeds on protection will cry out il
pain. Like flock of English spar
rows that come Doisily to the succO
of one that has emitted cries of dis
trpss, the entire protection brood vii
iou in n chorus of protest agains
any cuaus~n in existing ttriIt SEIZED
llllrs When the pres M tariff wa
prtpr ruusi,lerniiou ~ the House q
49,, l4'i ~
crnlifpd author OF the measure, nd
mittci thr rates wrrr unnetr-sirli
hiyl. uut declared tn, s,hr-'nl' wer
fx,Ja,;i laeir from width nrnogoti
;ttr- fftytff5t bit ,iitii,ef'ial 10
with Other nations. Yet tn" ninrl.-