, 1908-09-26
ANSWER
TO BRYAN
SENATOR eEvER,DoE OF INDIANA
SPEAKS ON BUSINESS AND
THE TRUSTS IN NEW
YORK CITY.
Makes Fitting Reply to Nebraskan,
Who Would Introduce Policies In
imicaI to the interests Of the
Countryside Methods of Manu-
facture out-grown With Growth Of
country-Raii Rates Lowered.

teSebiC
country-Rail Rates Lowered.
New York, Sept 26.-At Carnegie
hall, last night, Sneator Beverage OF
Indiana, in reply to an address deiiv-
cred q few days ago by William j. Bry-
an of Nebraska, spoke in part as fol
lows:
Unjust Attacks on Business
Unjust attacks on business have
made business the leading question oil
this campaign. A big business coun-
try must have big business, n ours
is the biggest business country in the
world. Business depends upon the ease
and quickness with which people can
mingle and trade together. Russia has
more PEOPLE than America; but she
has few and poor means of communities
tion-her population is segregated into
many little groups. Americas people
are united into one vast family. So
Russia has no big business; while
America has big business. And the
greater our civilization. and greater
our business will be.
Outerown Old Methods.
Once a farmer cut his grain with a
scythe; but the scythe Is no longer
euual to the harvest. and the self
binding harvester appears. The little
butcher shop, with its uncleanliness
ana waste. once served the little town
cut on from the rest of the world; but
now great abattoirs, with their clean
liness and conomy are needed to
serve the millions OF consumers. Once
the blacksmith made the rude wagon
of the farmers; now vast factories are
needed to supply the great number of
perfect wagons required to haul the
swelling volume OF American farmers
products. The same is true OF every
phase OF industry.
1uslness ORGANIZATION Imperative.
So we see that to stop the growth Of
business organizations Is to stop the
growth of the country II the steel
industry were run by the little con
Germs of ffty years ago there would
be only a fraction of the output of the
,reople's building and transportation
materials. II little shops made all the
agricultural implements as they oncc
did. fully oneAthird OF the farmers OF
the United States could no be sup
piled. And II, instead oil great rail
roads. the nations transportation were
done by the little lines OF the last gen
GRAFTON, none of these industries could
ship directly and cheaply.
Rates are Lowered,
Remember that as short railroad
lines handled by little companies have
consolidated into single systems. rail
wav rates for freight and passengers
have steadily gone down Thirty year
ago a man shipping freight from St.Lou.
is To New York would have billed it o V
at least two lines of road. II he travel
ed from Omaha to Boston he had Il.
buy at least three tickets and MAKE
three changes of cars. Service is the
test of theories. Shall we 90 back.
ward or forward, Is the business ques.
tion Of this CAMPAIGN,
Ask the Farmers.
Again the price of the raw mate
rails that go into g and agricul
turai implements has increased while
the price of wagons and agricultural
indictments has gone down, and at the
same time those wagons and agricul
implements TODAY are guaranteed
Politicians denounce bio business; blu,
ask the farmer If he is willing to &c
back to the blacksmith shop for his
blows, harrows. WAGONS and eapers.
Bio Business.
But big business also means higher
wages and steadier employment fol
labor. For example. laborers thirty
years ago under the old lack of system
were consulted about rates Of
wages, or length of employment. Blu,
today he big business organization
agrees with is laboring men on these
things. Compared with the wage and
employment of thirty years ago. those
of tcday are as fixed stars compared
to ~skyrockets. Ask he artisan
whether he prefers the constant work
and high wages our great concerns af
ford him today or the occasional job