The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-16

explicitly adopt the views which we hold
ana upon which we have acted and are
rency, the only real way TO keep the
question ron becoming unsettled Is to
Keep INC Republican party tn bower
az ior what our opponents say in ref
crencc to capital and labor. individual
or corporate. here again. all We need by
way OF answer. IL to point to what we
nave actually done. and TO say that If
continued IN power We shall continue To
carry out the policy We hav been pur-
suing. and 10 execute the laws as rcso-
W.. have executed them in the past.
Inc action of the encouragement In
enforcing the antitrust and interstate
commerce laws. and the action of the
last congress in cnlarging the scope of
III" interstate commerce. law. and In
creatins the department of
have for the first time opened a chance
for, the national government to deal IN
diligently and adequately with the ques-
IONS AFFECTING society. whether for good
or FOR eva, because of the accumulation
or capital in great corporations. and be-
cause OF the new relations caused there
cd with entire efficiency: and as, in their
working. need Is shown for amendment
or addition To them-whethcr better to
guarantee the rights of shippers, or in
any other dircction-this need will he
met IL is now assorted that the coin-
mon law. as Developed; affords a com
pietc legal remedy against m%onopolies."
But there is no common law OF the Unit
ed states. It's rules can be enforced
only by the state courts and officers. No
federal court or officer could take any
action whatever under them. IL was this
fact. coupled with the inability of the
stltcs 70 control trusts and monopolies,
when led 10 the passage OF the federal
statutes known as the Sherman anti
trust act and the Interstate
act: and 1t is only through the exercise
Of tn" powers conferred by these acts.
and by tho statutes Of the last congress
experimenting them. that the national
govcrnnent ACQUIRES n Jurisdiction
against trusts and monopOlics should be
limited To the. application of the Common
law Is equivalent TO saying that the ma
whatever To- regulate them.
Undoubtedly, the multiplication of
trusts and their increase in power has
cials charged viii the duty OF onforc-
Ing the law To take the necessary pro-
cedure." Such structure upon the failure
of the officials of the national govern.
mcnt to DO their duty In this matter Is
certainly not wholly undescrvcd AZ far
rs the administration preceding Presi.
no application. 1T all to Republican ad-
miristration. IL Is also undoubtedly true
that what Is most needed IL Officials
n hay'n 70 n %n,or tne a, ssinr 1o and the Tb GonT IS
precisely the need that has been met
by the consistent and steadily continued
action of the department of justice un-
der the present administration
So far as the rights of the individual
wage-workcr and the individual capital
list are concerned. both as regards one
another. ~ regards the public, and as
regards organized capital and labor. the
position OF the administration has been
go clear that there is no excuse for mis-
representing II. and no ground for op-
posing 1t unless misrepresentcd. Within
tho limits defined by the national consti-
tuition the national administration has
enjoyment of his right to live his life
and dispose Of his property and his labor
~ he deems best, so long as he wrongs
no one else. 1t has show in effective
fashion that I'm c~ndeavoring to make good
This guarantee, it treats all men. rich or
poor, whatever their creed. their color.
fore the law Under our form Of gov
crnmcnt the sphere in which the nation
as distinguished from the state can act
Is narrowly circumscribcd: but within
been done. All thinking men are aware
of the restriction upon the power of ac-
ton OF the national government II such
them, We have been sCrupulously careful
on the one hand To he moderate in our
promises. and on the Other, hand to keep
these promises In letter and In spirit.
When We take up tho great question of
the tariff we are it once confronted by
the doubt as to whether our opponents
40 or do not mean what they say. They
say that protection Is robbery" and
promise to carry themselves accordingly
II they are given power, yet prominent
not really mean this and that II they
come into power they will adopt our
policy as regards the tariff: while others
seem anxious to prove that. 1t is safe
10 give them partial power. because the
power would be only partial. and there
fore they would not he able to do mis-
chief, The last IL certainly n curious
plea to advance on behalf. Of u party
seeking to obtain control of the govern
mont.
"A word as to the attempt to identify the
question of tariff revision or tarin re-
duction with a solution of the trust qucs-
To avoid amy real effort to deal ado
auntely with the trust question. In
speaking on this point at Minneapolis
on ..rf Ahpri au 4; lSSs; :. J s ,afirs revision. speak
ing broadly. stands wholly. apart from
the question OF dealing. with the trusts.
substantial effect in solving the so-callcd
great Corporations are wholly manifested
by tho tariff. Almost al the others thaI
OF fact numbers of smaller American
competitors: and of course a change IN
the tariff which would work injury to
merely injury but destruction to It's
smaller competitors; and equally oil
course such u change would mean disis,
Ter III an ~
with either the large or the small cor
porations. From the standpoint OF those
Interested in the solution Of the trust
problem such "A change would Therefore,
merely mean that the trust was relieved
of the competition Of its weaker Amer
lean competitors. and thrown only. into
competition with foreign competitors;
and that the first effort To meet this new
cDmpctltlon would be mad" by cutting
down wages, md would therefore be pri-
marily al the cost Of labor. In the case
OF some of our greatest trusts SUCH a
change might confer upon them a posi-
tive benefit. Speaking broadly, II Is eyi,
dcut that the changes In the farin VIII
affect the trust for veal or for woe SIM
uiy az they affect the whole country,
The tariff affects trusts only as IT az,
frcts all other interests. II makes al
these interests, large or small, pront-
able: and its benefits can be taken from
tho large only under penalty OF takinS
them from the small also
There IL little for me IL ada 10 ms.
II is but ten years since the last attempt
was made. by means OF lowering tine
tariff. To prevent some people from pros
ncring too much. The attempt was on
tircly successful. The tarirf law OF that
year was among the causes which IN
lint wear and for some time afterwards
efYcctlally prevented anybody from pros
p.ring too much. and labor from pros
nrrinC mt all. Undoubtedly IL would De
nossihie at the present time To prevent