The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-10-31

Iaft>s election will make for law and
order. This is false. Mr.. Rockefel-
law breaker in the United States. and
he is for Mr.. Taft because he does
not want the law enforced, If he
thought Mr.. Taft would enforce the
law against the Standard Oil company
and favored the enactment of more
stringent laws against the Standard Oil
com pany, as I do, he would not be for
Mr.. Taft, Mr.. Rockefeller also says
that Mr. Taft's election will make for
stability of business. What kind Of
| business1 Stability in the trust bust.
ness is what he means. He thinks that
| Mr.. Taft's election will enable the
trusts to get a tighter strangle grasp
eXtortlon upon q more permanent foun-
dation. He says that Mr.. Taft is not
man inclined to rash experiments,
! He might have omitted the word
| rash. for Mr.. Taft is not in favor
| of any kind OF experiments in the way
Of remedial legislation. He does not
propose remedies He simply glories
in the past and wants to leave condi-
tions as they are,
Thanks Due Magnate.
"Mr, Rockefeller says that Mr., Taft
would not advocate measures subver-
sive OF industrial progress. But what
is, industrial progress? Is it right to
allow one corporation to swallow up
or bankrupt all Of the other corpora
tlons and then hold the country at its
mercy7 Is it industrial progress to de-
stroy competition and close the door
OF opportunity to the young men of
the conntryG Is it industrial progress
to destroy industrial independence md
establish a despotism Of monopoly?
1.-THE Democrats have reason to be
grateful to Mr., Rockefeller for tearing
the mask off the Republican campaign
and revealing the duplicity that has
lacking the size Of the monopoly the
Republican organization has kept UP
r pretense of reform and Mr.. Roose~
welt rushed into the arena and allowed
the charge that the trusts wore op-
posed 20 Mr.. Taft stand. 7 challenged
him to name one trust officer that was
supporting me, and, not being able to
fiud an official. he named a St Louis
attorney. who in one case represented
the president of a branch Of the Stand.
ard Oil company.
tMr Roosevelt in his eagerness to
relieve the Republican candidate of the
odium of trust support accepts this as
proof that the Standard Oil company
Teller, head Of the Standard Oil com.
pany. comes out openly in support Of
Mr.. Taft and gives reasons that lay
bare the false pretenses upon which the
Republican campaign has been con-
Quoted.
Party Should Be Honest.
of the Republican party were hon.
est. it would announce that having
made arrangements with the trusts for
the funds to finance the campaign and
having pledged the Republican party to
protect the trusts from punishment. it
would release the rank and file of the |
Republican party from tao support of
the Republican ticket.
"The Republican party cannot serve |
two masters. It's real master has now |
stepped forth and asserted his claim |
10 the party's services. No Republican |
need be deceived any longer as to The |
lndlssoluble bond that binds the Re.
publican organization to the predatory
interests of the country II will be |
noticed that this statement comes out |
too late to be used by the weekly news
papers circulated among tho masses. but
IN time TO be used in the business cen
,ers TO Influence those business men
vice.
"Before taking up another oues-
ion, he said, Il wan5 to saw thai we
AVE had another favor granted us this
morning Mr., Carnegie has come out
'or Mr.. Taft, Mr.. Carnegie holds rhe
argest block OF steel bonds of anv man
n the United States He comes ont
With Mr.. Rockefeller, And it was that
teel trust that went to the White honss
md got permission from the president
% absorb rival, and the steel trust
s today supporting Mr. Taft, as ii
,clped to secure mis- nomination"