Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-13

have seen the city grow from what it
was then, a town of probably 500 in
habitants, to it's present size Of 25,000
1t grew SO gradually and substantially
that one could scarcely perceive its
advancement U.s.
81 assure you it fills me with pride
when | hear from those who visit us
from other cities say, Picker, you
have the best city in the state; YOU do
more business than any of them. You
have the hustle and get-up-and-get;
your citizens are wide awake and have
the get-there spirit
"Ottumwais proud of her various in
dustries-her packing house plant, the
pride of the city and the largest insti-
tuition of its kind in the world; the
Janney plant, the Dain plant, our
wholesale grocery and hardware
lines of business, which help to make
up first class city. In short, the
very letters which spell Ottumwa
stand for much that is good. Ottumwa.
20 for Ottumwa on the classic Des
Moines.
T for the typical city of all; as also
T for the morning telegraph, which
will soon be issued and thrown in
your hall;
U for union, as all Ottumwa stands;
M for money, of which she is not
shorn;
w for waterworks, of which we had
none until our baby was born.
And" the mayor added, (which
will soon supply water for ALL" He
concluded his remarks by announcing
his intention of life long allegiance to
the city and its interests.
Hon. T. M. Stuart.
Hon. T. M. Stuart of Charlton spoke
on Trusts" He said:
1T seems that | am to talk for a
time on trusts. About the time I had
the honor of receiving the invitation
to attend your banquet l was engaged
in reading an address on trusts by
Judge Crosscut, of Nebraska, on trusts,
and although have made but little
preparation for a speech this evening
feel that l can answer his speech.
AS Abraham Lincoln described this
country, it is a government of the PEG,
pie, for the people, and by the people
But at this time we find that many OF
the people have different ideas as to
our form Of government. Some think
the purpose of legislating is simply
for their interests. The beet sugar
manufacturers seem to have this idea
and it is SO with several ether benefi.
Charles of the tariff. The federal
Judge, indeed, seems to think that he
is, in himself, the entire government
| Every party has denounced trusts
and every party has pledged itself tc
eXterminate them, but it is fact that
in 1906 there were more trusts formed
than in any year up to that time. AL
though the maintenance of trust was
declared to be a crime by the United
States laws, yet it went on Those
in charge of the trusts seemed TO un
derstand that the laws would never be
enforced.
And now, after trusts have been de
nounced for fifteen years, we are told
that the republicans themselves dc
not know what trusts are. An emf
nent republican congressman said last
year: This brings me to the ques
4 ton of trusts. will not try to define
A them. No two men hold the same
4 opinions on the subject. We have
grown into the habit of stating that al
i combinations, of capital are trusts
4 But the .weighty question in this con
4 nection is what to do to curb tn,
j trusts.
j Roosevelt suggested that it would
\ probably be a good plan to pass {
constitutional amendment to curb thu
i trusts. Before the campaign last fal
there YVES a conference at Oyster Bay
The Iowa idea had spread over The
country. Roosevelt was between the
devil and the deep sea when he con
4 templated his trip around the circle
4 He had to satisfy the trusts and a
the same time had to satisfy the PEG
: pie. He said to some that the low;
idea didn't mean anything. He wal
!, fair to neither.
: "Roosevelt's idea was that the trust
should be treated as legal consolida
; lions of business institutions and tina
; all that could be done would be t,
| regulate them. He said that the.
were like the Mississippi river. whicl
can not be conquered entirely, but cal
be regulated so that it will not de
stroy property. He said we could no
exterminate trusts but that we coul,
regulate them.
4 Roosevelt also advanced the ide;
that possibly there was no necessit.
of adopting a constitutional amend
ment to exterminate the trusts blu
that they could probably be cured b.
4 the adoption of law compelling NOR
publicity of their business affairs. Ser
4 ator Hoar went farther and in an ad
dress not long ago he said that w
d might regulate the price at which tn
/ trusts should sell their products.
admit that if that is the kind of legis
lation that is wanted, new const
tuition much different from the presen
u one is required Such constitution
will vest in the officials of thi
4 country greater powers than those O
any country on earth have at the pres
ent time. The sultan of Turkey no
the car of Russia would not attemp
to exercise so much arbitrary powe
over their subjects
1--WE might as well ask the republ
can party to commit suicide as to er
force the laws against trusts. 1t i
i difficult for democrat to become rec
onciled to the idea of trusts, and it i
difficult as well for republican no
to believe in trusts, for the party stan
for concentration, the principle Q
trusts.
4 Chas. D. FulIen.
| Charles D. Fullen preceded his r.
marks on the subject of tariff by r.
fering briefly to the waterworks que
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