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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-24

FOR SALE-9 room house cheap; so
foot lot. in heart of city. Inquire
10 State street, Hammond. Slim
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-24

FOR SALE Cheap. Grocery and
meat market with fixtures. Good
location. Address b. IS. Care Times
Offices, Post
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FOR SALE-A corner saloon dong a
profitable business on North Side.
Good brick building with room
fiat above Sold at a bargain. APP
ply to GOSTLIN, MEYN & co.
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NOTICE TO NONRESIDENT.

THE STATE OF INDIANA, LAKE
COUNTY.
In the Lake Superior Court, Oc-
tober Term, 1906.
Cause No. 34S7; Action to Sell Real
Estate.
Benton n. Boyer. Administrator, etc.
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The Niagara Falls Route.
Time card in effect June 17ths
1909:
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NOTICE TO NONRESIDENT.

THE STATE OF INDIANA. LAKE
COUNTY.
In the Lake Superior Court, October
Term. 1906.
Cause No. $500; Action to Quiet
Title.
The farmer and mechanic., 1906-09-04
TARIFF AND TRI STS.
Two Economic Questions That Are In
timate!y Related to Each Other

The tariff question is very closely
allied to the trust question. and the
reduction Of the tariff furnishes an
easy means of limiting the eXtoTtlon
which the trusts can practice.
While absolute free trade would not
necessarily make a trust Impossible,
still it is proba BILE that very few man
ufacturing establishments would dare
to enter into q trust if the President
We're empowered to put upon the free
list articles competing with those con-
trolled by trust. l cannot permit
this opportunity TO pass without eH-
pressing the opinion that the princi-
pies en- bodied in the protective tariff
have been the fruitful source Of q
great deal of political corruption, as
we'll as the support of many of our
most iniquitouS trusts It is difficult
to condemn the manufacturers FOR
uniting to take advantage of a high
tariff schedule when the schedule is
framed on the theory that the indus
tries need all the protection given.
and it is not likely that the bene-
ficiaries of these schedules will con-
sent to their reduction SO long as the
public waits for the tariff 10 he re-
formed by its friends
But one of the worst features of
tariff. levied not for revenue bnt for
the avowed purpose of protection is
that it fosters the idea that men
The farmer and mechanic., 1906-09-04
.lS TO THE REMEDY.
There l. No Necessity for Quarrelin@
on This Point.

We need not quarrel over remedies.
We must show ourselves willing u
support any remedy which promises
substantial advantage to the people ln
their warfare against monopoly.
Something is To be expected from the
enforcement Of the criminal clause OF
the sherman antitrust law, but this
law must be enforced, not against
a few trusts Is at present. but against
all trusts and the aim must be TO i'm
prison the guilty not merely To re-
cover a fine
II the criminal clause is not going
TO he enforced it ought To be re-
pealcd If imprisonment is too
severe a punishment for the emincntlN
respectable gentleman who rob eighty
millions of people of hundreds of mill
lions of dollars annually the language
of the statute ought to be changed for
nothing is more calculated to breed
anarchy than the failure to enforce
the law against rich criminals while
it is rigidly enforced against petty Of
tenders.
But it is not sufficient to enforce cX-
listing laws. If ten corporations con
spring together in restraint of trade
are threatened with punishment all
they have to do now IS to dissolve their
separate corporations and turn their
property over TO a new corporation.
The new corporation can pOcecd to
do the same thing that the separate
corporations attempted and yet not
violate the law. We need. therefore,
new legislation and the Republican
party not only fails to enact such
legislation. but fails even to premise
it The Democratic party must be
prepared II propose new and efficient
The farmer and mechanic., 1906-09-04
SOCIALISM \ THEORY.


oocia IiSm represents a theory but
theory which in my judgment. does
not take human nature into account.
It's strength is in its attack upon evils
the existence Of which is confessed.
It's weakness is that il could substitute
new discaSe--if not a worse one
for the disease from which we suffer.
The Socialist is honest i'm the belief
that he has found a remedy for hu-
man ills, and he must be answered
with argument, not with abuse. Thc
best way To oppose Socialism is to
remedy the abuses which have grown
no under individualism. but which
are not necessary part Of individual
Ism, ana the sooner the remedy is
applied the better. AS ! was leaving
home | set forth my reasons for OBJ
posing the Socialist doctrine that the
government should own and operate
all the means Of production ana
transportation; my observations dur
ing the past year have strengthened
my convictions on that subject Be
cause ] am anxious to preserve in
GlVldualIsm. / am earnest in nv de-
sire 10 see the trusts cxtcrminatcd
root and branch, that the door Of op-
portunlty may be open to every Amer
Ican ciizen ON another occasion
snail call attention to the rapidly
growing expenditures of the Federal
government. But at this time. de-
sire to center your thoughts upon the
oFef5hddoWlng evil Of the dav-the
trust-With the plutocratic tendencies
lhat result thercfrom. It demands =
remedy, and the people are prepared
= administer heroic treatment The
Dcnocfatic party offers = solution
which is The reasonable ana ado
quate solution in which tirne hon
ored principles are applied Ia neu-
conditions.
The farmer and mechanic., 1906-09-04
\ SIMPLE REMEDY.
The Democratic Suggestion of RcQuir-
ing Corporations to Take Out Fed
eraI License for Interstate
Business

