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ony with the position of Jefferson
With a knowledge of human nature
which few men havo equalled and
nono surpassed, and with extraor
dinary foresight, he expressed unal
terable opposition to every form of
private monopoly. The student of
history will And that upon thh sub
ject, as, upon other subjects of gov.
L. eminent, tho groat founder uf th'j
r ' .. i
I ) uomocrnuc party took his position
Dress Goods
Special
JO HOLTS OF NOVELTY
SITTINGS IX HOTH LIGHT
AN DARK SHADES, ALL
VKHV- DKSIRAHLE PAT
TEHXS, THIS SPRING'S PUR.
CHASES INCLUDED.
BOc TO 7flc VALUES
38c yd
Wash .' ,
Goods
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A RIG, ASSORTMENT OF
15c TO 33c VALUES TO
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CLOSE OUT AT
9c yd
Great
Shirtvvaist
Sale
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SILK, COTTON ANT) WOOL
"WAISTS, oOc TO $7.00 VAL
UES FOR-
25c
IT IS TRUE THAT THE STYLES ARE NOT THE VERY LATEST, RUT THEY WILL COMPARE VERY
WELL WITH THOSE YOU NOUGHT LAST SEASON AND ARE STILL WEARING. THE SILKS ARV3
IN ALL COLORS AND ARE WORTH TEN TIMES THE FrtlCE WE ASK FOR THEM.
Real 50c to $7.00 Waists Reduced to 25c
upon tho stdo of tho wholo pcoplo
, nnd agalust those who seek to mnko . not oxcrclso It to make private mo
(a private use of government, or nopollcs Impossible?
, strive to seauro special privileges at! Tho llconso Bystem presents an
monopoly, or which will pormit the
Interstate telegraph lines to bo
used to Increase tho power tof a
prlvato monopoly; or, to mnko 'tho
case stronger, no party can consis
tently clnlm to bo opposed to tho
trusts which will allow tho' nulls
of tho United Statqa to bo UfcoJ by
tho trusts as an ngoncy for tho ex
termination of competition. Con
gress 1ms already exercised this
power to exterminate lotortos. Why
tho expense of tho public. .easy way of regulating such corpor
I I have, In discussing the tariff atlona as need federal regulation.
quoatloii, prosontod ono ot our rom-,Tho law can not prohibit tho doing
j odles, namely, tho repeal of tho ot a thing and liuposo i ponnlty for. raises prices this is tho first
let 'the respective positions of the
parties bo fully understood. Tho
Democratic party doca not oppose
'all corporations; on the contrary", It
( recognizes that tho corporation can
render an important service to the
public. The Democratic party wanls
, to employ ovory instrumentality that
can bo employed for tho advanco-
mont of tho common good; but tho
Democratic party draws tho lino at
private monopoly and desires that
a private monopoly cannot bo Justi
fied on cltho'r economic or political
grounds.
Wherever private monopolies ox
, 1st, certain lrresltlblo tendencies
manifest themselves. First, It
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(Continued from Pace 1.)
year aftor year why It was Impos-' pealing to tho Roosevelt Republl-
' nntt I (llnHiinnliiH a k 1 n ..!. I..&
is so llfclosH and his manner so
slblc to enforco It.
Instead of being a "wholesomo In
strument for good," it htiB been al
most useless, so far as tho protec
tion of tho public 1b concorned, for
tho trusts havo grown In number, In
strength and In nrrogance, nt tho
very tlmo when tho Republican par
ty was bonstlng of Its enforcement
of law. Tho stcol trust was formed
Immediately after tho election in
1000, and a promlnont Republican
snld, in n speech soon nftor, tlint
'Sow bow does tho Republican
er ihow lis real indlfforenco to
! reform inoro than In It's trcat-
ot the trust question. Hero
I tie Republican platferm:
( iuv iwim until ii jinny jjubbvu iiiu
iram anti-trust law over Dom-
itle opposition and onforccd It
pr Democratic dereliction. It
been n wholcsomn Instrument
Nf tood la the hands of a wlso nnd'lt might jiavo prevented a Ropubli
ifleM administration. Hut ox- cnu victory If It hnd been formod bo-
Mac has shown tlint It's offcc- icr(! t election.
