The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-09-17
WHAT WILL THE TRUSTS DO?

a very accurate view of the Presi-
Dental campaign to eliminate in
November, it does not seem easy
to define just what will be the
position of the numerous trusts
and syndicates on the relative
claims or merits of the candidates
of the two great parties. 1t is not
deniable that the election of Mr..
Mckinley four years ago was
largely encompassed by the aid
and sympathy of the large monop-
olistic corporations of the country.
For many years previous to his
entry into the presidential fold Mr..
Mckinley was the one great
recognized champion and apostle
of high tariff, and in this he was
at least considerate and sincere.
1t is clearly apparent and beyond
any dispute that nothing has
proved more conducive to the Gre
alton and development of trust
influences than this abnormally
high tariff policy of the Republic
can party. Therefore. it is reason
able to surmise that, from tie
viewpoint of their personal in
terests, the trusts are the natural
allies of the Republican party,
though they may be antagonistic
to Mr.. Roosevelt.
It is generally admitted that
President Roosevelt is greater
than his party, and having on
several occasions shown himself
to be unfetterrd by such a small
matter as time-honored and car
dinal principle of his party, may
be the means of alternating from
him the support of many vast cor
poration influences. Ii therefore,
these influences should ally them
selves on the Democratic side to
bring about the downfall of Roose-
veltism, it will be no fault of the
Democracy, and that party, which
has always denounced trusts and
stood by the people, will not be
blamable in the matter. While
some of these trusts may support
Parker for the Presidency, it is
nevertheless likely that they will
employ their means to elect a Re-
publican Congress to thwart such
Democratic tariff legislation as
they may think too drastic in the
direction of free trade. 1t will be
remembered that Mr.. Roosevelt
vigorously and, in some instances
enormously denounced trusts from
the hastings few short months
ago and this is fact which will
not likely be forgotten at the polls.
In addition his reciprocity hobby
seems too extremely pronounced
to suit the trusts in certain cases.
Judge Parker's recent declara-
ton of principles, redolent as it
was with sound and logical views
on the tariff particularly, has UNI
dOubtedly convinced some of the
vast moneyed syndicates of the
country that there is more stabili-
ty to be counted on with him as
head of the nation than in the
cratic and vacillating dignitary
who to-day occupies the White
House, and they will very likely
strive for the election of a Demo-
cratic President and Republican
Congress.
Past Democratic tariff laws have
convinced the people OF the coun-
try that the party does not stand
for free trade or even for a tariff
on imports which does not afford
proper and reasonable protection
to all infant American industries.
They show that the party stands
for tariff that protects, measured
according to the expenditures of
The government, administered
with prudence and economy, and
here can be no doubt that under
such tariff laws the obnoxious
,rusts and monopolies would
disappear. American in
lustries. large and small, would
hrive aud the natural law of sup.