The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-06-05

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pointed out. a general assault upon
the theory that AN capital a dishonest
Is calculated 10 do more harm than
good 60 the people ~ this country.
Utopia Is not here. II Is not likely
soon 10 be. We are confronted by con-
ditions and not theories. one OF our
principal arguments against the trust
has been thar II destroyed the individ.
ualiiy OF the young American, that IL
made OF him but a servant of servants,
that IL prevented him from jumping
into the arena OF life and making his
own fight with The weapons with which
God had endowed him ~ this criu-
cism is a just one. and 10 seems 20 hc.
then the indiscriminate assault upon
dishonesty among men OF money Is
wholly unjustihed This condition of
AFFAIRS has arisen 10y rcason Of the
fact that in this as in all other mat
tiers. We have lost sight OF the different
branches Of Il government SO long
as executives imagine that they have
a right 20 try the motives Of men and
vet are powerless TO enforce their de-
crees. that long this state az affairs
viii continue. Whenever We get eX-
ecutives in this country who have con
stituional knowledge enough 20 know
that the place to Try the rascal is in
court. and courage enough 60 put him
upon his trial there. that soon will we
contributed sOmew hat 10 the
peace. quietude. sood order and pros
perlty OF the people OF this country.
excep those who are its beneici-
aries. and by all | mean 50 per cent
of the people Of this state, are agreed
as 10 the iniquities OF the present trust
system. whether IL be one which arises
mi of the natural condition OF the
product itself or whether IL be- one
wnicn has been created by law. Both
narties have been declaring against
this economic condition for many
years last past. yet nothing to speak
or has been done. True. an injunction
against the beef trust has been issued.
hut ms steak has grown tougher as the
price has gone up. true. the Standard
oil company has been fined. but the
price 81 coal oil and gasoline has been
ADVANCED sufficiently SO that out OF the
united purchases Of the people. that
fine has already been paid. ! do not
pretend TO be a distinguished political
economist. I am simply a lawyer.
believe we began 10 go wrong when
we began 10 discuss the question as 70
whether a high protective tariff was a
good or a bad thing for the people 81
this country. So long as we discussed
the question Of the right of the gen
eral government 10 levy a revenue
large enough ia pay the expense Of
running the general government. eco
nomically administered. that long We
were upon safe ground. When we be
gan 10 discuss the question as TO
whether II was a good or bad thing.
from that moment we made OF the
tariff what we laughed AT General
Hancock for saying It was-a local
issue. The protection OF American in
dustries naturally led 10 a desire upon
the part Of these industries TO com
bine. Having successfully driven out
all foreign competition, observing the
income which arose 10 them as stock
holders BY reason OF this special legis-
lation. IL stands TO reason. without any
criticism OF the men themselves. that
they desired 70 still further increase
their abundance. and this increase OF
abundance. competition having been
first throttled. was easy 70 bring abouf
by the formation Of the trust
With References 70 Indiana.
We come now 70 a somewhat anon
nlous situation In the state OF Indiana.
and you viii observe that | speak with
reference To Indiana alone. for. while
the Democrats everywhere are 40 "a
vor OF a tariff for revenue only. the Re
publican party in different states IS
torn. divided and IN dissension upon
this question. Some want reform.
some desire to stand pat. and some. u
they could be heard. would like 10 ad-
vance. The Democratic platform q
this state declares for a tariff for rev.
enue only. and that all articles enter
ing into competition with articles con
trolled by the trust. shall be immedi-
ately placed upon the free list. The
Republican platform announces that AZ
its 'ast convention IL declared In favor
Of revision Of the tarin whenever such
revision would do more good than
harm: that protection was never a
matter Of schedules. and while re-
affirming the ~time-honored doctrine
that there shall always be discrimina.
ton ia duties that Will fully protect the
wage-earner OF the United States. Il
never desired a higher rate than would
accomplish that purpose and has al
ways contemplated revision from time
to time as the ever-changing conditions
might make wise. beg TO differ viii
the statement OF the Republican state
platform upon this question. main
tain that for many years II distinctly
affirmed that its purpose was not onl'
| to fully protect the wage Garner. bn'
/, that IL was also TO build up and fostc
: infant industries. The platform q
this year continues: That we believe