The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-01-18
Ole Nebraska Independent
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interstate law cannot be greatly extended and the
Sherman antitrust law goes about far constutona
afodng check to trusts and combinations BY of this law
the prevent combinations and
Of trade between the but monopoly which
the real evil Decisions of the United States supreme show
cannot control corporations which are permitted
by the liberal laws of New Jersey, West Virginia South Dakota
engage kind of business necessary destroy competition
and build up monopoly Unless be shown that the original
tent conspiracy restraint Of trade the government power
less The fact that monopos the manufacture of
product does not constitute conspiracy combination in restraint
of trade between the states according the decision Of the
the Knight otherwise known the American Sugar Refining
The line Of demarcaon between what the Sherman
and prevent shown the Northern Securities Here
the government complained that combination existed among the
stockholders of competing railway companies restrain interstate
through the agency Of corporate desg
mated to act for both companethe Northern Pacific and the Great
Northen REFRESHING full competition between parallel and
peng railways The principle purpose to monopoze
in large section Of the country and this purpose be
plied by combination such forbidden by the Sherman
The government this and made clear that the Sherman
act and only such plainly conpaces
combinations restrain trade between the
How much be added to the interstate law
the Sherman act only time determine 1t is the opinion of
Attorney General Moody that congress has absolute power
rates this utilized something effective might be done
the of control without ownership, but the difficulties of
yersal ratemakg would be and the results would not be salts
factory Government ownership offers the only real hope Of effective
railway regulation Matchmaking would then be- as it is now the
province Of the railway officials but would be made in
interest Of the shippers and not in the interest Of the holders Of
wacred stocks
abandon blind parsansp The people ruled by the
which achieve their objects through the nsrumenay of political
bosses The appeal Of the boss always paransp
hold republicans line republican and democrats line
in democratic state he do the will of his masters the orpor
aons How then, is possible for the people any re-
forms by remaining partisans?
One of the most encouraging signs Of times the support
which large element the democratic party giving President
Roosevelt Ten or twenty years such display of independence
within party lines would have been impossible The determination
of honest democrats with the president far he goes
direction OF those reforms which the democratic party has advocated
but which has been unable because has minority
party since 1896 will be fruitful Of good results In republican
party "sandpatism illustrates the opposite spirit 1t
partisanshp
There be Independent spirit national and pol
itics well municipal politics Government ownership
railways and reduction of tariff scheduleshe best remedies
for the evils of monopoare possible only by the saving spirit
independence First destroy the BOSSES This difficult as
the voter apt to imagine The boss derives his strength
from the fact that whatever action he can rely upon the
voters of his party to stand by him. Let the the great
parties make evident that they will abandon their bosses as
they detect corporation influence and will cease to
exist The boss will align himself with the he will retire
from politics.