a still more far-reaching remedy
was proposed by the Democratic plat
form of 900. namely. the requiring Of
corporations to take out a Federal IL
cense before engaging in interstate
com merce. This remedy is simple,
easily applied and comprehensive.
If corporations were required to
take out a Federal license, the Fed
eral government could then issue a
LICENSE upon terms and conditions
which would protect the public. 4
corporation differs from a human be
Ing in that it has no natural rights,
and as all Of it's rights are derived
from the statutes, it can be limited or
restrained, according as the public
welfare may require. The control
which Congress has over interstate
commerce is complete. No party can
long be credited with sincerity if it
condemns the trusts with words only
and then permits the trusts to employ
all the inStrumentalitieS of interstate
commerce in the carrying out of their
nefariOuS plans. 1t is far easier to
prevent a monopoly than to watch it
and punish it. and this prevention can
be accomplished in practical way by
refusing a license to any Corporati ton
which controls more than a certain
proportion of the total prOduct-thiS
proportion to be arbitrarily fixed at
a point which Will give free operation
to competition.
The farmer and mechanic., 1906-09-04
CLOAK TO CROOKEDNESS
Duplication OF Dircctoratcs a Prolific
Promoter of Fraudulent Trans
actions

Recent Investigations have brought
to light the fact that nearly all the
croOkedneSS revealed in the manage
ment Of our large corporations has
been due to the duplication of direc-
tOrateS. group Of men organized, l.,
or obtained control of, several COR
pOratiOnS doing business with each
other and then proceeded to sWindle
the stockholders Of the various cor
pOratiOns for which they acted.
Many of the trusts control prices by
the same methods, the same group Of
men secure control of several COM
peting corporations and the manage
ment is thus consolidated. 1t is
worth while whether blow may not
be struck at the trusts by a law
making it illegal for the same per-
son to act as director or officer Of
two corporations which deal with each
other or are engaged in the same gem
Cral business
The farmer and mechanic., 1906-09-04
DUAL OWNERSHIP.
Trunk Lines Controlled by the Federal
Government and Local Roads
by the States.

Believing, however, that the opera
ton Of all the railroads by the Fed
c"al govern mcnt would result in q
Capitalization which would all but
Oblftcratc State Ines, I prefer to see
only the trunk lines operated by the
Federal government and the local
lines by the several State governments.
some have opposed this dual owner
ship as impra acticabIe, but inVestiga-
tion in Europe has convinced me that
it is entirely practical BILE. Nearly all
the railroads of Germany are owned
by the several states, the empire not
even owning the trunk lines. and yet
the interstate traffic is in no wise OBJ
structed.
The ownership and operations of the
local lines by the several State govern
ments is not only feasible, but it suits
itself to the conditions existing in
the various States In these States
where people are ripe for change the
local lines can be purchased or new
lines be built at once. while private
ownership can continue in those States
i'm which the people still prefer private
owners nip.
AS to the rights Of the governments
The farmer and mechanic., 1906-09-04
AliiIi DI OF DEMOCRACY


me democratic party is not the
enemy Of property or Of propertv
iisillS, II II. on the contrary. the best
deIender Of both, because it defends
human rights, and human rights are
llle only foundation upon which prop
erly ana property rights can rest So
cufely. The Democratic party docs
iol menace single dollar legitirnatalv
accumulated; on the contrary it in
Sl9-s upon the protection Of rich ana
b1oF alike IN the enjoyment of that
men thev have honestly earned The
democratic party does not discoIrage
thrlil, out, on the contrary. stinnulateg
edch lndlVidual to the highest a,,
For bE assuring him that he v.ilI
not De deprived Of the fruits Of big
toll. II We but repeal the laws vrbirh
enable men to reap where the,, have
Ilot SoNh-IaWs which enable them to
garner into their overfowing harms tbo
harNests that belong 10 others no go
Will De able to accumulate enough 70
make his fortune dangerous - ~
cpohtry- Special privilege and The
use 81 the taxing power for nriyata
,ttIil sdiil-these are the twin pillars mon
Whlch plutocracy rests. To tai,n
80 :" y tnese supports and to elevate tho
oeheilclarleS Of special legisIation ~
The farmer and mechanic., 1906-09-04
TOM L. JOHNSON SPEAKS.
The orator of the Occasion Presented
to the Expectant Audience.

