The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-02

By II surgical operation.
"The senate OF the United States
tanned by the purchase of seats 20 the
= shame OF the people OF the country
Z tainted by the point OF view Of rs
lifelong members has not IN our timf
responded TO the impulse of the peopl,
III the United States n YOU postpone
reforms long. Won will smash every
party In the United States because
T there are things to he done, and we
cannot wait You will have to wait
s for either branch Of the Republican
i party"
The governor said hts program was
10 make unlawful those methods OF
unfair competition through which he
aa4d rnnnapnl.- had thrlven and added
All Know. Except Court.
1T is perfectly pos bic to find out
th. men who are responsible. There
have been cases tried IA the United
states where everybody who reads the
~ newspapers knew who the guilty per-
sons were except the court The
prosecuting attorney hsd never heard
Of the guilty man had apprehended
the wrong man, and was putting IN
certain number If rather helpless
looking dummies to- he tried by the
Jury. ! DO not mind putting A dummy
or two in 3ail for tho reason that Id
like TO stop tfaaic In dummies, I'd
Hike to make II dangerous e. he dun1-
mics 4"
Some people. The governor remark
ed believed the Offenders VA a cor
paration could not oe found, but the
nominee veutured thc suggestion that
"siillEent seareh had never heen
made"
The governor hereltcokyup the ques-
ton 81 regulating competition. He
said.
y have talked about the resW'Nticn
~ competition and men have asked
me what meant ! mean the stopping
of competition that Ia not fatr II a
great uonopolistie combination sees e.
IT that you can get A start BY un
dersslins you in your local market
on such terms that they are thur los
ing n3aaaY there and can do that only
hecause they are making money else
where that is a case NJ unfair cum
petition. You rsu MAXI tfsr KIM OF
competition criminal A ta,ns th3t f.
criminal d 'comss tucon ysnteut
-" O7s Kind OF Competition.
"Therw is another kind 81 cAmpoti-
ton. Yoa are a retail aNaier, Some
nsn wa doesn't manufac.u r. whole
line 81 your goods starts up and manu-
features part OF them. Fin2Irg he =
bright fellow, and he = 90 ecah2mi-
GAEAN R'ShUtSFd anu car ptt'AF FN 3iAA "
the thinga better and cheaper than the
men vo-I have been accustomed Ia buy
ing from on larger scale. and you
buy goods from him, What happens
The big competitor let's you know you
can't get the goods you need II you
continue &c buy from this pew com
p%titor.
Another thing. Suppose yoa start
~. manufactory. and deal IN GER
goods You DO not own mine. You
have - buy the ore. some nonopoIistic
combination owns sixty or seventy or
eighty parent If the mine You ind
!. they. make. Eon, Pa more for tbs are
than they make the combination pay.
Where do you stand? What are you
going TO do about IT.
Il am not going TO propose that the
government fix prices. but DO suggest
this is possible This country has TO
tree its raw material It's raw material
must be accessible. and II is perfectly
legitimate for the government To say
fYou can sell your raw material at any
price s-os, please but you have got 20
sell II 10 every body at the same price.
."Tha, fs not Interference with the
rights of property That liz interior
erlce with the rights Of monopoly, and
stand ah~oluteiv~ on the sentence In
fHH EbSsF03frHFfr ftaIfDfT1 I3AAA 1FfN Us .
MONOPOLY is indefsnsihie and tntQiera-
bic. | pledge myself. IF ever have
power 10 do everything honorable TO
break private MONOPOLY up In ths
United States. Then what win hap
PEN
"You say big business will he dam
aged DO you mean to say big bust
ness must rest on the basis Of mono
poly. that II can't be successfully
conducted on a great scale except by
monopoly? The men who have de-
pended on these methods Will have 10
depend ON the character NJ the goods
they manufa'ciure, the NFiceE, ts4@' ctr
cheney with which they organize their
business and seek their markets and
So far as / am concerned. they are
@s-ttf.t44fst. - sEzsFr- ag h.g aa --ztsazz
by these means
Garry Too Mucf, Water.
''T know there are difficulties. T.
ts that they are carrying 80 rnueA
water that they know IL won't be a
paying business on basis 81 eff
cheney If they have to pay interest
on that water All ] can say is that
II is none OF my business. I don
know how 70 get rid ~ the water.
That is their concern. Some 81 them
have brains enough even to carry VA
Ter. II they have ] take of my hat
to them.
The governor then referred to the
situation Ia New York. when voice
cried out We've go "a waik9ver
in New York, ihe governor smiled
approy4ngly and continued:
New York has gone through the
motions Of inslitntiuR reforms but
only throuEh The motions The pe1-
pie have put both parties INTO power
10 accomplish these reforms, and
yet wait far them - hc done. Ism,
& about time they we're doneP I am
rs deeply interested IN what New
York IL going 20 do for herself as
I am In what nay own dear state OF
New Jersey IL going 70 do. and Penn
syivanin. to the south we are al
~ the Same sjuT We are all think
ing the same Thing suggest that
w. shoNld not be at cross purposes
suggest that we get together, and
unite In s. common organization II
accomplish the great things for the
States We belong to"
The governor left for New York al
1910 tonight.