The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-07-31

ital and combination should be con-
trolled so that the public may have
the advantage of reasonable prices
and that the avenues of enterprise
may he kept open 10 the individual and
the smaller corporation wishing to en-
gage In business.
Many enterprises have been organ
ized on the theory that mere aggrega-
ton OF all, or nearly all, existing plants
IN a line OF manufacture, without re-
gard to economy of production, de
stroys competition. They have, most
of them, gone into bankruptcy. Com
petition in d profitable business Will
not be affected by the mere aggrega-
ton Of many existing plants under one
company, unless the company thereby
effects great economy, the benefit or
which ii shares with the public, or
takes some illegal method to avoid
competition and to perpetuate hold
on the business
Proper Treatment Of Trusts.
Unlawful trusts should be restrained
with all the efficiency Of injunctivc
process, and The persons engaged in
maintaining them should be punished
with all the severity Of criminal pros
ecution. In order that the methods pur-
sued In the operation of their business
shall be brought within the law. To
destroy them and TO eliminate the
wealth they represent from the pro
ducing capital OF the country would
entail enormous loss, and would throw
out Of employment myriads OF work
ingmen ard working women. Such
result is wholly unnC 'essary to the ac-
comDlishmeut OF the needed reform,
and will infict upon the innocent far
greater punishment than upon the
guilty.
Destructive pclicy CT Dem ocratic Plat
form.
The Democratic platform does not
propose 10 destroy the plants of the
trusts physically, but it proposes TO
do the same thing in a different way.
The business of this country is large
IL dependent ON protective system OF
! tariffs. The business done by many
OF the so called trusts is protected
with the other business Of the country.
The Democratic platform proposes TO
! take off the tariff in all articles com
ing into competition with those pro-
/ duced by the so called trusts" and
/ TO put them on the free list. If such
| n course would be utterly destructive
Of their bu~iness. as is intended, it
would not only destroy the trusts, but
al Of their smaller competitors. The
ruthless and impracticable character
/ Of the proposition grows palmer rs Its
effects upon the whole community are
realized.
TO take the course suggested by the
! Democratic platform in these matters
! is to involve the entire community, in
nocent as it is, in the punishment Of
! the guilty, while our policy is TO stamp
out the specific evil. This difference
between the policies of the two great
parties is OF especial Importance in
view Of the present condition of bust
ness. After ten years of the most r.
markable material development and
prosperity, there came financial Strln-
gcncy, a panic and an industrial de-
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