The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-24
To Improve the Ohio.

The river and harbor bill has taken
the plan for the Improvement of the O.iO
River from Pittsburg to Cairo as a prof.
ect 10 be carried out in a certain number
of years and il has treated similar prof.
ects for the improvement of the Missouri
from Kansas City TO st. Louis for the
Improvement of the Mississippi from st.
Paul and from st. Louis 10 Cairo and by
continuing contracts and regular appro-
priations these projects vii. 90 on until
they are completed
After reciting trust prosecutions that
are now being made by the government
the President said:
1T has been said that the Republican
party made promise To amend the law
as to ameli0rate and soften the applica-
ton of the trust law in it's Introduction
upon business as conducted by the great
est corporations but | find nothing in the
platform to- justify such q construction.
The purport of the antitrust law is that
those engaged in modern business. espe-
cially of manufacture and transportation,
shall pursue the policy with respect to
their competitors of live and let live
and that they shall not use the bigness OF
their concerns to brighten exclusive pat
ronage from customers and eliminate
smaller concerns from competing and thus
control prices.
"The Attorney General has prepared a
bill which he thinks and / think will offer
to those who wish to pursue lawful
method of business the means OF easily
doing so A lawful interstate business
under the protection of federal charter
which, while ii will subject the business
of the concern to the closest scrutiny of
government officers will save the business
from harassment by state authorities and
will give IL that protection which peaceful
pursuit of its business as a federal cor
poration will necessarily secure it,
should Approve Party.
This measure has not yet met the
approval of those who fear the great con
ion.
ment of those who deny the right OF the
federal government in such cases to grant
incorporation. L believe the act TO be
constitutional; 1 believe that If enforced
Z would furnish a solution of our present
difficulties. but as ii was not specifically
declared for in the Republican platform
I do not feel justified in asking the adop-
ton OF such an act as a party matter. l
have brought it forward, however. as
suggestion for meeting the difficulties
which are likely to be presented in the
prosecution of suspected Illegal trusts as
Il means by which they can put their
houses i'm order and take their places
among those engaged In legitimate bust
ness.
IF the other measures to which have
referred are enacted into law and the
| party pledges OF the Republican party
performed there would seem 10 DE no
good why the party should nor
receive renewed approval by the eiector-
the country i'm the coming corSressioil
1Daign But there are signs WI"
~ construe as an Indication that
.sepublica1 majority in the present Co
gTess viii change to a Democratic ma
| jority in the next This is based chiefly
on the dssensions in the Republican party
and upon the very severe attacks made
| by a great many of the newspapers hav-
ing Republican tendencies upon the party
| and its leaders in Congress and in the
nation.
IL am glad to say that insofar as the
cd
cerned there seems to be clear party
majority in both houses in favor of its
passage and the consequent redemption
/ of the party pledges. There is. however
a very decided difference as to the proper
rules to prevail in the House and as to
| the personnel of the leadership
Wants q Settlement.
81 am hopeful that as we approach the
| mes of battle for the next year the set
ment q these internal questions can