The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-02
STlMS0N+S RECORD IS
AGAINST TRUSTS
Democratic Party Used to
Complain That Republicans
Were Responsible for Prices
When They Were Too Low.
SPEAKING IN NEW YORK

n UIrFAIO. \. y. NOV. The Re-
n BuhlicaH party IL not responsible
Tor the high cost of living. TheO-
dore Roosevelt asserted In a campaign
speech here tonight. The causes of
high prices in the main. he said. were
International Colonel RuaEeVelt de-
ciared that IA some instances trusts
had forced up prices and pointed 40 the
record OF HenFy l.. StfmsOn, Republi-
caa candidate for governor, as a PROSE
cutor Of corporations which had ViO-
lated the law a. Broof Thai AZ elected,
he would do all the governor OF the
state could do 30 prevent artificial IN
Iiatien of VaiaeE-
Colonel R0OseVelTs declaration on
This subjec, was mace first al Niagara
Pals. and then az Buffalo az the close
~ his last speaking tour In the present
state campaign.
The COLONEL spoke twice here tonight
amid much enthusiasm ana then start
part Tor Iowa three hours after his ar
rival there ia the morning
In his speech here tonight Colonel
Roosevelt said iu part.
Fourteen years ago was In Buffalo
speaking lu the campaign Tor Mr.. Nc
Amley against Ar. kryan and an that
Ilme our opponents held the Republi-
cans re-uunsl bile because prices were
900 luW. You remember that Mr.. Ery-
ans lrelr complaint was that we never
could Eet whear.up 90 the dollar limit
Now. fourteen years after. The comlaiur
ls taar prices are TOO high. Real SUI
f-r.n- has unquestionably been caused
nT tIr fact chat prices have gone up.
lu- Che cost of living has Increased.
Plea OF Demsgossues.
"a d-magOgue in Harry StimsOn's
place would have promised that impOs-
-iu.r results would fellow his success
and our opponents play tne demagogue
part fur they say $50 are lo blame FOR
high prices and taal % they are puf in
power. prices wiil he rIada low They
,nof filaf WHAT thrT promise fhe5 cfn-
uU. perform.
-As 5Ir. stumsOn pointed 0ut the 9th
tr uiglt. there mas been worldwide
me cement toward higher prices ia the
last few years, movement due % va
Tlous causes some Of which undoubted-
-t roo ne changed ia time
Colonel Roosevelt spoke OF Mr. slim
SONS prosecution OF the trusts while
lnlIed states district attorney in New
York and said as result every big
lIaa ucl4L corporation OF The type thar
Hve speak Of as trust Is now doing ali
1I can Ie back up 1ir. Dix and 10 Op-
pose ar. Sfimson. IL Harry StimsOn
were not menace 20 tile big trusts
3 on would NOT fine every big trust
control Ted newspaper OF New York
City against him. III AIR. Dix was not
wanted in office by the great corpora
lions. you would not find them sup
UOrring Mr. Dix az eagerly as they are
in this campaign
Trust Prosecutions.
'Ir was not until J became president
that the first really serious effort was
made 10 enforce the antitrust law
And while as was perfectly inevitable
In the beginning Of a crusade OF THAI
kIud. we sometimes sailed ana while
DO was physically Impossible Tor Us 10
take up more than a small rraS ton OF
the cases that we would have 10 take
up. yet we did accomplish a sreat deal.
who ha- r. been the people who at
tackled me most violently The plain
trusts. II 1E the representatives Of
great corporations, their representa-
IiVes in the press, their representative
in public life, their Representatives in
private life. the big corporation law
years.