The diamond drill., 1904-09-17

explicitly adopt the views which we hold
and upon which we have acted and are
rency, the only real way TO keep the
question from becoming unsettled is 10
keep the Republican party In power.
AZ for what our opponents say In ref
erence TO capital and labor. individual
or corporate. here again all we need by
way OF answer Is 10 point 10 wnss We
continued In power We shall continue 10
carry out the policy We have been pur-
iuteiy and fearlessly in the future as
we have executed them In the past.
The action OF the attorney-general In |
commerce laws. and the action OF the |
last congress In enlarging the scope or |
the interstate commerce law. and In
creating the department or commerce. |
and labor, with a bureau of corporations. |
have for the first time opened a chance
for the national government 70 de deal d,, In
or for eyil. because Of the accumulation
ssps Of ths s ssw
cd with entire eficiency; and as. In their
or addition TO them--whether better 70
secure the proper publicity or better 70
guarantee the rights OF shippers. or IN
any other direction--this need VIII be
met. IL is now asserted that the COM
mon law. as developed, affords com,
plete legal remedy against monopoles,,
ed States. It's rules can be enforced
only by the state courts and officers. no
federal court or ofhcer could take any any
| action whatever under them. lt was TINS
| fact. coupled with the inability or the
| states to control trusts and monopones;
| which led TO the passage or tne ieasrail n,il
| trust act and the Interstate commerce
| act: and II is only through the exercise
| Of the powers conferred by these acts,
| and by the statutes OF the last congress
| supplementing them. that the national
government acquires any lurisoict,,on ct,on
| Sgainst trusts and monopolies should be
| limited to the. application of the common
law Is equivalent TO saying that the INA, ma,
| tional government should take no acuoh
whatever TO regulate them; ;..,. =,
Undoubtedly the multiplication ~ Sawer hSs as
trusts arnav and tns1r sar 70 he faure OF o
eials charged with the duty OF enforc-
| ing ths law TO take the necessary pro-
cedure." such structure upon the failure
| of the officials OF the national govern
| ment TO do their duty I'm this matter ls
| certainly not wholly undeserved as Tar
| as the administration preceding fresi-
| dent McKinley's is concerned; but II has
no application at all 10 Republican ad-
mlnistration. 1t is also undoubtedly True true
| that what is most needed is ofiiclals
having both the disposition and the cour-
age 20 enforce existing law. rms ~
precisely the need that mas pesn ,ned ,ne,
action of the department OF justice un-
! der the present administration; ,,,
| SO far as the TIGHTS Oi tNt
wage-worker and the individual capital
] ist are concerned. both as REGARDS one
another, as regards the public, ana as
regards organized capital and iaoor' tne @
nosition OF the administration has been
| so clear that there is no excuse Tor ms
representing II. and no GROUND t1r Sp
| posing IL unless misrepresented Wlthlh
| the limits defined by the national constr
tuition the national administrator mas
| sought 10 secure TO eacn man nan. NE ne iu,s iise
| and dispose OF his property ana MS laDoI
| as he deems best, so long as ne MrouBs
no one else. II has shown IN en- eneetiod s,,,sd
| this guarantee. &c treats all men, rlch or
poor whatever their creed, their color
ar their birthplace. as standing alike be-
gare The law. Under our form OF gov.
, ernment the sphere In which the nation
as distinguished from the state can aS' s
, IL narrowly circumscribed. but within
that sphere all that could be done mas
| been done All thinking men are aware
: OF the restriction upon the power Oh ~,
! ton OF the national government IN sucI
matters Being ourselves mindful ol
| them we have been scrupulously carelu
on the one hand TO be moderate IN our GU,
, | nromises and on the other hand 70 keel
: these promises in letter and IN spirit
I When we take up the great question ol
the tariff we are az once cor conirpnr nnnonent,
: | do or do not mean what they say. . lhes
| say that protection IS roppery, i aIs
| nromige to carry themselves accoruingy
10 thnv are given power. Yet prominen
: persons among them assert that tney u' W
: not really mean this ana that ~ tnS.
= come into power they viii ADOPT on
= nolicy as regards the tariff; while othef
4 seem anxious 10 prove that IL ls saL a.
: TO give them partial power, peeause la ,n
:. mower would be only partial, ana there
y FORE they would not be able 10 90 ms
! chief. The last is certainly curlou
n | plea TO advance on oehalI OF Mpa.a M =
: seeking TO obtain control or the govern
= Al the outset It is worth while. 20 sa .a
word as 70 me aiteuPe oIHon - or tarif re
duction with "A solution OF the trust ques
!. ton. This Is always sign OF desir
n | 10 avoid any real effort 10 deal aut
- onately with the trust question !
~ speaking on this point at MinneapoH'
e on April l. 1903 said .,.,.,, snoat
.s "'The question OF tariff revision SPEAK
q inc broadly stands wholly apart fror
II the question of dealing wltn VIZ ha,,a an
IS No change IN tariff duties can nave ~ ~
:, substantial effect I'm solving the so-calie
- trust nroblem Certain great trusts Q
~ great corporations are wholly unanecte
" by the tariff Almost al the o'ne,s ,na,ts ne
se OF fact numbers OF smaller AmeIlVa
le competitors: and of course a Gnahse
~ the tariff which would work INJURY
~ ~ I've large corporation would work ~,
n merely injury but destruction 10
TO smaller competitors: anu la,, eluai'SS SS,so'
or , course such change would mehh ul ulsa
80 ' ter 10 ali the wage-workers connects
pd { with either the large or me siiah s ~, ~
lv 1 porations. From the STANDPOINT Vl .no ~.
n | Interested in the solution OF tne w
10 | nrohlem such a change would therelo
~ merely mean that the trust was reiev'
NJ | of the competition OF It's weaker Ame
80 ,can competitors. and thrown only IN
or | competition with foreign compeu'oI
~ and that the first effort TO meet TINS ne
,n comnetition would be made by cuttlI
80 | down wages. and would therefore DC pi
90 marily at the cost of labor. In the ca
Id ~ some of our greatest trusts sucn
80 change might confer upon them pos
ra live benent Speaking broadly, II ~ CIV
~ dent that the changes I'm the tarln W
OF affect the trust for veal or Tor woe s,I ~,
or NV as they affect the whole countr
III | lrbe tariff affects trusts only rs ~
ns | fects ali other interests. IL makes
nd | these interests. large or smhll prol
he | ahie. and its benefits can be taken ,ry
ihe large only under penalty OF takl
he | them from the small also. - a,
"a There Is little for me 20 adu 70 ,n
w. n is hut ten years since the last attem
I'D was made by means or lowering ,
ar tariff 10 prevent some people from prt
n nsrinr too much. The attempt was
Of tIrelv suocessfui. The tarin law OF IN
no. wear was among the causes whlcn
or mat wear and for some time afterwar
600 effectuaily prevented anybody from pr
cir nering too much. and labor from pi'
,rk nerinr nj all Undoubtedly IL would
sed nossIhle at the present time 70 prevt
lch anv OF the trusts from remaining pr
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