The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-09-12

,sl organization, for each is 10 re-
locWo justice no more aud mo- less,
Snesring the Octopus,
In touching ON that perennial bone
OF contention, the trusts, Mr., Ronse
vult handles the problem In a man,
ln,r that prccludcs possibility of him
being considered as plant tool ~
the money power, Il hcnchman Of cor
Ioralc greed, While II il generally
commended that protection is the
mother Of trusts and cOncelyes In
New Jersey, and that the republican
party Is her paramount, yet Mr. lioos"'
| vClt In his letter uttcrS no word o.
Isign that such Is the ease, nor does
d., make love 10 the man with the
sack. on the contrary, one would in
fcr from his sentiment that hc hates
corporate rnpaCity almost strenuous
| is enough 10 he democrat lie
states that there is no common law
applicable To the happening OF the
0ctopoda. and that the sherman act
and the Interstate commerce act Is
tine only mechanism able 10 throw
the iron into the ANNA that reeds on
Itho souls Of the common people, ana
layes in their sweat. In support of
his contention that common law Is
not available Mr.. Roosevelt says that
"To say that action against trusts
and monOpolics should be limited to
the Application Or the common law Is
equivalent to saying that the national
government should take no action
whatever to regulate them
Civil Service Syotem.
Again he returns to "Our Opp0'
nents" when he touches on civil ser
vice and states that they, as oppo-
ncnts, have now declared them
selves in its favor after ddemands
made in 1896 and in 1900 for its re-
peal He states that the classified
civil service is free from politics ana
that appointments and removals have
been put on a business basis ana
that the system has been of peculiar
advantage in appointments to Philip
nine service. He closes the incident
by stating that without single eX'
ccption appointces sent to the Is
lands have received their commits
sions in accordance with the strict
est standard OF fitness AMI without
heed 10 any other consideration.
The Tariff Question.
I'm approaching the tariff question
Mr.. Roosevelt keeps his Argus eyes
on those avenues of approach, CYL
IDENTIFY not wishing to expose HI"
flank to Our opponents that saVory
term which he Jugs into the game
with too great multiplicity Of occa
zion. For the one time in mis- letter /
Mr.. Roosevelt is confronted by
doubt, is up again-J an enigma, adj
mits his inability to determine wheth-
or Our opponents" do or do not
mean what they say In the matter
he explains the situation by stating
hat there is a division of sentiment,
that part of the opponents, II the
party came into power, would favor
adoption of republican methods IN
dealing with the tariff. In the case in
hand Mr.. Roosevelt wishes it under
stood that the question of revision OF
The tariff stands wholly apart and is
distinct from the matter of dealing
with the trusts, which implies thai
The trusts. must he dealt with. a
phase in his candidacy which eX'
pa cs no point in his armor through
which the op0 ition may thrust a
ancc. Certain great trusts he
'laims. are wholly unaffected by the
ar.T. while almost all the Others
nat are OF any imortancc have small
" American competitors, stat"
ncnt. however, which is dcbatabl"
md need not necessarily be accepted
Is being the gu.pcl according to ~.
rhcodurn. lie claims that change
u The tariff which would put out oi
uiu's the large corporations would
imply DESTROY the smaller and com
Dctiliyc ones. which looks reasonable
uuush to the laymn on the outside.
aJ when me- say, that demolition at
rrat aggrcgationS at capital would
ring disaster to all wago-carncrs
no proposition again becomes de-
atahlc. aud into its troubled waters
very man who has paid poll tak
.ar ,arust am oar. tie claims 'ha'
changes wcr, go Dee made bon tha
laG ,n order to throttle The rrca
m.ricau incubus that me sam,
uuId enable foreign manufacturers ro D
ur.a iu tHp markets of tb, rnGu .
E Nr,h would bD promptly follow OIL
. IE . reduction OF WAGE Pos fhg f
operation. affected. Which 'oe'r. 'u
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