Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-09-18

surd Is an amendment to the law
against burglary limiting the laH 70
|csses in which more than two burg
lars entered the house at one time
or took more than hall they found.
In his notification speech he sug-
gests national incorporation-a rem
edy which would make conditions ev.
en- worse because, without adding
to the power Of congress to prevent
monopolies, 1t would deprive the
states Of the power to protect their
own people. 80 fe.
Now, let me contrast the democrat
ic platform. Nowhere is the differ
ence in the temper Of the parties
more noticeable; nowhere is the diff
ference in the method Of dealing
with questions more manifest. Our
platform says;
"A private monopoly is indefensible
and intolerable: We therefore favor
the vigorous enforcement TO the Grim
inal law against guilty trust mag
mates and officials, and demand the
enactment of such additional legis-
lation as may be necessary to make
it impossible for a private monopoly
to exist in the United States
Among the additional remedies, we
specify three: First, law pre-
venting duplication of director
among competing corporations; Sc :
ond, a license system which will,
without abridging the right of each
state to create corporations, or its
right to regulate as it will foreign
corporations doing BUSINESS within
It's limits, make it necessary for
a manufacturing or trading corpora
ton engaged in interstate COM
merce to take out federal license
before it shall be permitted to con-
troll as much as twenty-five per
cent of the product in which it
deals, the license to protect the
public from watered stock and to
prohibit the control by such corpo-
ration Of more than fifty per cent of
the total amount Of any product con-
sumed In the United States; and
third, a law compelling such licens-
ed corporations to sell to all pur.
chasres in all parts Of the country
on the same terms, after making
due allowance for cost Of transpor.
tation." p
Here is a plain, candid statement
of the party's position. There is
no quibbling, no evasion, no ambigui.
ty. A private monopoly is indefensi.
BILE and intoleraule. It is bad-bad
In 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 harmo'
ny with the position of Jefferson.
With a knowledge of human nature
which few men have equalled and
none surpassed, and with extraordi
nary foresight, he expressed unal'
terable opposition to every form OF
private monopoly. T he student Of
history will find that upon this sub,
ject, as upon other subjects of gov
eminent, the great founder Of the
democratic party took his position
upon the side of the whole people
and against those who seek to make
private use of government, or
strive to secure special privileges
at the expense of the public.
l have, in discussing the tariff
question p resented one of Our rem
edies, namely, the removal of the
tariff from imports which compete
with trust made goods. This, we
believe, would greatly lessen the ex-
tortion practiced by the trusts and
bring about the dissolution of many
monopolistic combines. But we are
not satisfied merely with the lessen
ing of extortion or with the dissolu-
ton of some Of the trusts.
Because the private monopoly is
indefensible and intolerable, the dem
ocratic party favors Its extermina-
ton. It pledges itself to the vigo-
rous enforcement Of the criminal Jaw
against trust magnates and officials.
1t Is impossible for the republican
party to enforce the present crimi-
nal law against trust officials; these
officials are intimately connected will
the republican party in the present
chairman Of the republican speakers
committee, Mr.. Dupont, Of Delaware.
He Is the defendant in suit which
the government brought and is now
prosecuting. Mr.. Dupont Is charged
with violation of the antitrust law.
Why should he be put on the exc
cutive committee and then be given
control Of the speaking part Of the
campaign! II you talk to a republi-
can leader about penitentiary punish