The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-09-19
|OI. WILSON PICKS FLAWS
IN ROOSEvELTS PLAN
TO CURE TRUST EVIL
e
Bays Method Proposed for Reg
ulating Trusts Came From
Perkins and Gary
WOULD JAIL OFFENDERS
democratic Nominee Says Terms
in Prison Would End Vio-
lation of Statutes
WOULD JAIL OFFENDERS

avs that will put In prison any big
elbows who put the little fellows out
~ business"
In his speeches in South Dakota
yesterday and the Twin Cities today,
he went after Roosevelt and made
specific just what he proposes In the
way OF antitrust legislation. Here Is
What he said about the bull moose
eader:
Some people seem to think that
I IL progressive to take the bit In
your teeth and bolt, or to conduct
Yourself as IL you were at a Donny-
brook Fair, taking crack at every
head that showed ITSELF They seem
% think progressiveness is a matter
bf speed and OF weight. It matters
not how fast you are travelling:
whether you are Progressive de.
Ponds on the direction in which you
are going"
Gov Wilson's new statement of his
antitrust program was:
There is one claim that has been
made In this campaign. That claim
is that monopoly Is Inevitable. That
bs what deny. II monopoly Is newt
able, II Is for the government to take
hold OF the monopoly and regulate
IL. II monopoly Is not inevitable,
then the thing for law to do Is to
break 1t up and prevent its forming
again. / believe that monopoly can
be broken up.
II understand that the leaders OF
the third party start with this PROPOSE
ton that the big combinations which
now control business are inevitable,
and that the best We can do Is to
establish an industrial commission
which will take charge of them and
see that they are good to US.
Il deny the fundamental PROPOSE
ton. ! deny that these big combina-
tons are inevitable, and l can prove
that they were not inevitable by the
processes by which they were estab-
lished
Where was the method now pro-
posed OF regulating the trusts sug-
gested? II was suggested in the in
quiry by the House OF Representa-
tives into the Steel Trust and 1t was
suggested by Mr.. Gary and Mr..
George w. Perkins. They have
thought this thing out. / am not In
terested In their motives. 1t may be,
for all / know, that they honestly
think that Is the way to safeguard the
business Of this country, but what
ever they think, this they knew, that
IL will save the United States Steel
corporation from the honesty OF
doing it's business better than its
competitors"
Gov Wilson declared the Steel
Trust and other such combinations
had failed In their theoretical purpose
to be efficient and economical. and
then he said:
When these gentlemen say that
these combinations are a necessity
for economy and efficiency, the only
answer | can think of that meets the
situation is rats. Go tell II to the
marines, but don't venture to tell It
to anybody who knows the circum-
stances by which these combinations
were made.
Now the alternative Is 10 regulate
competition--to say that to get into
community and sell below cost to
squeeze out competitor shall be an
offense against the criminal law Of
the United States and that anybody
that attempts II will have to answer
at the bar OF a criminal tribunal.
I'VE have been having trials and
lnNCbIlkdbiOHo Wy NOhbi COS anu We
know the processes by which these
men have accomplished the settling
zip of their monopoly and II we don't
know how to stop them then the law
yers of this country have lost their
ingenuity and their intelligence.
There are great many legal
things that you can do now that Will
put the little man out OF business.
And that is the reason | want to
change the law, and then the whole
atmosphere will clear. The lawyer
will be obliged to say Yes, My Dear
Sirs. that is very fine scheme, but
IL you follow IL, you will get into the
penitentiary; you have been found
out"
That the governor appreciates the
progressiveness OF the west was DEM
onstrated when he said:
The satisfaction OF talking TO peo-
pie In this part Of the country, Is TO
know that they do their own thinking.
II Is delightful to see how they make
wry faces over having to swallow
mere rhetoric"
In outlining his party's trust pro-
posal at one point, Gov. Wilson SAID:
The Democratic program Is to see
to II that competition is so regulated
that the big fellow cannot put the
little fellow out of business.
Gov. Wilson planned this morning
10 remain in Minneapolis and st. Paul
today. and leave for chicago TINS
evening.
ON BOARD Ro0SEXELTS- SPE-
CIAL CAR, wINSLOW, Ariz, Sept
1s.-out in the desert country, where
conservation OF water supply Is
question Of its best utilization. Col.
Roosevelt today carried his discus
sion OF the progressive plans for re-
clamation of arid lands, travelling
from Arizona TO New Mexico.
There we're three speeches sched-
uled for the day.
Throughout today in his speeches
the colonel developed the policy he
advocated strongly at Phoenix late
yesterday, that OF the recall OF all
public officials.
II would go even further than the
Progressive platform" he said. Il
would like TO have the recall apply
to everybody. including the presi-
dents. never feel like refusing what
the people want, and will follow their
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