tonea can J)o Btrengthoned nnd ' Moat of tho trusts havo novor
retl objects better nttnlned by uoou disturbed nnd thoso that lmvo
naendmens bb will give to the ,,00n prosecuted have not hnd their
Wttil government creator minor- business sorlously Interrupted. Tho
ProBldeut lias dono Romothlng to
ward tho enforcomont of tho law
but not nearly ouough, nnd tho Rj
rnibllcnn loaders have thwarted him
t ovory point. Finally the bus!
at over point. Finally tho Presi
dent been me so exasperated that he
sont to congrosfi a mossago whicn
hooked Republican londors by the
ri and control over, nnd secure
'pub1' 'i In the mnnngamont
'"a i of corporations on
Mfiii "i i itafe commorco. hnv-
wc and (iiportunlty to affect
F
-ivh'riiji antl-truit law was
I'M Ik tun aRo; it has a crlm-
ww hi,u tiroviiles a
.r1;;; P- florwnoM .MU denunciation of tho
-"' wnment for thoao who , . . . ,
- fngpth,. In rmtZnt at lirecmtory terost8- T1e very con-
Ev - .in , 1 rm , J vontlon'thnt ipoko In IU platform of
fcv, Jintp the ennctmont nf .. ...... ...
uh tw ...! ,,-..- l,, numinutrniion as "a wiso ami
fc Republics pVrty hne con-. refar'088 nf mv" nriiiyf
K the ex.,tiv LJJ1 "" ,.oi tho sonntors and mombore of
l:w of representatives. In-'T088 ;vh 1b0,d,y ?,)p0,80(, ovo,ry
Democratic dereliction, the T ' i . , V ' ' .
Party ha. henn m, ,cltohes of tho favor-seeking corpo.-
er ear. the strict fnr. . nUon8'
Tho Ropubllcnu platform snya
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For August
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a'iarty ha- been ,.,;,,., tnat experlonco hns shown that tie
uneciivenoss ot tno anii-trusi taw
' could bo strengthened by amend
ments which will glvo tho federal
government grentor supervision and
, control over, and greater publlolty
as to tho management of thoso in
toretato commerce corporations
which havo the power and oppor
tunity to effect monopolies. That
is all. No pointing out of remedies;
no outlining of a plan for more
effectlvo legislation simply a gen
eral statement that promises noth
ing in particular. And Mr. Taft's
speech of acceptance ie even weaker
than the platform. Ho gives no
evidence of having studied the
question or of comprehending the
I Iniquities of a monopoly. You look
tin vain in his notification speech
for any sign of indignation at what
the trusts havo been doing or foi
evidence of zeal in their prosecution.
He has, for several years, been an
1 intimate official companion of tno
President, but be has caught none
of tho fire which the President man
ifested in his message of lal January.
If In the presence of an arousod
people, and In the heat of a cam
paign, the Republican party con
tents Itself with a cplorlese plat
form on this subject, what can wo
expect In 4tho way of activity when
the exigencies of the campaign are
I passed? If. when Mr. Taft Is ap-
apologetic and apathetic, what rea
son havo wo to expect either vigor
In tlio enforcement of tho law or
carnestnoss In tho search for addi
tional remedies?
in mu upuuen aouvcrca auout a
year ago announcing his candidacy
Mr. Taft suggested that tho present
law .bo so amended so as to permit
"rca&onnblo" restraint of trndo.
oiiuu uu amcnumoni. would uo ns
absurd as an amendment to tho law
ngahiBt burglary limiting tho law
to cases In which moro than two
burglars ontorod tho houso at ono
tlmo and took more tlun half thoy
found, in his notification apooch
ho suggests national incorporation
re remedy which would mnko con
ditions worse bocntiBO, without add
ing to tho powor of congress to pro
vont monopolies, it would deprive
tho stntos of tho powor to protect
tholr own people.
