The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1907-09-06
HOW TO TELL A GOOD TRUST.

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In attempting to reply Mr. Bryans demand ta'
be extirpated root and branch Mr. Taft divides Tue
into good and bad-ony the latter to be punished ana
regulated. e 10
OF course the secretary could explain Irahhy' = -,
would that the good trusts those that contribute "
Rennbican camnaon finds while the bad trusts VIII hoe
do go This simple line of division and teno gieaes
the mutual benefit of Republican candidates anu 'u 49,
trusts 1t will be recalled that President hooses0i
writing to my Dear Hartman to raise funds to carry
York the latter raised S240 900 in 1904 but III lso
fused to answer to the demands of the presidents emsa
for money to again carry the Empire strte-nls %
for Hughes and Immediately he became representative =
bad trust and Hartman is but the railroad
tive of Standard OIL the administration has Deeh oayne
Rockefeller and Hartman since; and sucn snp
thing to have been good
There's the steel trust which is the very hnest e4anp0
of good trust 1t has been most liberal in It's cohtDu
tions to Republican corruption funds and mas Deeh los
generously treated in return 1t has been estimated lna
the tariff schedules on steel which permit the trust to con
troll without competition the steel trade OF the Onteo
States worth billion dollars as an asset to the trust
This discovered by the Washington correspondent OF
the Chicago Record Herald away back in 1902 when ne
wrote his paper follows
1T was not Democratic campaigner but a western
Republican who said to your correspondents see Presl
dent Schwab of the steel trust has made Pubc an
the value of the various assets of that great corporation
900 for mines $500 900 for steel plants S2o
600 for transportation facilities etc But am surprised
that Mr. Schwab with his keen business acumen should a
to include of the most valuable of all the assets OF the
United States Steel Corporations This is device which
which shuts out all foreign competition 1t is scheme
which compes foreign manufacturers of steel and iron who
want to sell goods in the American market to stand hand
leap of 40 per before they do How much this
asset worth to the steel trast would be very difficult for
outsider to estimate and for that would like to
President Schwabs figures venture the assertion that
he would not rate it penny less than 900 Probably
the fact that this statute is the federal statute books
under the of the Dngey law led Mr. Schwab to leave
out of his long imposing list of the property and resources
of his corporation"
But Secretary Taft promises that there will be tariff
vision after the next election This promise has been made
from time mmemorial with all the gbness of the shell
game The people told that business would be in
ured by revising the tariff session of congress before
presidential election and the result would be disastrous to
the Republican party therefore revision be put off
til after the election;and after the election told It'll
would be absurd to revise the tariff because has just been
endorsed at the polls
You cast your vote just for the Grand Old
Party just to find tariff revision like the pea in the she'll
game under the other shell!
No question about it. Taft knows there are good trusts
and bad trusts Expecting to be beneficiary of the good
trusts he is certain about it!