The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-13
OF HUGHES
TORN INTO SHREDS
Continued from Page I.

proposed by a physician DR. Hughes
comes in and says:
What, are you going to take that
remedy? Why, that is ridiculous: that is
absurd. and then retires from the room
laughing and leaving the patient without
a remedy and without suggestion. Now
II the patient is not really sick that might
be excusable; but what do you think
about it?
rs the patient sick or not? II the
trusts are doing no harm. then. of course,
no remedy is needed; if the trusts are do
ing harm, then why does not Mr.. Hughes
propose something?
He takes the case of a patent, and
says that our plan would Interfere with
patents, What is Mr.. Hughes trying to
do? Is he deceived himself, or is he sim
ply trying to deceive those who listen to
him? Our antitrust plank has nothing to
do with patents. The patent is intended
to he monopoly. and our reference to
patents in another part of the platform
is sufficient proof that the convention had
no intention of including the patent in the
operation of an antitrust law. l eX-
planned this some weeks ago when the
objection was first made, but the objec-
ton was so silly that 1 did not suppose
that it would be made by any one with
any sense of responsibility Does Mr..
Hughes really think that our antitrust
plank was intended to apply to a patent.
or is he so hard pressed for arguments
that he must use that argument anyhow?
A patent grants a monopoly for a limited
time. as a regard for an invention. The
trusts that we are opposed to have not
invented anything and they acknowledge
no limit as to time. The trusts attempt
to corner the market and is not only
against the statute law, but ii is an of
Tense against the common law and an Of
Tense against morals. and Mr. Hughes
cannot be Obtuse as not to understand
the distinction between the trust that we
are fighting and a business that is pro-
tected by patent.
Complete Answer to Hughes.
which he regards as unscientific. The
plan which we propose will apply first
to corporations which have not yet
reached that limit, would simply stop eX-
banding when the limit is reached, and
that would entail no hardship upon them;
to corporations which have already passed
the 30 per cent limit. The laws do not take
effect Immediately upon their passage.
There is always a time between the date
of enactment, and the date when the law
takes effect. and when a law involves
material change in conditions. a sufficient
time is given for necessary establishments.
The first question to be decided is, how
large proportion of the entire product
should one corporation be permitted to
control? Mr. Hughes takes for illustration
the case of a corporation which controls
the entire product and as he expresses no
fear of such a corporation doing harm.
we have a right to suppose that he has
no objection to one corporation controlling
all the product, but if l mistake not the
sentiment of the public, there is a very
general objection on the part of the peo-
pie to the principle of monopoly, and If
majority of the people object to mo-
nopoly they have 4 right to set a limit
to the control which a corporation can eX-
ercise over the product in which it deals
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