Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-07
TAFT IN ST. LOUIS
Continued from First Page,

date on the trusts was made the impressive
feature.
Il wish 1 had a voice like a steam
whistle" he said.
I'VE don't have to hear you Bill. It's
good enough to see you said a voice.
well, that's the kind of friend 1 like
to have"
How about labor unions?" he was asked.
II have done more for union labor than
Mr.. Gompers," was the quick %retort, and
then Mr.. Taft explained that the decisions
he had rendered as a Judge on the bench
and which were now being represented as
placing him against unionism were really
being used at present in the courts by
union labor as the basis of their rights.
He added that he should make this the
feature of his speech to the employees of
the stock yards
All May Contribute.
Another query was about campaign con-
tributions. The reply was that so far as
he knew no contribution had been accepted
that would nave the slightest tendency to
embarrass any one.
ANY gentlemen here who desires to
make a contribution to a good cause" he
added, 'may regard this as the dine and
place.
After the three speeches had been made
Mr.. Taft was escorted to the hotel from
where he reviewed the grotsque parade of
the "Veiled Prophets" whose carnival has
the city firmly in It's grasp. The ball of
the Yelled Prophet, which is the great
society event of the carnival, was made
decidedly more popular tonight by the an
nouncement that the candidate would be
there for an hour
Mr.. Taft visited the bail for a few min
utes, but did not participate in the festi-
vities.
First Speech at MOberly.
Before reaching st. Louis Mr.. Taft had
a strenuous day in a number of Missouri
towns. His work yesterday left him at
Macon. With q night run he reached
Moberly before s o'clock yesterday. The
program contemplated a speech in the local
theater and the reception committee and
band were eager to perform their part
before the hour for the meeting arrived,
but they were not alone in their eagerness
For the hall was packed when the candi-
date arrived, Good times had resulted
from protection and bad times from a.
democratic tariff was the burden Of the
Taft speech at Moberly and throughout
the day.
Mexico had a number of disappointed
citizens, as by an error of the local COM
mittee the opera house had been packed
with an audience, whereby the the plans
of the railroad called for but a five
minute stop. 1t was deemed best not
to disturb the schedule of the train, and
Senator Warren, after introducing the
candidate, told him that he was in Au-
drian county, the home of the Missouri
mocking ird-the mule. AS governor of
the Philippines and secretary Of war,
Mr.. Taft told his hearers, he had been
one of the %county's best customers. He
had ought many mules there for the
government. When he asked If any ar
guments were needed to convince them of
their own prosperity there were many
negative expressions. He was cheered
by a large class of girls in academic cos
tune and paid his compliments to them
in a way which also pleased the crowd.
Just as the train was moving out, the
opera house audience came running down
the street, but many were too late to
get even a glimpse of the candidate. who
stood on the back platform of his car
waving farewells. Montgomery and War
renton turned out large crowds and heard
short speeches.
Trust Issues Discussed.
AZ Dl. SndIlSS TIE Cdiuludlt was taken
uptown to the balcony of the court house,
from where he addressed thousands. His
speech was full of expressions of optim-
ism regarding Missouri, which he
said he firmly believed was going to
show somebody that IT was not going
TO be a stranger in the republican ranks.
He made it clear that he was not opposed
to the aggregation of capital for the pur-
pose of effecting economies, Such aggre-
CATION, he said, lis to be commended
rather than condemned 1t is not incon-
sistent with competition and is an aid to
our material progress" b..
when, however," he continued, at Is
accompanied with an attempt to monopollse
business and to control prices, it then be-
comes Illegal and the evil must he stamped
out. This should be done by greater SUI
pervision of the business Of such corpora
tipon, by federal control through the de-
partment of Commerce and Labor; by a
series OF reports each month, by constant
inspection by government agents and by
immediate and persistent prosecution of
all violations of law.
1.-THE function of the next administra
ton" he added, "is not to be spectacular
in the enactment of great statutes laying
down new codes OF morals. or asserting a
new standard OF business integrity, but its
work lies in the details OF furnishing men
and machinery TO aid in the active work
OF making the supervision of the transac-
tons SO close, so careful, so constant, that
the men engaged in 1t may know promptly
when they are transgressing the line OF
lawful business limitations, and may be
brought up standing whenever this occurs
and may be prosecuted where the viola.
|, tons Of law are fragrant and defiant and
Z promptly restrained and penalized."
, Bryan's Remedies Discussed.
p Turning his attention TO the remedies
proposed by Mr., Bryan, Mr.. Taft sait
] that the Nebraskan proposed WOO: First
. put all the trust made articles on the fret
: Hist; second, to impose a license for al
corporations who make . per cent of ara
product in the United States.
AS 10 the first, he said: ITO put trust
= made articles on the free list would no
{ only destroy the business OF the so-callet
monopoIies and trusts. and only throw on
Of employment millions of w-orklngmen en-
a gagged therein, but It would also destro!
$ absolutely the independent competitor
nf tha -fruat and Tins IN the one gram