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corporatie's. steel .sita atr aper tAan Il
Wiz sell t'sem to t. Nortbera Pacific
railroad. a Domestic nofpgt 1tou. That
mag be expansion o. fofei2a trade, 5ut
it Is rastrafot Of domestic tra,le. &
there, eyer WAS an OCCASION Nor ah al
ternes 2ener@3 70 fnlz anliek here It s.
but il seems ta;t The present attorney
genera! reserves hiS 5altels running for
beneiQsat tru~f, 'h3t @.Xpand .radc aud
cheaper1 rates snd hHS, G0,hlu@ bat Ell
colrag"luent tor Wei eus trusts that
sell to Americaa cpnsla.Hers at lnonop-
elY prices anl for"igla eonS'lners 1T
competition pr ers le.r eNa;uple, y
sallroad corporation IL tiIe State IF
washington wanted some steeb rails
INSTEAD OF ortlcr ~ thela. directly from
tt}a trusts It ran snuck and got I firm
Il Vancouver to order them and therr@
II saved 4 lot OF money. All thi, hap.
p1ned under the eyes OF the attorney
general and Senator A5lrich f're,>
trade in iron and steel would rot de
Stroy the stee! trust and indeed It il
nof desirable to destroy 1t. but it would
change the nature Of tFi,s thing, anf
after the surplus water had been
squeezed out Of it's stock it. would make
q respectable and a bcnedcent trust OF
it,
Republicans oppose the removal OF
duta"s on coal, hides, wool. pulp, etc
Ne one who understands the relation
of fho Republican party to trusts, the
business connections through campaign
funds and tariff duties, Will for a mo-
ncnt suppose that the Republicans In
congress intend to TO anything to harm
the trusts. The Republican congress-
men owe their political existence to the
trusts, and they lose no opportunity to
snow their GrHteflalness, although they
often indulge IN harmless talk against
the trusts. II theory the Republicans
are most bitterly opposed TO the trust
f0rmorantS, III practices they never vote.
Tor any measure that VIII tlIrtail trust
profits. rs President Roosevelt has
toi'| lis, "N'ords are @ood whom backed
by dre,ls. and only SO" Republican
words as t" trusts arc not back cd by
deeds. THIS fact was DEMONSTRATED
most conspieuously on March % WHEN,
by Il party Vote tie l'o1ise comnaittee
Oh WAYS aud means voted down mo.
tions made by the Democratic leader.
john Sharp Williams, and by Champ
Clark "f Missouri to favorahly report
bills piacin@ salt, coal, tWine. hides.
wool pulp, agricultural implements
aad oth"f' articles Oh the free list Tie
b"mocfats It. voted in favor OF taking
action IA PIT thcSe trust made goods Oh
tae fro" list ani th1}> 10 take the quick
est and most certain way of eurtaiin@
IT," "N5esSiF2 profits Of the trusts. The
lseFaRlaaltS aH= voted to "stand pat
on theia trust protecting tariff measure.
Ii shofId= u easy for The voters to de-
cile His year bet"eea the parry that
lsIels IFS @.afe5Sy 8lI4 itS deeds and the.
party that ta.f=, one 5aay ana votes tic
otHer.