The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-23
THE TRUSTS AND WHO IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM.

paigns.
The trusts are closely related to and
connected with the protective tariff.
In order he better to understand the
operation and effect of the trusts or the
business Interests of the people, it is
necessary to study and understand
their pu pose and practical operation.
The people do not give to the questions
of the tariff and the trusts the thought
necessary to understand them fully.
The object OF the protective tariff
AMI the effect of it is, to prevent foreign
nations who deal with the United
5 ates fro u selling in our markets any
manuf ctured products that are manu-
factur' here by our MANUFACTURES, and
the protective duties are made so high
by the tariff laws that foreign manu-
factories cannot afford TO pay The duty,
"a nd hen ce cannot ship anything here
for sale. because they would lose by it.
Tnis forces the consumers here to
buy all manufactured articles, at the
prize hat the manufacturers see fit
10 charge, and they fix the price just
so high as 10 shut out foreign impur-
tation.
TIE r publicaus admit this to be
tue, but say, if even il is true, still
the consumer is not IN danger. because
there is cOuluetition between the man
ufacturer- at home. Other things be-
! ing square there would he some COM
peulion at home, but ii would be so
] limited a TO be of nut little advantage
TO the consumers, because it would not
be sufficient. But 10y the creation of
tn trus ;, the home competition is de
stroyed. Mr.. Taft In his speech in
Baltimore on last Monday night said
on the tariff that there was competi-
| tUn behind the wall" AS We have
SAID before. this would be true, if it
! were 1t t n the trusts which destroys
home competition. Mr.. Tafl's state
meut therefore is not true. because the
trusts absolutely prevents competition
| behind the wall, and that is the very
object and intention in the creation of
! the trusts. AS we have said the pro-
teciive tariff duty prevents foreign
competition. and that being the case,
the next step adopted by the protected
and prl lleged classes, IN order t. per-
feet the scheme of plunder, was to pre-
vent home competition aud thus place
TIE consumer at the mercy of the priv
LEGGED classes.
80 they formed the trusts The trust
is simply a combination If all of the
manufacturers of the same article in
this country in one body, and then fix
d mand that price.
Thus we have The manufacturers of
cotton in one body, The cotton goods
trust. The tobacco maj ufacturers
formed the tobacco trust. The wooden
manufacturers formed the wcoien
goods trust. The Sta dald Oil COM
prny controls nearly all of the oil and
tue oil wells and products, and is the
Standa q OH Trust, aud il controls the
oil ma ket and is in fact gigantic
| monopoly. The fact Is the trust is
mon poly. So we have under high
protective tariff aud by virtue of il the
formation of the trusts and the result
is practical monopoly Of nearly every
tning that is protected BY the tariff
law, d heArly ever lag is protect
ed that is manufactured ia the United
State-. The Republican leaders and
even Mr.. Taft have 6een durug the
whole campaign defending and excns-
ing the tariff aud the trusts.
The eyes OF the PEOPLE are being
gradually opened TO tn niqui;ies an
expressions that result fiom this sys-
tenn aud 1t is Necessary TO deceive them
again, aud they are doing all that can
be SAID anu done to deceive the people
They are now saying. even Mr.. T4f,
that the Republican party sends US
gbud crops, aud accusin! God of being
the Creator Of the trus $ Can The peo-
pie tie beguiled by such boldly false
and vicious Statements The tariff aud
the trusts are Hat contradiction to
every tenet of God's Law, and every
teuet of common homes Y.
We do not believe tuat God is pun
ishing the people of lhis country, al
though, when we consider the mon
strons oppression of The present system
of our government u der the r. publ
can party, we may deserve to be pun
ished. But to punish all OF the people,
when so many innocent people are al
ready so generously punished under
the tariff and the trusts, would surely
not be right, and Got would not do
that. Now, we know hat Pharoah
was punished by the plauges sent upon
Egypt because of his rong doing, but
we afe not IN that Category surely.
There is one thing TO he admit ed,
however, and that Is, that the con-
sumers are almost as badly punished
BY the tariff and the trusts, as were
the people of Egypt by the plauge of
lice.
No we will not admit that God is