Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-02-10
HEARST S POLITICAL CREED.

mitted to an interview in the Chicago
TribuCe. The interview is very
thorough and touches on every topic OF
interest in American affairs.
The following are extracts. interro.
cations from the reporter and Mr..
Hearst answers. This interview has
been very favorably commented upon
throughout the country and it is an
other emphatic proof that Mr.. Hearst
Is one of the nations greatest states.
men:
ION what issues. Mr.. Hearst, DO you
think the next. democratic campaign
will be fought out?'
1.-The main issue of a party Of the
people is to attend to the main business
| before the people.
1.-The universal tendency of today is
toward industrial combination and
ORGANIZATION.
THE great issue of the day therefore,
is the regulation and control of that
tendency to organiZation-in other
words, the trust issue.
I'm miuing region, the chief issue
is the mining laws. In cattle coun.
try, the chief issue IS the laws affecting
cattle and pasture.
I'm this country of sudden trust de-
Yelopment, the one dominating issue
made 80 by the trusts themselves-is
the trust issue.
The growth of the new industrial
system on lines of wide combination
cannot and should not be checked.
But it can be kept within lines that
will benefit the whole community and
entirely suppressed along lines danger
Gus to the public welfare. The trusts
must be kept within the law, and if
there are no laws strong enough TO
control them, then such laws must be
made. The people are determined to
dominate and direct the trusts and not
to be dominated by them. They will
find way to bring that about"
what is your attitude In regard to
the tarlff?''
1.-The tariff IS more important TODAY
than ever because it Is vital influence
| upon the trust question. Mr.. Have
meyer of the sugar trust enlightened
the people usefully when he said:
The tariff is the mother Of trusts"
The tariff is certainly the foster
mother of the trusts, and it can be
used to curb and rule.
1.-The moral principle underlying a
tariff on importati0ns consists in the
willingness Of the people to sacrifice
their own INTEREST for the time in order
to promote an industry of which the
full development will benefit all.
IAN industry fully developed means
labor we'll paid, increased national
wealth. The tariff represents the
peoples willingness to make sacrifice
to give start to industry, not their
willingness to put themselves at the
mercy Of any monopoly.
To-day we see industries that have
developed under tariff system abso
luteIy Indifferent to the public welfare
These monopolistic industries, utterly
devoid Of any patriotic interest IN the
nations welfare. use the tariff to put
the home consumer at disadvantage
compared with foreigners-the steel
trust, for instance, sells for 500 per ton
in Canada the steel for which it charges
$28 at home.
when it becomes obvious that an
enterprise fostered by the tariff Is a
menace instead of a benefit to the
country, it should be deprived of all
tariff protection or benefit. For some
years the idea that have sought to
spread through my newspapers has
been mo protection for oppressive
trusts"
In regard to the labor unions, with
; whose interests his name has been
often linked, Mr.. Hearst said:
1.-The distribution of wealth is just as
important as it's creation. Prosperity
does not mean excessive wealth for q
| few, combined with poverty of the
masses. That is the sort Of prosperity
that exists in China and in India, where
rich mandarins and rajas lord it over
starving populations.
The labor union, enforcing a high
scale Of wages, brings about the dis
tributlon Of wealth throughout the
entire community.
"The labor union, in enforcing a
high scale Of wages, brings about the
distribution of wealth throughout
the entire community.
1.-THE prosperity of the merchant
depends upon the purchasing power