Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-22

sQueSZeu out THESE uncertainties. i Hey
have come to Il country of high protec-
ton, as high as is that of any other
country In the world; but because of the
great extent of this country and the
fact that there Is absolute freedom of
trade between its States (mnny of
which are MS large as most of the Euro
pean countries) and because of a sue
cession of good crops, times here are
fairly good. In fact they are consid
cred very prosperous by the trusts.
These immigrants have arrived here too
late to participate in our prosperity.
They may. however, be useful to the
trusts, as trike-breakers, for there are.
just now, hundreds of thousands of
men out on strike for higher wages
The President on Trusts.
In his speech on trusts Mt Milwaukee
President Roosevelt said:
Not only is the legislation recently
enacted effective, but in my Judgment
1t was impracticable to attempt more"
He was demanding much more when
on his stamping tour last fall, and
when his Attorney General was sug-
costing to Congressman Littlefield
what the President wanted done. Lit
tletield prepared the anti-trust bill and
got it through the House. 1t was
pigeonholed in the Senate by order of
the trusts and with the expressed con-
sent of the President.
In his Milwaukee speech the Presi-
dent spoke sarcasticany of "aHeged
remedies" that seek to destroy the
disease by killing the patient" He
then added: "Others are so obviously
futile that it is somewhat difficult to
treat them seriously or as being adj
vanced in good faith. High among the
latter l place the effort to reach the
trust question by means of the tariff.
You can. of course, put an end to the
prosperity of the trusts by putting an
end to the prosperity of the nation;
but the price for such action seems
high"
Apparently President Roosevelt has
changed his mind since he resigned
from the Free Trade Club in New
York. shortly after he was elected to
the Assembly there in 1884 on an in
dependent, fusion and anti-Plntt tick
ct. He was then speaking strenuously
for free trade, and resigned only be-
| cause he thought and said in letter
to Poultney Bigelow that he thought
that his membership would sand in
| the way of political promotion. He
said: Il am Republican first; free
trader afterwards" Now he appears
to be Republican first, last and al
ways, and has forgotten that he ever
', was free trader. Politics certainly
produces some strange results on eco
nomic ideas.
Again the President said in his Mil
waukee speech:
I'VE should be false to the historic
principles of our government if we
| Disseminated, either by legislation or
| administration, either for or against Il
! man because of either his wealth OF
his property
This sounds all right, and would BIZ
all right If it We're backed up b,
deeds; for. s ne Id us st
words are good only when backed
up by deeds!" But as the President
belongs to n party that has enacted
tariff legislation which does discrimin-
ate in favor of n few and against the
many and which protects monopolies
and trusts while they prey upon the
people, and which permits them to sell
goods to foreigners at 80 to 100 per
cent less than is charged here, what
becomes of the Presidents llne
! sounding phrases What do these
same trusts care for his publicity as
long rs he does not touch the tariff
which protects them in their plunder-
ing business? What do they care for
his 10Y bureau" and its sham re-
straints, if they can keep their tariff
| privileges?- w. II.