Now lot mo contrast the Demo
cratic platform with the Republican
platform. Nowhero I. the dlfforenco
in tho method of dealing with ques
tions more innnlfost. Our platform
says:
A prlvato monopoly is indeferi
slblo and Intolerable. Wo therofore
favor tho vigorous enforcement of
tho crlmlnnl law against guilty
trust magnate and ofllclnls, and de
mand tho enactment of such nddf
tfonnl legislation na may be necoi
sary to make It Impo&slblo for a
prlvato monopoly to exist In the
United Stntos. Among tho addi
tional remedloe, wo specify three;
FlrBt, a law preventing a dupli
cation of directors among compet
ing corporations;
Second, a license system which
will, without abridging tho right of
each Btate to create corporations, or
its right to regulate as It will for
eign corporations doing business
within Its limits, mako it neceaiary
for a manufacturing or trading cor
poration engaged in interstate com
morco to take out 'a federal license
before It shall bo permitted to con
trol as much as 25 per cflnt of tho
product in which It deals, the license
to protect tho public from watered
stock and to prohibit tho control
by such corporation of moro than
50 per cent of tho total amount of
any product consumed In tho United
States; and, third, a law compelling
such licensed corporations to sell to
all purchasers in all parts of th
qountry on tho same terms, after
making due allowance for cost of
transportation."
Here is a plain, candid statement
of the partios position. Thore Is no
quibbling, no ovaeion, no ambiguity.
A prlvato monopoly la indefensible
and Intolerable. It Is bad bad m
principle and bad In practice Xo
appology can be offered for it, ana
no people should endure it. Our
party's position is entirely In barra-l
tariff from Imports which compet
j with trust-made good. This, wo be
.llevo, would grontly lesson tho ox-
.tortion prncticed by tho truste nnd
t bring about tho dissolution of mnny
. monopolistic combines, But wo nro
1 not satisfied moroly with tho lessen
. Ing of extortion or with the dissolu
tion of some ot tho trusts.
It 1b Impossible for tho Republi
can party to enforco tho present
criminal law against trust offlclnlf;
theso ofllclnls aro Intlmntoly con
nected with tho Republican party
in tho present campnlgn. Tnko, for
Instance, tho chairman of the Re
publican speakers' commlttco, Mr
Dupont of Delownro. Ho is tho do
fondant In a suit which tho govern
ment brought and Is now prosecut
ing. Mr. Dupont Is charged with
violation of tho anti-trust law. Mr.
Taft favors control of trusts in
stead of extermination, but after
years of experlonco tho peopld havo
learned that tho trustB control tha
government. As stated in tho
Democratic platform It Is:
"A llccn&o system which will,
without abridging tho right of each
stato to create corporations, or U,i
right to regulate as It will foreign
corporations doing business within
its limits, mnko It necessary for n
manufacturing or trading cvorpora-
Hon ongaged in Intorstnto commorco
to tnko out a federal llconso before
It shall bo pormlttod to control ns
much ns 25 per cont of tho product
In which It deals, the llconso to pro
tect tho public from wntorcd stock
and to prohibit tho control by ouch
corporation of moro than 50 por cent
of tho total amount of any produc
tion consumed In tho United
States."
'"""AB'io5ng,atf"a corporation confines
ItBolf to tho stato In which It Is cro
ntcd, congress can not Intorforo with
it; but when tho corporation ongngos
in intorstnto commorco, congrocs is
tho only power thnt can rcgulnto U
Interstate business.
Wo want to mako it unlnwful for
n corporation to use tho Instrumen
talities of intorstnto commorco for
tho carrying out of a monopolistic
purposo. Suroly no pnrty enn con-
DiBiuiiuy uiauii iu uu uijiunuu iu i
tho violation of tho law, but expe
rience hn8 Bhown thnt it 1b very dif
ficult to gather up evidence from nil
sections ' of tho United Stntea and,
prosecute n great corporation.
