The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-07-31

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Proper Trss;ren, 81 Trusts.
aia~tui iTus,s ,hould b. re.
STONED win All b ereionsy % IN.
Itr i've Efyrrss ard the pefs1ns IN
EhEri ~ maintaining them shoald be
F~btfslrd With all TIE ssverIty 81 Grim
lhhL ttgsecgu0n. IN order that Methods
pnrr4ri In the operation 81 their buaI-
hfeH shall be br0uSht within the Ia ".
j" destroy them and 20 eliminate the
ssslth thsy represent from the pro.
durlng capitsi % the country would
entail enormous loss. and you'd throw
wv H1 etrIlrtncnt mFftAda OF WORK
%lngmen Such a result IL wholly I'M
ne,csHary to the accomplishment OF the
needed reform, and Will Inlet upon the
tnu"c.pt far greater ~puntShment than
The Democratic platform does. not
ptop9'e 20 destroy the plan OF the trust
IAN thing 'G IN a 9inrSSsent w "a 40 IN RE
business OF hts country is largely de.
pendent upon a prot.etiyer system oil
arms The. business done by many OK
the so-calied trusts is protected with
ihe other busiuesssn Of the countryS
The Democratic platform proposss to
ing into competition with those pro-
duced by the so-called trusts and to
put them on the free list. II such a
course would be utterly destructive OF
their business as IL Is. Indeed, it would
not only destroy the trusts. but all OF
their smaller competitors.
Effect Of Democratic Policies.
TO take the course suggested by
the Democratic platform in these mat
ters Is to invoke the entire commu-
nifty. innocent as IL is. in the punish
ment Of the guilty. while our policy.
Is oT r. s'sHIp S net }ss fspeein S s ro,,o,..
OF the two great parties is OF special
importance, in view of the present con-:
dition of business, After the years OF
the most. remarkable material Develop
ment and prosperity. there comes finan-
ctni srrmgeruyyta panic, an industrIaI'
depression: This was brought about
- t"fJ Nh' ~ AApao tApd
OF business plants and business invest
ments which could not be readily con-
verted, but also by the waste of cap
itai in extravaganee Of living; In wars.
and other catastrophes. The free
convertible capital was exhausted. In
addition to this, the confidence OF the
lending public in Europe and in this
country had been affected by the rev.
Citations of irregularity. breach OF
trust. over issue of stock, valuations of
law and lack of rigid state or ma
tional supervision in management of
III largest corporations. Investors
withheld what loanable capital re
manned available. IL became impossible
for the soundest railroads and other
enterprises to borrow money enough
for new construction and reconstruc-
ton.
Restoration of Prosperity.
healthier tone. Gradually wealth.
which was boarded. Is coming out to
be used. Confidence In, security of bust
growth and is absolutely necessary in
order that our. factories may all open
again. in order that our unemployed
may become employed, and in order
that we may again have the prosperity
that has blessed us for ten years. The
identity. of the interest of the capital
the wage Garner in the security and
profit of Investments cannot be too
largely emphasized. submit to
to and to business men, wheth-
er the introduction into power OF the
Reomcratic party, with Mr.; Bryan at
struction that 1t openly advocates as
a remedy for present evils. will bring
about the needed confidence for the
restoratienrof prosperity.
The Republican doctrine of protec-
ton, as definitely by the
Republican convention this year. and
by previous conventions, is that a tariff
shall be imposed on all imported prod
ucts, whether of the factory. farm or
mine. sufficiently great to equal the
ton abroad and at home, and that this
difference should, of course. include the
Difference between the higher age
paid abroad, and embrace a reasonable
prpftsto the American production.
a, ~ Advantage of Unions.
ITO give to employees their proper po-
sition. In such a controversy to enable
them to maintain themselves against
We'll Unite. because in union there is
strength and without it each individual
labofer and employs would be helpless.
through the fundamentally OF the trade
agreement is often one of the results OF
such union when intelligently conducted.
however, skilled and unsKilied. who are
not organized into unions. Their rights
before the law are exactly the same as
those of the union men, and are to be
"etN
fulness.
In order to induce their employer into
a compliance with their request for
changed terms of employment orkme
have. the right to strike In a body, They
have a right to use such persuasion as
they may, provided IL does not reach
the point of duress. to lead their reluc-
tant co-laborers to join them in their
union against their employer and they
have a right. IL they choose, to accumu-
late funds to supper those engaged in
a strike, to delegate to officers the pow
err to direct the action of the union, and
to withdraw themselves and their as
| sociates from dealings WITH, or giving
custom to, those with whom they are
in controversy.
What Labor Cannot DO.
What tn have not the right to do
Is to injure their employers property. 10
injure their employers business by use
of threats or methods of physical duress
| against those who would work for him
or deal with him or by carrying on what
Is sometimes known as a secondary boy
| cntt araipsf his custonarS mr. those with