Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-10-04
ROOSEVELT AND PERKINS

Nevada:
notice that Brother Perkins i
criticizing Governor Wilson for no
expressing his position on the tariff
and trust pr0blems;.
1t is hardly to be expected tha,
any thing that Governor Wilson
says should meet with the approba
tion of the man who CrssGzied tn,
Harvester Trust. aud who has beer
engaged in varidus enterprise.
which have fattened upon tn,
tariff.
If Brother Perkins will examin,
a little mare carefully, however, h
will find that Gov rnor Wilson ha,
been sufficiently specific on thu
trust question
MIR. Perkins is engaged in tn,
organization management Of mono
poles. This is what the demo
Gratis party says regarding hi.
business:
A private monopoly is lndefen
siblo and intOlcrable. We, there
fore, favnr vigorous enforcement
of the criminal, as we'll as the civil
law against trust and trust officers
and demand the enactment of such
additional legislation as may bC
necessary to make it impossible fol-
a private monopoly to exist in the
United States"
Governor Wilson has repeatedly
squarely endorsed this declaration
in our platform, and has stated:
Until monopoly is abolished
until it is destroyed, the govern,
ment is not free. And until the
government is not free. it canno,
serve you or any mar :"
This ought to be sufficiently plalr
to enlighten Brother Perkins. Oh
course it does not satisfy him, be
cause if Wilson is elected, the
policy will he carried out, and ther
Brother Perkins, and men of hi:
ilk, will be engaged in defending
themselves in the civil and crimina
courts of the United States.
They will be too busy to be
either nominating or electing presi
dents.
Right here | want to stick a pin
| have just stated why Governor
Wilson's utterances do not satisfy
Perkins. Let me tell you out OF
Perkins own mouth why ROose
velt's declaration pleases him.
MIR. Perkins stated. on August
5th 1912, in the Chicago Evening
Post:
The Roosevelt trust proposition
in opposition to that of Senator
LaFoIlcttc, is that the big corpora.
tiOn is the natural development OF
industry. Senator LaFollette, or
the other hand, has adopted the
view that the only hope Of getting
fair treatment for the consumer i,
to keep business in small units ant
trust to competition"
In other words. Roosevelt, the
pretended enemy of trusts. anC
Perkins. the organizer and mana
ger of trusts. are in compIet,
accord
The question then is, whether {
policy regarding the trusts which
is advocated by the trust creator
and pruprietOrs themselves is ,
wholesome one for the country
Perkins attempt to advise tn,
people of tie United States as t,
the kind of law they ought to hav,
for the suppression of the trust
could only he parallclcd in its in
solcnCC by an association of high
waymcn insisting upon revising tn
code relating to robbery.
Perkins says that the trust |
development If natural develop
menD; or the contrary. Ever
trust in the world was born o
av rice.
No man ever organized a irus
who did not want to deprive III
people Of the opportunity tc buy /
fair and open market.
The only conceivable purpose fo
creating a monopoly is to extor
money from the people by takin
advantage of their necessitie,
II Brother Perkins and men O
his ilk could by any possibilit
fence in all the waters Of III
country, stop all of the wells. an