Bisbee daily review., 1906-08-31

of monometallism are satisfied with theirs.
 investigations which have been in progress during the past year have disclosed the source of the enormous campaign funds which have been used to debauch elections and corrupt the ballot. Contributions should be in- dividual. not corporate, and no party can afford to receive contributions even for individuals when the ac- ceptance of these contributions secret ly pledges the party to a course which iC cannot openly ayow.
 'In other words, politics should be honest. and I mistake present condi- tions in America if they do not receive improvement in the conduct of cam paign. While men may disagree and while the next Congress will largely shape the lines upon which the coming presidential campaign will be fought, I think it is safe to say that the all present paramount issue in the minds of large majority is the trust issue.
 q congratulate President Roose-
 
 to enforce the antitrust law, and my qualification is not lesSened by the fact that he has followed the Demo cratic rather than the Republican platform in every advance he has made. Even the enthusiastic support given him by the Democrats has en- abled the champions of trusts to taunt him. with following the Democratic leadership. He has probably gone sc far as he could without mourning the hostility of the leaders of his own party.
 There must be TO mistaking an issue and no confusion of the line ot battle the trust. as an institution will give the few open defenders. Out motto must be a private monopoly i5 indefensible and intOlOrable The plan of attack must be complete tC. tai. and the complete overthrow of the industry A corporation differs from human being in that it has no natural rights and as all of its rights are de lived from statutes it can be limited CT restrained according as the public ewlfare may require,
 The control which Congress has ever the interstate commerce is com plete. and if Congress can prevent the transportation of lottery tickets through the mail. by express c0mpan ies or by freight. it can certainly for | bid the use Of the mails. railroads and telegraphs 10 any corporation which is endeavoring 10 monOpolizc an article of nd he credited with sincerity if it condemns trusts with words only, and then per m!ts the trusts to employ all the in strumentalities of interstate com merce in carrying out of its nefarious plans.
 Tt is far easier 10 prevent mon opOly than to watch it and punish it and this prevention car be accomp lished in a practical way by refusing license to any corporation which con trols more than a certain proportion of the total product. This proportion tC be arbitrarily fixed at a point whicf will give free operation competition. 'I cannot permit this opportunity tc | pass without expressing the opinior that the principle embodied in the pro tective tariff has been fruitful of 2 great deal of political corruption a' well as the support Of many Of Oul most iniquitous trusts. One Of the worst features of the tariff levied not for revenue but for ayowed purposes of protection, is that it fosters the idea that men should use their votes to advance their own financial inter ests. For a generation the FAT has been fried out of the manufactur CTS by the Republican congressional committee, and then manufacturers | have been reimbursed with legislation How can we draw a moral line be tween a senator and a congressman elected by trusts to prevent hostile leg ] islation and a senator or a congress man kept in congress by man4factur
 CTS to secure friendly legislation This party which justifies one form O l bribery cant be relied upon to con | demn the other.
 l High tariff has long been a burdel 1 to the consumers in the United States
 and it is growing more and more
 menace to our foreign commerce be
 cause it arouses sentiment and pro vokeS necessary retaliation.
 Rate regulation was absolutely nee
 essary, and it furnishes some relic from the unbearable conditions whicl 1 previously existed, but we must no forget that vesting of this enormou power in hands of a commission ap
 pointed by the president introduces
 new danger if the appOintive boart has the power to fix rates and can b,
 exercise of that power increase anC l decrease bV a hu0frpd million HSn11a r- l the annual revenues of railroads, vii
 not the railroads feel they have a larg l pecuniary interest in the election Q
 a president friendly to the railroad? l