Mayor Johnson, upon being intro
duced addressed the audience as fOt-
lows:
We are met to welcome home the
first citizen of the Republic. Not yet
the first official, but the first citizen by
common consent.
He is Democrat for he believes i'll
the honesty and the intelligence of the
people. He is a Republican, for he
believes in the Republican form of
government. Men say he is eloquent,
and so he is; but the charm of his elo-
quence is his sincerity, it's strength IS
his moral courage.
He has finished the long journey
around the world, and now we of
America know that we have made no
mistake in him; for everywhere the
people have seen him and we have
seen him. and everywhere they have
hailed him as the American leader Of
ideal Democracy. over that principle
the thought of the world is agitated
today. In some form or other in all
civilized countries Democracy is strug-
Cling privilege. Millions of our people
have just begun to learn that this j.
responsible conflict is being Waged n
the United States. They are just be-
ginning to learn that American Democ-
racy must abolish special privilege, or
special privilege will abolish American
Democracy. They are just beginning
to learn their need for the Democratic
inspiration of another jefferson and
the Democratic leadership of another
Lincoln.
They are learning it fast. And with
it they are learning another thing.
They are learning that they have
among them a simple citizen whose
qualities of leadership all the world
recognizes. They are learning that for
ten years they have had in training an
able and sincere leader of the Democ-
raCy of all political parties, against thu
intrenched interests of special privilege
of every kind and degree. They have
come to know for the true man that
he is, our guest of tonight, William
Jennings Bryan.
Mr.. Bryan: In the name and in the
presence of this splendid audience, and
in behalf Of that great host OF Ameri-
can citizens, who believe in equal
rights and abhor special privilege. in
behalf of every Democratic RepubIi-
can as we'll as every Democratic Demo-
crat, I welcome you home We all
welcome you as an ideal Democrat
who is worthy to lead and competent
to lead: we welcome you as an Ameri-
can citizen whose pre-eminence we
have an honorable pride: we welcome
you because we trust you: we welcome
you because we love you.
Ladies and gentlemen: Mr. Bryan.
The farmer and mechanic., 1906-09-04
Tho Dccp seated Notion That Protect
cd Industries Must Pay Ecpub-
Iican Campaign Bills.

For q generation the fat has been
fried out II the manufacturers hl tA@
Republican Campa3 Eu committee. anu
then th, manufacturers have been re-
im5ueSel 10y legislation WITH the
pubic cons hence educated ts believe
,hat TINS open purchase of l.Cl~ latlon
was entirely proper. no wonder that
insurance companies have used the
money If th.ig polieyheIdcrs to carry
eIccjtnus-fp q.uu .r that trusts have
ha~taned Ia purchase immunity from
punishment with liberal donations
How can We draw 4 moral line be-
tween the senator or Congressman
elected by the trusts Ia prevent hostile
legislation ana tho senator Or con
gressmau kept ia Congress by the
manufacturers 10 secure friendly Iesis-
lation The rarty which justified
the enc form ~ bribery cannot be re
lied upon to condemn tn" other.
There never vas time when tariff
reform could be more easily entered
upon for the manufacturers by selling
abroad cheaper than at home rs many
of them do, has not only shown their
ingratitadc toward those who built
the tariff wall for them. but they have
demonstrated their ability To sell in
competition with the world.
The railroad question is also inter
woven with the trust question Nearly
all the private monopoIics have re-
cciVcd rebates q. secured other adj
Nantages over competitors. Absolute
equality Of treatment at tho hands OF
tho railroads would - far toward the
crippling Of tha trusts ana / rejoice
that the President has had tho cour-
age to press this question upon con-
grcss While the law as il Was fin
@lly distorted by the Senate is not
al that could be wished. It deserves
= fair trial
The farmer and mechanic., 1906-09-04
MORE iBOtr TIKI SIS
Objections to control hN ihc Federal
Government assured.

