The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-10-22
800 e0ntr0ed &c e9rp0Ea0ns Of

these controlled capitalization Of
The Carnegie Company, capital Of $3.50 100000 conso
dated other under the United States Steel
288 plants making food products with an authorized capital
trusts, tobacco plants with capital
were il tie trusts Is sa an with with capital capital
We're in the trusts And it through all
was n 1900 after had pas
sage of the Dngy How the swollen since we have no
accurate figures but the growth has been enormous
snonasIrr OF nrroRM ADnIrGuD
These combines have amaased wealth expense
have been the cause Of what is called predatory
wealth that is awe lawbakng arrogant doneering OPP
pressve bottom Of it all is the Dingey tariff Such
the large majority best men Of this country
While have expressed that has done
forby than Governor of Republican,
He has said 4A the robberies and committed
by all the companies was first
as much extortion the nge bill for one
Many other Republicans agree President Roosevelt has
declared that the Dngey bill must be reformed The Republican
be reformed and that should be done At once
In his letter of acceptance Judge Taft says;
fThe number of the schedules exceeds the diff
ference between the of productions of such articles
abroad and at hoe including reasonable profit to the
American producer. The
useful but offers temptation those who
would monopoze the production and the sale of such ar
ces In this country to profit by the excessive rate "
Judge Taft proposes begun promptly upon
the incoming Of the and considered special
He and those Republicans who agree with him or all
agree with him. therefore Dingey
is evil thing the land and but admit that it
such terrible evil that to call special Of Con
gress next March to deal with it.
So have both candidates and their followers pledged
of the tariff The question therefore, is pertinent To whom will
the people the duty of revising the those who with
their eyes wide open made the law in the interest of the trusts
the Democrats who did favor the evil thing and who
posed to the trustsg $3.50
Certain is the Republicans have proved themselves either very
unpatriotic very Incompetent IS
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The of capital corporations industrial purposes
has been beneficial and by their country has been
developed industries largely All that
aop should be fosere the equal protection of the laws and
shown special when their
to the public welfare But when thew combine for improper
lawess monopoz business
become the general welfare The Democrats propose
that such combines shall be tolerated They propose make
and monopoe They that whenever combine controls
per of the plants any line
Whenever any aggregation OF assumes those proper
tons the Democrats say that it must be crushed out.
AS effective of crushing the Democrats propose
take from its business such and advantage the tariff
it. If that remedy adopted would from these
corporations all incentive exceed the limit and they would seek
to monopoize business SOS fass a SO
DIFFERENT
Judge Taft says "a corporation controlling per of
the products by wenown methods frequently monopoly
and stamp out competition in part of country completely if
controlled 60 20 thereof Therefore he does agree
with the Democrats that all corporations controlling SO cent of
particular product of industry should be forbidden but he
allow them to continue and would try regulate them
Mr. Bryan advocates regulating all corporations He proposes
per of the business line
shall be regulated and he proposes any from exceeding
that limit Up to SO cent they to be regulated after SO
they be restrained eliminated He would from
combines all incentive exceed the limit of 80 per cent? and his
proposition make much their disadvantage exceed that
limit that they will never do it.
In arguing against Mr. Bryan Judge Taft that if the
proposition carried and the tariff protection
line removed in order to crush out monopoly then all