The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-12-26

WnIcn are menaCeus tn0y must mol
be sacrificed that one great combi.
nation may flourish aud when the
subject is understood We shall re.
ceive the cordial support of hnn.
dreds of thousands of business men
who have themselves felt the op
pression of the trusts or Who, hav.
ing observed the effect of the trusts
upon others, realize that theiI
safety lies. not in futile attempts
at the restraint of trusts. but in
Legislation which will make q pEi.
vate monopoly impoasible.
There must be no mistaking Of
the Issue and no confusing of the
line of battle. The trust. as an in.
stitution, will have few open de-
Tenders The policy of the trust
defenders will be TO insist upon
.'rsasonable regulation and then
they will rely upon their power to
corrupt legislatures aud to intimi.
date executives to prevent the ap-
plioation of any remedies which
will interfere with the trusts Our
motto must be: "a private m no
poly is indefensible and intolera-
BILE" !" and our plan of attack must
contemplate the tctaI and com-
plete overthrow of the monopoly
principle in industry. We need
not quarrel over remedies. We
must show ourselves willing to sup
port any remedy and every RENE.
dy which promises substantial ad
vantage to the people in their war
fare against monopoly. Something
is to ue expected from the enforce
ment of the criminal clause of the
Sherman anti trust law, bat this
law must be enforced not against q
few trusts as at present, but
sgainst all trnsts. and the aim
must be to imprison the guilty, not
merely the recover fine What is
a fine of thousand dolloars or
even ten thousand dollars to trust
which makes hundred thousand
dollars while the trial is in prog
ress2
If the criminal clause is not GO.
ing to be enforced it ought to be
repealed. If imprisonment is too
severe puniahment for the emf
nently respectable gentlemen who
rob eighty millions of people of
hundreds of millions of dollars an
nually. the language of the statutes
ought to be changed, for nothing
is moro calculated to breed an
archy than the failure to enforce
the law against rich oriminaIs
while it is rigidly enforced against
petty offenders. But it is not suf-
fioient to enforce existing laws II
ten corporations oonspiring togeth
or. in restraint of trade are threat
ened with punishment, all they
have to do now is to dissolve their
separate corporations and turn
their property over to new cor
poration The new corporation can
proceed to do the same thing that
the seprate corporations attempted
and yet not violate the law. We
need, therefore. new legislation
and the republican party not only
fails to enact snch legislation, but
fails even to promise it The demo.
cratic party must be prepared tc
propose legislation which will be
sufficient.
GOVERNMENT BY INJUNCTION.
From Mr.. Rooseyelt's Message.)
Of course. a judge strong enough
to be fit for his cffioe will erjoin
any resort to violence or intimida
tion, especially by oouspir 10Y. NO
matter what his opinions may be
of the rights of the original quar-.
rel. There must be no hesitation
in dealing with disorder.
But there must likewise be nc
such abuse of the injunctive pow
er as is implied in forbidding
laboring men to strive for their OWE
betterment in peaceful and Lawful
ways. nor must the injunction be
used merely to aid some big cor
poraticn in carrying out sobemes
for its own sggrsndizement
CFrom the Madison Square Speech.
No reference to the labor ques.
tion is complete that does not in.
olude some mention of what il
known as government by iDjunot
ion. AS the main purpose of the
writ is to evade trial by jury, it il
really an attack upon the jury sys.
tenn and ough, to arouse a unani.
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