The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-26

OF any product consumed IN Nh'
United States: and, third. a law
compelling such licensed corpora
lions 70 sell 20 all purchasers in
an parts of the country on the
same terms. after making due al
lowance for cost OF transporta-
ton
NO Apologies offered.
-tfeTg IS i plain, CaudTt statgWvUr
of the partys position. There Is no
clubbing no evasion 40 ambiguity. \
private monopoly is iHdefensibie ana
intolerable II is bad--bad IN prin-
ciple. and bad in practice No apol-
erts3-eat he offered fer il and 40 pen-
pie should endL-Ie -. - Z: ...--
ZION is cnTirely In harmony with the
position OF jefferson. With knowi
edge OF human nature which few men
have cqualled and none surpassed.
and with extraordinary foresight, he
expressed unalterablc opposition 20
every form az private monopoly The
student OF history will find that upon
this subject as upon other subjects
OF government the great founder u
the Democratic party took his post
ton upon hts side OF the whole pee
pie and against those who seek 10
make a private use of government,
or strive 10 secure special privileges
al the expense of the public
have. in discussing the tarn
question. presented one OF our rem
rdies. uamrfy, Ut1E removal or M
tariff from imports which compete
With trust-made goods This, We be-
~ A u. -. ~ q
ton practiced by the trusts and brihs
about the dissolution az many monop
olistic combines But we are not sat.
isfled merely With the lessenng OF
extOrtion or with the dissolution Of
Srrrrfr- TRUSTS
Because the private monopoly II in
defensible and intolerable, the Demo.
cratic party fayors its determination
II hedges itself TO he vigorous en-
forcement OF the criminal law against
trust magnates and officials. 1t is inn
possible for the Republican party to
enforce the present criminal law
against trust officials; these officials
are intimately connected with The Re.
publican party III me present cam
paign Take, for instance, the chair
man Of the Republican speakers com
mittee. MIR. Dupont, OF Delaware. lie
Is the defendant in suit which the
government brought and is now prose
cutting. Mr.. Dupont is charged with
violation of the antitrust law. Why
should The. i,t. pat or the executive cUT1-
mlttee and then be given control OF
the speaking part of the campaign II
YOU talk to a Republican leader about
penitentiary punishment for offenders,
he favors fining the corporation on
the ground that II Is impossible to
convict individuals, but when you
urge fines you are told that fines are
unjust 10 innocent stockholders. We
favor both fine and Imprisonment. but
we think IL is better 10 prevent mon
opoies than TO first authorize them
TO prey upon the public and then try
TO punish thsm for doing SO. Mr.. Taft
favors control OF trusts instead Of ex-
Termination bat after years ef-ex-
periencc the people have learned that
the trusts control the government.
Our platform does not stop with
the enforcement OF the law; II de-
mands the enactment Of such add
tional legislation as may De necessary
to make IL impossible for private
monopoly 10 exist In the United
States.
The Democratic party does not con
tent itself with a definition OF the
wrong or with n dcnunciation OF IT,
1t proceeds TO outline remedies. The
first is a law preventing a duplication
OF directors among competing corpor-
ations. No one can object 20 this
remedy unless he Is in sympathy with
the trusts. rather than with the pco-
pie who are victimized by the trusts
There is no easier way OF sitting com
petition than to make one board or
directors serve for number OF con
peting corporations. II Is not neccs-
sary for eorporations 10 enter Into IL
agreement for the restraint OF trade
II the corporations can. without VIC.
.lating the law. reach the same end by
rlocting the same directors
The second remedy Is one upon
which desire 20 dwell at some
H.. 9Th. We believe IL 10 be q simple.
complete and easily enforced rem.
eds As stated ~ the platform if IS:
4 Bcenso system which aill.
without abridging the RICH ~
each state TO create corporations
or It's right 10 regulate as II VIII
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