Just a word more 3n regard ~ fh#
trusts. Some defend th,m ou rhw
ground that they az, am economic DO
Nelopmcut ana 'aat they cannot he
prevented without great injury tn oar
industrial system. This may b." am
SN<cre3 N TWO Ways First. trtl-ts
arc il political development. rather
than an economic cur. and second. fhs
trust system cannot ho permitted even
though il ala result i'm "a not economic
gain 1t is political because it rests
upon the corporation and the corpora
ton rests upon statutory foundation.
The trust instead of being a natural
development, is % form of loEalizei
larCcnv and can exist only 50 long a~
the law permits il to exist. That
there Is an economic advantage in pro-
duction on a large scale may hc admit
ted. but there is a point beyond which
the economic advantage OF large pro-
duction ceases. Th. moment an in
dustry approaches the position of q
monopoly Il begins 10 lose in economic
efficiency. for monopoly discouragcs
invention. invites deterioration in
quality and destroys a most potent fac
tor in production, VIZ. Individual
ambition
But the political objections to q
trust overcome any economic advant-
age which it can possibly have. no
economic advantage can justify an in
duStrial dcSpotiSm or compensate a
nation. for the loss of Independence
among its producers. Political lib
crty could not long endure under an
industrial system which permitted
few powerful magnatcs to control the
means of livelihood of the rest OF the
people
Landlordism, the curse Of Europe, is
an innocent institution i'm comparison
with the trust, when the trust is car
ried to its logical conclusion. Tho
man who argues that there is an
economic advantage i'm private monop-
oily is aiding Socialism. The Social
ist, asserting the economic superiority
Of the monopoly, insists that it's bcne-
fits shall accrue to the whole people.
and his conclusion cannot be denied if
the superiority Of monopoly is ad-
mitted. The Democratic party. If !
understand its position. denies the
economic as we'll as the political ad-
vantage Of private monopoly and
promises TO oppose il wherever ii man
ifcsts itself. II offers as an alter
native, competition where competition
is possible and public monopoly whor-
ever circumstances are such as to pre-
vent competition.
The farmer and mechanic., 1906-09-04

tion. but it presents perfectly 1rcA-
rate description Of trust methods the
Democratic party champions The cause
Of the ninety-uiue enterprises waira
are menaced they must not b. -a9rI-
flourish.
There must Be no mistoEine ~ the
issue an1 no confusing of the I..e of
battle. The trusts as an institution
will have few open defenders. The
policy or tho trust n!agnates viii h"
To insist upon reasonable legislation
and then they will rely upon taeIr
power to corrupt legislation ana lu-
timidatc legislatures 10 preyeu. the
application - any remedies which
will interfere with the trusts oar
motto must be- "a private mouaDoaE
as indefensiblc and intolcra Bile and
our plan cf attack must contemplate
the total and complete overthrow of
the monopoly principal industry,
The farmer and mechanic., 1906-09-04

But the Law Places Il Dangerous Pow
CT i'll Il commission Appointed
by the President

Rate regulation was absolutely
necessary and it furnishes some relief
from the unbearable conditions which
previously existed, but we must not
forget that the Vesting of this cnor-
NOUS power in the hands of a COM
mission appointed BY the President in
troducos now danger. If an APP
pointiVc board has the power to fix
rates, and can by the exercise of that
power increase or decrease by hun
dreds Of millions of dollars the anntfH |
revenues of the railroads, will not the
railroads feel that they have a large
pecuniary interest in the election of a
President friendly to the railroads :?
Experience has demonstrated that
municipal corruption is largely trace
able to the fact that franchise cor
porations desire to control the city
council ana thus increase their divi-
dends. If the railroad managers
adopt the same policy the sentiment
in favor Of the ownership of the rail-
roads by tho government is likely to
increase throughout the country as
the sentiment in favor of municipal
ownership has increased in the cities.
i have alre 1dy reached the conclusion
that railroads partake so much of the
nature Of monopoly that they must
ultimately become public property,
and be managed by public officials in
the interest Of the whole community
in accordance with the well defined
theory that public ownership is neces-
sary where competition is impossible
| do not know that the country is
ready for this change. / do not know
that a majority of my own party fa-
vor it but l believe that an increas sing
number of the members Of all parties
see in public ownership the sure RENE
dy for Determinations between per
sons and places and for the extor-
tomato rates for the carrying Of
freight and IaSGpnppr-
The farmer and mechanic., 1906-09-04
The Breath of Life

It's a significant fact that the
strongest animal of its size. the go
riila, also has the largest lungs. Pow
ertul lungs means powerful creatures
HoW to keep the breathing organs
right should be mans Chiefest study
Like thousands of others, Mrs Ora A
stephens. of Port Williams O.. has
learned how to do this. She writes
Three bottles of DR.. Kings New Dis
coVery stopped my cough Of two
years and cured me of what my
friends thought consumption. O, its
grand for throat and lung troubles >
Guaranteed by all druggists. Price SOC
and $1.00. Trial bottle free
The farmer and mechanic., 1906-09-04
All His Time OCCUPIED.

