Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-24

Hughes speech at Youngstown. o. To
recall to your mind what Governor
Hughes said / quote as follows:
"'When we consider those (pro-
posed) remedies (of Mr.. Bryan) against
| the trust We find ourself jour-
| neylng in a land of dreams. Again the
| magician of 1896 waves his hand At
a stroke difficulties disappear and the
complex problems Of modern business
are forgotten in the fascination of the
| simple panacea!
The most important proposal Of
Mr.. Bryan is that any manufacturing
or trading corporation engaged in in
terstate commerce shall be required to
take out a federal license before 1t shall
be permitted to control as much as %
per cent of the product i'm which it
deals and no corporation shall be per-
mitted to control more than so per cent
of the total amount of any product
consumed in the United States
Asks Few Pointed Questions.
1T might be interesting to inquire
what is the meaning of any product
consumed in the United States Does
it refer 20 a class Of commodities? and
If so, how shall the classes be denied?
Or does 1t refer to each separate article
OF commerce? and If so what account
does this proposal take of the skill
and initiative of manufacturers who
nave built up a more or less exclusive
trade in particular articles often pro-
tected by trade marks, altho on the
most active competition with other
articles designed for the same general
purpose and seeking the same mar
ket? In a desire to correct the evils
of these are we to place an embargo
upon honest endeavors whose activities
present none of the abuses requiring
remedies? and, if not, what statutory
definitions shall be found to be ade-
quate and just IL we lay down our
prohibition in terms of volume or RAJ
ito of business and not in terms OF
right and wrong? If we adopt Mr..
Bryan's proposal, to what period of
production is the prohibition to apply?
Is the excess for day or for month
to be considered? Or is the average
production for year to be taken?
And what system shall be devised by
which suitable information may be
furnished in the nature of danger sig
nails along the routes of trade so that
nails along the routes of trade so that
the manufacturer may know when he
is about to exceed the prescribed ratio?
He may justly be required to govern his
own conduct. but how shall he be APP
prised of the conduct of others upon
which is to depend his guilt or inno-
cence?
The Impractical Mr.. Bryan.
Let us repeat that no law defying
corporation has anything to fear from
You save that when it will suffer In
the general paralysis of business which
any attempt on your part to reduce to
practice what you have advocated
would bring. This paralysis would af-
feet the wageWorker, the farmer, the
small business man, more than 1t would
affect the great business man. But 1t
would affect the latter too. Therefore.
I hope and believe that all farsighted
citizens who wish to see this country
prosper in material things will support
Mn. Taft But above all, \ ask for sup
port for him because he stands for the
moral uplift of the nation. because
his deeds have made good his words,
and because the policies to which he is !
are of Unreasonable conse-
quence alike to the honor and interests
of the whole American people,