Tho llconso, however, would not
pormit tho growth ot the corpora
tions licensed. Ono of tho restric
tions suggested Is that bucIi licensed
corporations bo compelled to soil
all purchasers In all parts of tho
country on tho Bamo terms, aftor
mnklng duo nllowanco for coot of
transportation. Mr. Taft' attacks
this restriction as "utterly imprac
ticable." Ho snyB:
"If it can bo shown that in order
to drlvo out competition, n corpor
ation owning a largo part of tho
plant producing an article is selling
In ono nirt of the country, whoro
It has competitors, at n low and un
profitable prtco, and in nnothor part
of tho country, whoro it has none,
at an exhorbltnnt jprlco, this is or
Idonco that It Is attempting an un
lawful monopoly and Justifies con
viction under tho antl-tniBt law."
Ho snya:
"To suporvlco tho buslnosa of
corporatlona In Buch a way nn to
fix tho prlco of commodities ami
compol tho sale at ouch prlco to as
abBtird and socialistic a plank as
was over InBortcd -In a Democratic
political platform."
And yet this sentonco Is found In
tho samo paragraph with tho sen
tonco nbovo quoted In which ho de
clares that It Is ovon now a viola
tion ot tho Sherman nntl-trust law
for a corporation to attempt to de
stroy a compotltor by soiling at n
low and unprofitable prjco whoro It
has competition, and nt an exor
bitant prlco whoro it hns no compe
tition. Ih what rospoct is our plan
moro socialistic than tho plank
which Mr. Taft. Indorsos?
According to Mr. Tnft'g logic, a
plan 'b not socialistic which is not
effectlvo, but tho snmo would bo
socialistic if mndo offoctivo.
No ono proposes to Intorforo with
production on a largo Bcalo. No ono
objects to production on a scnlo Biif
flcontly larso to onablo tho producer
to utlllzo by-products and tnko ad
vantage of nil tho economics thnt
prlvato monopolies which will per- lnrgo production makes poBslblo.
m It tho Intorstnto rn II roads to bo! Lot tho Issuo bo mndo plain; lot
need to carry cmt tho doslgne of a tho distinction bo accurntoly drawn;
t
, thing thought of, for thu Incrcnsing
of proCtts. Then, In proportions ns
It becomos tho only purchaser of tho
raw material, It reduces tho prlco
of tho raw material, and tho pro
ducer of thnt raw material, having
I no market, must accept tho price
! offered.
I Competition protects tho pur
chaser, for when a number of Inde
pendent producers stand rendy to
I supply him with what ho needs, he
.cnn chooso botwecn thorn and buy
from tho ono who offora the bot
product at tho lowest prlco.
Mr. Taft cither misunderstands or
misrepresents tho Democratic post-
,t!on In rogard to tho extermination
of tho principle of prlvato monopoly.
In his notification speech in which
ho says: ,
j "Mr. Roosevelt would compel the
tnusts to conduct their business in
I h lawful manner and secure the
bonofltB of tholr operation and the
maintenance of ho prosperity of the
country of which they aro an im
portant part; whllo Mr. Dryan
would oxtlrpato and destroy tho en
tiro business In ordor to stamp out
tho evils which thoy havo practiced
Horo Is a confession by Mr. Taft
that ho regards tho triiBta as nec
essary to' tho nation's prosperity,
for ho declares that tho play an im
portant part In 'tho maintenance ot
prosperity, and ho charges that X
would "oxtlrpato and doetroy" bul
noBs In extirpating and destroying
tho prlnclplo of private monopoly.
Suroly, his study ot the tru&t
question has boon very superficial If
ho soos danger in tho restoration
of a reign of competition.
Tho pooplo havo beon robbed by
tho trusts to tho extent of hundreds
ot mlltons a year, and If Mr. Taft
Is not yet coiilcIoub ot what Is go
ing on, and not yet arousod to the
Iniquity of these trusts, how can
tho country hopo for rollot through
his olection?
Tho word, "socialistic" Ib hurled
nt tho Domocratlo party and tho
Democratic platform. Now, as a
mnttor of fact, It Is Mr. Tnft'B party
nnd not tho Domocrntlo party which,
hnn given oncourngomont to social-'
Ism. Whllo profosslng to abhor so
cialism, tho Ropubllcnu parly linn
gone half wny toward socialism hi
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