New-York tribune., 1906-08-31

management OF our large corporations has bean due
y the duplication Of s. sernr OF
tions doing business with sach otner, aliu ~ 20 rt -
pus eopporations for which they acted No can
two masters, and the director VINO au,spus m ~
No makes ds 50 bsors w ffl ais 9o 1ure IS
same san sroup Of men secure control OF several
petlng corporations and the IS ther -
a blow may not be struck the trusts by lay %
Tseor 81 oser Of two corporations which deal with
each other or are engaged IN the same general
business.
FAvoRs FEDERAL LICENSE
stIrl more far reaching remedy was proposed
requiring OF corporations TO take ou' a ieo1tai %
his is s9Is easily apped 5 and GemeTs oq pre-
bs4ss rss OF voaa Scarcely
inconvenience them-vhile 1t would confine the pred
st 91asy as eenas 70 sen Sc liquor
q the to sell ~ % only In Ia foTda so %'a cor ore
porate license granted sy sSh fsdeTal ssa
YOU'D nst feTegs w5n s doing
within its borders II corporations we're reaulTed dr
ment could then issue the license upon terms and
a4s h o% gaua Being as ph9 IN that
no natural rights. and. all OF its rights are de
Strained stTs 0 aecordns as the public welfare may
quire. The control which Congress has over IN
can prevent The Transportation OF lottery ticket ct
fhTonsh y rsabt tho IL cam csTay orbd the use Of the
malls the railways and the telegraph lines to any
credited with sincerity q it condemns the trusts Is
employ all the instrumentalItes OF interstate com
IL Is far easier to prevent monopoly than TO
watch i and punish L. and this prevention can be be
which controls %1Ts than
proportion to be arbitrarily fixed at point which
will give FREQ operation TO competition.
TARIFF AN EASY REMEDY.
The tariff question Is very closely allied 70 the
nsbese an easy a' means Of limiting the extortion
which the trusts can practice While absolute free
si5ie. stii i s prcbabe that very few Inanufact
trust If the President were empowered TO put upon
the free list articles competing with those con-
an early day to Consider the tariff question more
length fba o1o5 Ths pfat me pne
embodied in the protective tarih has peen tne
tio os e sc of f su5por Of ay OF our most
inquitous trusts. II Is difficult to condemn the
high tariff scheduls when the schedule is framed
on the theory that T. the need al H. the Pro-
ciaries OF these schedules win consent to their re-
sf5sOP f0 bs By ss its
But one OF the worst features OF tariff levied
protection IS that it fosters the idea that men
n9ncaI inteTe TS Manufacture has been
assured that it is. legitimate for him % vote
other subjects may be- Will Iegisiate larger divi-
dends into his pocket; sheep growers have been
encouraged TO believe that they should have no
higher aim in voting than TO raise the price OF
wool. and labOring men have been urged 70 make
their wages their only concern. For generation
the fat has been fried out of the manufacturers
by the Republican campaign committees and then
the manufacturers have been reimbursed Dy leglS-
lation With the public conscience educated 10 be-
lfeve that this open purchase OF legislation was
entirely proper. no wonder that insurance com
holders TO carry electtons-no wonder that trusts
have fastened to purchase immunity from pun
ishment with liberal donations! How
draw a moral distinction between the man who
sells his vote for s. election day and the manu-
facturer who sells his political influence for $4,000
100000. payable In dividends? How cen
draw moral line between the Senator or Con-
gressnan elected by the trusts 70 prevent hos
tile legislation and the Senator or Congressman
kept In Congress by the manufacturers 70 secure
friendly legislation? The party which Justifes the
one form OF bribery cannot be relied upon TO
condemn the other.
There never time when tariff reform could
be ulore easily entered upon, for the rnanufact-
urers by selling abroad cheaper than at home,
many OF them DO. have not only shown their in
gratitude toward those who built the tariff wall
for them. but they have demonstrated their ability
TO sell in competition with the world The high
tariff has long been burden TO the consumers in
the United States and Il IS growing more and more
q menace TO cur foreign commerce. because II
arouses resentment and provokes retaliation.