The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-26
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han the platform He |enee of having studied
 |6r of comprehendins the
 monopoly. You look in
 hotlfication speech for any
 knation at what the trusts
 oinz or for evidence or zeal
 |osecution- He has, for ney-
 been the intimate omcial
 9 of the President. but ne has
 {one of the Ire which the Pres
 knifested in his message or last
 the presepce of an aroused peo-
 kd in fhs heat o6 6 campaign. the
 6,1csn Party contents itself with
 Iioriess platform on this subject.
 x can we expect In the way or act- ky when the exisencies on !ar M Taft
 ppeaiing to the Roosevelt nepuoui. is
 < his discussion of the subject hs
 Bless and his manner so apoioses.s ',
 apathetic, what reason have we so
 sct either vigor in the enforcement Ihe law or earnestness in the searcn
 additional remedtesf
 In his speech deiNereo aoous - ear ago announcing his candidacy, Eir. raft Suggested that the present yaay hs so amended as to perms, snr, an a5nI Ihdment to the law against burg kHf. limiting the law to cases in swS1ch more than two burglars entered Ethan half they found. In his notinca- '15on speech he suggests national in. icorporation--a remedy which would out adding to the power of Congress to prevent monopolies. 1t would de- ,prive the States of the power to pro- Now let me contrast the Democrat 1c platform with the Republican plat Norm Nowhere Is the difference in Hiceable; nowhere is the difference iS mo more mani manifest t Our piatform ions and tDtoisrsbie. Dteysss 0h'RS,y %s therS Anal laWragainst guilty or rns crim. atn. and elfseisis epd 2 enand the enact- Wsrt of such additional Legislation <as may be necessary to make it im- exist in the united States Among ahe additional remedies. we specify three: First, law preventing a du- nlfcatfon of directors among competing corporations; second. a license sys- lem which will. without abridging the right of each State to create corpora. . wiIi foreign corporations doing busi- ness within its limits, make 1t neces- sary for mannfacturng or trading Commerce to take out a Federal h- cense before it shall be permitted to control as much as twenty-five per Che license to protect the public from twatefed stock and to prohibit the control by such corporation of more than fifty per cent. of the total amount of any product consumed in the Unit ed States: and. third, a law compelling such licensed corporations to sell to all purchasers in all parts of the country on the same terms. after mak- ing due allowance for cost of trans portntton."
 Here is plain, candid statement of the party's position. There Is no quibbling. no evasion. no ambiguity. A priwate monopoly Is indefe4sible and intolerable- It Is bad--bad iu principle. and bad in practice. No apology can be offered for it. and no people should endure it. Our party's position. is entirely in harmony with 9he position of Jefferson. With q Knowledge of human nature which few men have equalled and none surpassed, and with. extraordinary foresight. he expressed unalterable opposition to every form of private monopoly. The &fudent of history will find that upon Ahas subject as upon other subjects of &overnment the great founder of the Democratic party took his position up- on the side of the whole people and private use of government. or strive