Father-So you think his intentions
are serious. Do you know anything
about his ha abitS?
Father-HoW do you mean?
MOther-Yes, that's what makes me
think his intentions are serious.
Mother-His principal habits seem
TO be calling on Mabel or writing TO
her.
The farmer and mechanic., 1906-09-04


pf''eef'9h TOT ti' i''i's
monopoly.
The hGht - bFedNiis ana 9o'i dif =
and true VIII say, Iet there be '-ghl
ana %ti ih"-e 4Ni1. ia i'.s
| cape the sTdfeS S't ~ ~ 49, al :
Walk IN SafelE ai'he III ~
a larger fTeed'fl 10 q i'lo. si-fa . =
national existence a44E 4 iil1'isi i'iS-
Rather Let L BE Conservative.
Let US. In this crisis. be neither rad
icai nor conservative. IN chdFsihs
wroEG-doing lest lhJustI-e pe - y
| in charging "nsrt = 49, no 80
but once sure OF tHs sNIi - = oe -
ical in its eXtlrInlhdlloh. - " iIa
neither the conservatism II Std1l
tion nor the radlcaLsh OF IhalsSI'!lii-
mate destruction. re want prog
Ialong right lines. states ana hasl3-is'
Hike men. Sh"utd never ~ s.' -
but ever strive TOT hiE''SI 4e'Si'l'
ment.
In thIS epoch - IN - l.
American HoeIl>. -
ITO set up no new eods: " - 80 -. -.
ITO fJIio" no new Pdli' 80
Head into the 9uIcKSaidS oi 4iali''I''.
land despair. our Sdi'1t ait1
guide - SuIi the %" Iile'Ai''! ~
there ShaIi o' 'iu"i VII -.
!Speclal pflFlteEfS Jo H'ii'' -. -
,axiom as our cnart. we cannot To-
our course; Win TINS uiS =;
guidance the ma 'ilI'2 W ~ "a ,,ri[
ieNeiE form VIII pt - ~ -. l.o-7 tha
laU men thcfe WI, ~ -
"cuaI right that pel'h6N - -,
fair and equal opportunity ~ 80
tdnd every man 10 I'VE ana idpor ul'0ii
the "afth Wfiicll .Iou .Iou1.I,,l7, ',s,l arli ma
land 10 ENJOY. uiitidIiiri ~ - -
restricted the gains - i'i'1i -
dustTy.
Death KnclI OF Privilege.
,rl,a ,,oe,ot of oouaI rights sounds
~ lIoa afL-l[nau IF privilege and means
ti'S "a 49,. ,,,o,oi,. ,brouqboIt
Lilc rlI 0''it3 ri, ~ elae,,a1 teaches that il
me l'ilU ,il,!t,t ',io hat All of The Deo-
- 'ii"l hn ,rnencrn,ls man that i few bc
PlS ~ tJot - i hettar that all
,,,1a ehoutd have au Of the
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-02-23
COLLEGE NOTES.

Gossip of the Campus and Dormitories.
Professor Theodore Henckels has
written song which was sung for the
first time at the Washingtons birthday
banquet. 1t is patriotic song every
line of which breaths out the sentiment
of American liberty. 1t is worthy of a
place beside its namesake "America."
The Campus was gotten out this week
and is now on sale. This number of the
paper is larger than any previous issue,
and, if every student will give the
financial support that he ought, we can
hope to have college paper equal to
any in the country.
Professor Sanford has on display in his
recitation room really remarkable col
lection of pictures of Greek and Roman
life.
Last Wednesday morning Professor
Henckels addressed the students on the
subject of enthusiasm" He showed
that it is a failing of our college to be
undemonstrative This fact cannot be
doubted. However. when he had finished
speaking, the cheers of the students
made it plain that enthusiasm could be
aroused.
The freshmen of the Chi Psi fraternity
gave party IN their parlors last Thurs
day evening.
The Alpha Chi freshman girls gave a
party to some of the freshmen boys in
their rooms. The only thing that could
be expected was good time and no one
was disappointed.
The Alpha Chi fraternity will hold a
dance in the Masonic hall this Saturday.