The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-10-16

Cleveland, Ohio, October 11.-Gov-
ernor Woodrow Wilson, in discussing
to-day his argument that "the thought
OF the leading men of the United Sta
tes Steel Corporation is behind the
Progressive party programme with
regard to the regulation of trusts"
drew attention to what he terri =.
"a very significant fact that c 6
w. Perkins "is himself back me
programme" ~
The Democratic PresiF 1 nomi-
nee recalled the fact Mr.. Per-
kins had once disclose in investi-
cations before Congress his whole
thought about establishing industrial
commissions to regulate monopoly.
The Governor spoke at Canton, the
home Of Mckinley; Orrville and Cleve-
land. Besires the attack in his speech
on the trust plank Of the Progressive
party, he paid tribute to the memory
| Of President Mckinley, declaring that
just before he died, he showed "symp-
toms Of adjustment to the new age,
such as his successors have not exhib-
tied" and foresaw the necessity of
elasticity in the tariff and reciprocal
trade relations with the world"
1.-THE regular Republicans say they
are opposed to monopoly" said the
Governor, at Canton, "but when they
come to speak Of the methods Of re-
straining 1t, they chiefly indulge in a
narrative Of what they have already
done. which We know to have been in
enectual; and when the third party
takes up this side Of the difficulty
| what do they do? They propose to
leave things as they are and subject
them to supervision Of an industrial
commission. and we know what that
industrial commission is expected to
| do.
1t is a very significant fact that Mr.
George w. Perkins is himself back Of
this programme. not because I would
| intimate any corrupt or improper in
f1uences, for I would not. Mr.. Perkins
has just as much right to his opinion
| as l have, but Mr.. Perkins has dis
closed his whole thought in investiga-
tiOns before Congress and on one oc-
casion, for example, in testifying be-
| fore the committee Of the Senate. he
said there ought to be an industrial
commission. He wants a commission
which will permit. under regulations.
| the process of combinations and mo-
| nopoly and, therefore, / take it for
granted that that Is what is in the
| third party's thought and in its pro-
gramme, because l am interested not
| in where Mr.. Roosevelt's money comes
| form. but where is Ideas come from
and I see multiplying signs that his
ideas come from those who have set
up monopoly and who naturally wish
to maintain it. / am no more in favor
of gentlemanly monopoly than one
that is rude and impolite."
The Governor brought forth in the
same speech his ideas on regulating
competition.
You will say, Will you set up COM
petition by statute?' / am not as in
nocent as | look" said the nominee.
Il am not maintaining that you can
command men to compete. but | do
not say that you can remove the now
insuperable impediments to competi-
| ton, that men are allowed to COM
pete in any way they choose, which
ought not to be. No body of men who
control rs per cent Of the iron mines
of the country ought To be allowed to
discriminate in the prices az which
who are in the combine and those who
are not; because we cannot allow the
raw materials and mineral resources
of this country To be monopolized and
privately controlled. No combination
of men ought to discriminate between
retail dealers.
Il have, therefore, promised myself
to do everything in my power, wheth-
or elected to office or not. to expose
monopoly Of enterprises in the United
states" The Governor added that the
monopoly of enterprise" meant the
monopoly Of political power"
In his speech at OrrVille the Gov
crnor referred to the late Mark Han
ma as the man who stood for the con
'entration of economic control. at the
same time that he stood for the con
centration of political control of the
United States"
The Governor said Senator Aldrich
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