The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18
Revision Will Come Out of the
Trust Onslaught.
COMBINES ARE DESPERATE
Men in Republican Ranks Who Ca t
Partisanship to Winds and Giving
Service For People.
FREE PRESS BUREAU.
WASHINGTON. ID. c., Nav IA.

WASHINGTON. ID. c., Nav IA.
President Roosevet's onslaught ON
some of the big trust corporations like
the Standard Oil company, the beef com
bine and the coal combinations will force
the tariff issue to the front despite the
almost frantic efforts of the stand
patters."
When the claim was made some two
years ago by few intrepid republicans
that some of the big trusts were wax
ing rich under the existing schedules
and that they were seeking to control
all of the sources of supply, as well as
the means of controlling the transpor-
tation of such supplies, the cry of ridi-
cule went up long and loud from the
"standpatters.'
'Why that is the democratic argument
pure and simple" they claimed When
Congressman Stevens of st. Paul pro-
posed to allow the byproducts of Cana
dian wheat ground in bond by American
mills to be retained in the United
States without paying the Dingley duty
his bill which he introduced in the fifty
seventh and fifty eighth congresses was
pigeonholed by the Hon. Serene. f.
Payne, chairman of the ways and means
committee.
the radicals to allow bran and shorts
and middlings to be retained by the Am
erican millcrs and sold for instance to
the Minnesota dairyman at lower prices
than they were paying for the like pro-
ducts of the big Minneapolis mills.
Nevertheless and notwithstanding all
of the hub-bub about letting the sacred
Din9ley tariff schedules alone the presi-
dent of the United States. and his at
torney general, both of whom are pref
ty good republicans, have commenced
legal proceedings against the big trusts
and combinations to compel them to let
loose on the people and take down the
bars and barriers which they have so
long had closed against legitimate COM
petition.
Trusts Becoming Desperate.
The gigantic combinations of capital
which have had their hand upon the pub
lie. in such manner and under such a
system as to fix not only the prices to
the consumer, but also to regulate the
supply; fix and adjust the freight rates 4;
take rebates and practice discrimina
ton are becoming alarmed and aroused
over the bold onslaught of the presi-
dent
In vain they have tried to stop the
assault, and even their strong fortified
ton where for 10 these many years they
have enjoyed comparative immunties
are now falling and there is no place of
refuge.
For be it said, to the everlasting credit
of a band of able, fearless and honest
United States senators the policy of
that body is no longer in the grasp of
the representatives of the trusts.
This was made clearly manifest on
the very first vote when there was a
yea and nay vote on pending amend
ment to the railroad rate BILL
The Aldrich Elkins -Kean- Foraker ele-
ment of the senate, which are so fire.
quently described as the railroad sena-
tors invoked the party lash and crack
ed the party whip in vain, when Sen
ators Nelson and Clapp of Minnesota.
Kittredge and Gamble of South Dako-
ia, DoHiver of Iowa, Long of Kansas and
the little intellectual giant of Pennsyl-
vania. Philander C.. Knox, voted for a
democratic substitute to the Foraker
amendment which was top heavy with
legal phraseology.
The old shibboleth of standing by
what a few republicans in the house
and senate map out and plan at some
table where the nuts and wine are dis
cussed until late hour is vanishing in
Washington.
Partisan Politics on the Wane.
There is much more real patriotism
nowadays than there is partisan poll
tics. The republicanism of sturdy
Knute Nelson, and strong Moses E
Clapp; the party standing of the elo-
quent Doliver and the former mem
Der of Roosevelt's cabinet, and pos
sible occupant of the presidential chair
some day, Knox of Pennsylvania, are
just as good today as that of Nelson. w
Aldrich of Pennsylvania and Steve Elk
ms of West Virginia.
When Knute Nelson was in the house
of representatives he voted for the Mills
commonly known as a democratic
measure. He believed it was for the
best interests of the North Star state
Senator Clapp is all the better repub-
lican for voting his convictions and SDt
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