Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-09
BRYAN DISCUSSES TIE TRUSTS
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ger point. and thereafter subjects 1t to
federal scrutiny. The present law simply
prohibits 1t In an indefinite sort Of way
and then leaves the officers Of the law to
scour the country and hunt up violations
q lne laws provisions. Mt. TAFT y un m.
;uuly slaimed at this proposal, or else ne
enl'rely taliS 10 comprehend the details Of
tns s.a pan. ne says:
70 supervise the business OF corpora
Slions - sucn : way as 70 M me price 81
'co,i'iiou'ties ana compel the sale at such
price y as apsurd ana sociaiistic . plank
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san,e I1lasiapn wiIn me sentence above
quoted IN wnia ne declares that it IL
essn low sioA.lon ols1ne sherman anti
s.rus' law LOT coronation TO attempt to
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me trouble with Secretary TAFT Is
.nae ne spendss 50 much time trying to
discover excuses for inaction In trust mat
ters tnat ne has none left for the con
sideration of effective remedies. He
SPENDS more time uttering warnings
against remedies proposed than he does
IN pointing out the evils to be remedied
OF N suggesting remedies. He says
Inc combination OF capital in large
plants to manufacture goods with the
sreatest economy is Just AZ necessary as
the assembling or the parts OF machine
to the economical and more rapid manu-
facture Of what in old times was made BY
hand"
And he adds that s'the government
should not interfere with one any more
than the other, when such aggregation
of capital are legitimate and are properly
controlled for they are the natural re
su,tss o. modern entsrprise and are bene-
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\ ~ oue PROPOSES 70 interIefe with pro.
1890 ~ II sSaie: one. oD9ecta
- prouuct,oh On = scale sufncientiy large
A. ao,e .as psoancersso utliize Dy-pro'
uue.s snu , ..,!- advantage sol al the
esou .n, tnas iarse production makes
loes.s 8 Just here tn nat me trust
lnae naIes attempt 70 confuse the public
ln,nu, anu ~ M!: a1t mas unconsclously
aaopl icy, onelr, language: .s:. IS
fset the issue pc made plain; let the dis
t,nction pe accurately drawn; let the re-
spss.lys positions 10, 9, me parties De fully
unoe ls.oou' Inc i'emocratic party does
nol oppose p an corpora lions on the CON.
ttary, y, recognizes tnat the corporation
can Iea'u ~, an Important service to the
puoiic. " i'en ans'Nn party wants to
employ every in Is mentaiity that can be
employed 10. Iors .he advancement OF the
soliitnou sov.' put Tue Delnocfaeic party
dia"s ,ne iine at tne private monopoly
anu uee.arss sla. prlvate' monopoly can
uoI pe s,ah s. On eisher economic or po-
l' Ie'ea erounus'
Says Opponent Misunderstands.
Mr.. Taft either misunderstands or inis.
represents the Democratic position in re.
gard to the extermination Of the principle
Of private monopoly. In his notification
speech he says: s
"Mr. Roosevelt would compel the trn.ts
to conduct their business in a lnwfnl
manner and secure the benefits Of their
operation and the maintenance. IL fhe
prosperity Of the country Of which they
are an important part, while Mr.. BRYAN
would cxtirpate and destroy the entire
business In order to stamp out the evils
which they have practiced.'
Here is confession by Mr.. Taft that
he regards the trusts as necessary to the
nations prosperity, for he declares that
they play an Important part in the main
tenance of prosperity and he charges TINT
i would "extirpate. and Destroy business
In extirpating and destroying the princi-
pie of private monopoly. Surely. his
study of the trust question has beer, very
superficial, II he sees danger in the restor.
alton Of a reign of competition.
Tbs Democratic party Is the defender
which is seeking to restore competition,
question, employed harsh words instead
OF argument. The word .socialisticv h
hurled at the Democratic party and The
Democratic platform. Now. as matter
Of fact,si is Mr.. Tafts party and not
aamant ~ .'.,s ,t Even en-
ssss;ns ~ shhor . a;oi;... ~ Mnne pro,
~ 1oiVA sos'a tue 1AepuDil'