The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-08

legislation making it impossible. for a
private monopoly to exist in the Unit
ed States. is there anything cardi-
naIly wrong about that? The Republi-
can idea is that the president should
decide as to which trusts should be
saved and which should be destroyed.
thus enhancing the power of the occu-
pant of the White House and estab-
fishing d sort of autocracy on the ruins
of a free government. Proof of this is
found in the fact hat E. H. Gary,
chairman of the board of directors OF
the steel trust, asked permission of
President Roosevelt before absorbing
the greatest rival of that great cor
poration. Is it a personally conducted
government the Republicans want?
Are the people no longer able TO distin-
guish between right and wrong? Are
there any good" monopolies? Would
the criminal prosecution of those who
violate the law be followed by the ruin
of us all? If Governor Hughes and Mr..
Taft can prove that the good or i'll of
the whole people depends upon grant
ing immunity to violators of the law,
then our system Of government is a
failure.
Mr.. Bryan upholds the Democratic
platform in it's demand for the imme-
date revision of the tariff by the re-
duction of important duties and by in
sisting tina articles entering n COM
petition with trust-contrOlled products
should be placed upon the free list;
that material reductions should be
made in the tariff upon the necessaries
Of life. especially such articles COM
peting with such American manufac-
lures as are sold more cheaply abroad
than at home; that gradual reductions
should be made in such other sched-
ules as may be necessary to restore the
tariff to a revenue basis. A demand is
also made for the immediate repeal of
the tariff on wood pulp, print paper,
lumber, timber aid logs, and that these
be placed upon the free list.
Governor Hughes and Mr.. Taft en-
deavor to befog the issue by shouting
free trade" Is it the Republican doc
trine that the American people are to
be bled to the end of the chapter by
corporations which sell their products
at half the price they. charge at
home? Vague in%sinuations as to the eff
feet of Democratic tariff revision will
do. and Governor Hughes and Mr..
Taft should be honest enough TO state
Just what the Republican platform
promise means and mention a few
upon which it is proposed to
reduce the tariff. Mr.. Taft has men
toned one upon which. he says, the
rates should be raised, pottery, but
of that he does not appear to
know whether the rates are to go up
or down, or if he does not he is keep
ing silent, thus giving rise to the sus-
picion that the Republicans propose to
an additional burden upon the
backs of the people for the benefit of
contributors to their campaign fund.
Mr.. Bryan proposes a jury trial in
cases Of indirect contempt. A bill for
purpose once passed a Republican
There is something about the
of trial by jury in the constitu-
ton of the United States. Would its
application in this instance work any
hardship? Can the people no longer be
trusted?
Mr.. Bryan favors the guaranty of
bank deposits. he Republican plat
form declares for postal savings banks.
The bankers at their recent convention
in Denver declared against both propO-
Governor Hughes and Mr..
assail the Democratic plan. but
a law guaranteeing bank deposits
would tax the strong for the benefit of
the weak. Is that so? If it is it is a
grave crime in Republican eyes, for
the last fifty years the weak in
country have always been taxed
for the benefit OF the strong.
Mr.. Bryan favors the publicity of
campaign contributions before election,
the Republicans after. Mr.. Bryan be-
lieves the people should know who is
putting up tne money IN pOllIlCdl cam
paigns n be allowed to draw their
own conclusions as to the purpose in
Governor Hnughes and Mr.. Taft
withhold such information until
election, when it would be too
late to be effective. Of course the Re
publicans do not want publicity before
The party depends upon the
protected interests of the country for
the sinews of war, and If the names
we're made public 1t would give rise to
the suspicion that something in return
been promised, and the suspicion
would develop into an absolute GER
tainty in case of Republican success.
Cannot the people be trusted in this
matter?
These are the principal contentious
upon which Mr.. Bryan is making his
fight for the presidency, and neither
Hughes nor Mr.. Taft has the
courage or ability to face the issues.