The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-18
CONGRESSMAN
ON RECORD
Long, Curtis, Miller, Scott.
Harris and Mcclure.
FAVOR CONTROL OF TRUSTS
They Will All Stay by PreSi-
dent Roosevelt.

A Van andt, Of this city, is getting the
views of the Oklahoma and Kansas con-
eressinen on the matter of trusts and i'll
ing them away among the records of the
Implement Dealers association of Kansas
ard Oklahoma.
When the association held its last meet
ing in this city December ,. 3, and 4. res
olutions were passed recommending leg
islation along the lines suggested by Pres
ident Roosevelt and ar. van Zandt the
secretary of the association, was in
structed to send copy of the resolutions
TO the Kansas congressman and TO the
members from Oklahoma.
Congressman Long, Curtis, Miller, Scott
and Senator Harris Of Kansas and Con-
gresham Mcclure of Oklahoma have
answered and from these letters it is OBJ
served that the Kansas delegation is all
right on the trust question.
Chester /. Long calls attention to the
fact, that all over this state during his
recent campaign he advocated trust lesis-
lation by means of an amendment to the
constitution, giving congress additinal
power to legislate along these lines and
that he also favored the strict enforce
ment of the Sherman law.
Charles Curtis writes the shortest kind
of letter, only three lines. but he makes
his position clear all the same. lie will
give his best efforts to have congress
pass a law along the lines suggested by
a. . t,o
implement men favored.
J. NJ. Miller goes d little further and
expresses the opinion that trust organi-
cations are Systematically robbing the
people of the country and he assures the
implement men that he VIII vote for "a
law that viii protect the people against
these trusts.
Charles +. Scott says he is in sympathy
with the resolutions and he things some
thing ought to be done. He however re-
minds the implement men that it is one
thing to discover that something should
be done, but it is quite another thing to
say how it ought TO be done. This mem
Der of the Kansas delegation evidently
had Esop's fable of the rats resolving
TO have a bell put on the cat, but fell
down when it came to 6evising a way to
get the bell on the cat. He however in
forms the implement men that some of
the wisest men in congress are trying
TO devise some means TO accomplish the
object sought by the implement men and
when they find it he VII support the
measure.
B. S Mcclure, the newly elected con-
gresham frem Oklahoma. says that he is
in harmony with the resolutions and is
in favor of legislation along the lines
recommended by the president He gives
Il as his opinion that trusts are organized
for the purpose OF putting a fictitious
value on staple articles to the great det-
riment of the consuming public and that
he is opposed to the whole scheme His
position is that the only honest price Of
a commodity is that fixed by open honest
competition and he gives the secretary of
the Implement Mems association to I'M
derstand that h can proclaim his views
on the trusts from the housetops if he
desires to do SO.
Senator Harris goes after the trusts and
he supposed that everybody knew that
he was in favor Of a determined effort to
control the trusts and corporations that
are engaged in destroying competition
and limiting production. The senator
however. contides his belief to the i'm
plement men that the Republicans do
intend TO hurt the trusts The Demo-
cratic senator from Kansas thinks the
Democratic party is the only David that
has the courage TO bounce a brick-bat
from the noggin of this Goliah of trusts.
The trusts would evidently rest secure
II they could be made believe that. be-
cause the Democrats are not in control Of
the government.