BRYAN ON TRUSTS
DISPELS IDEA THAT HE IS ENE
MY OF INDUSTRY.
Democratic Candidate Logically Out
Lines His Policy for Regulation of
Big Corporations—Plan Both
Definite and Practical.
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In fulfillment of his plan of elab
orating and interpreting the various
planks of the Democratic platform,
Mr. Bryan chose the trust question
for his subject at the Kern notifica
tion proceedings at Indianapolis, It
Is one of the most elusive of themes,
as it is one of the most vexatious of
problems Mr. Bryan succeeded in
dispelling the idea that he is the en
emy of industry or the friend of cen- \
tralization.
As was the case at Des Moines,
where he handled the tarifT question,
Mr. Bryan had again the tremendous
advantage of no embarrassing al
liances. understandings or connections
with the forces for whose control and
regulation he argued. He left the
Democratic remedies for trust evils
more clearly understood and as log
ically placed as is possible without
practical test.
His definition of a trust as a "cor
poration which controls so large a
proportion of the total quantity of
any article used in this country as to
be able to regulate the price and
terms of sale” is probably as good as
any of the others, even if made to fit
the platform declaration. It was also
made clear that the fixing of 25 per
cent, of the output of an article as the
proportion of control which makes
necessary a federal license was an
arbitrary proceeding and 50 per cent,
as the forbidden point beyond which
control may not pass was equally ar- j
mirary. 10 aeny me correctness or
these figures is merely one way of
avoiding discussion of the correctness
of the principle involved. For pur
poses of illustration, 15 and 40 per
cent., or fio and 00 per cent., would
be as good. It is an Insignificant
matter.
The point is that where the extent
of a business passes a certain line it
ceases to he a matter of private con
cern; it becomes a matter of public
concern for the very simple reason
that the interests of the public are
paramount. Beyond this point, what
ever it is, there must be federal reg
ulation and supervision. Beyond an
other point even such regulation and
supervision promises no protection
against the power and financial
strength involved. Government Itself
may be smaller than the corporation
which would control more than 50 per
cent, of some commodities.
Mr. Taft's idea of recourse to in
junctive process, when necessary,
may be in greater harmony with legal
theories than the fixing by law of ar- j
bitrary lines, but it leaves openings i
too large. Experience, with the effi
cacy of the injunctive process has not
Ibeen satisfying, and Mr. Roosevelt's
•experience in trying to free his party
from trust domination is fruitful in
'Indications pointing to failure of the
Taft remedy.
With Mr. Bryan’s elucidation of
these points as the basis of the Dem
ocratic program for trust regulation,
the remainder is a matter of detail.
* designed to contribute to the attain- j
ment of the one end—namely, the re
tention of the benefits that come from
the perfecting of organization and
economics under combination without
seriously impairing competition or
t. curtailing those equal opportunities es
^ sential to the development of individu
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This is health.
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alism.
Compared to the vague and decep
tive demand of the Republicans for
“more laws” and the "amendment of
existing laws,” the Democratic plan
has the merit of being definite and ap
parently both practical and practica
ble. It certainly would insure uni
formity of treatment and admit the
playing of no favorites.—St. Louis Re
public.
WOULD WAIT A LSTTLE LONGER.
Old Man Was Taking No Chances on
T rnuhle
He was a man of 70, but as he had
had his hair and his long whiskers
colored a jet black one had to look at
him twice to get his age down pat. It
was on the rear end of a street car.
and after the wind had blown through
those colored whiskers for ten minutes
he asked of the man smoking the
bad cigar:
“Any news from Japan this morn
ing?”
"I didn’t see any in my paper," was
the reply.
“The excitement is sort o’ dying
out, eh?”
“Yes, I think so.”
“But there may be another row over
something?”
“It is possible, of course, but I
hardly think so. There was no real
cause for the excitement anyhow.”
"No, I guess not. but I’m rather con
servative and I think I'll wait a cou
ple of weeks longbr."
“For what, may I ask?”
“To pop the question to a widder
who owns a farm on the Connecticut
shore right where the Japs can sail
up and blow the dirt out of it down
to bed-rock. Widder's all right and
farm’s all right up to the present time,
but I'm taking no chances, if every
thing's all serene for two weeks more
I pop; if there’s any more talk about
war I wipe this dye off and shave up
and tell all widders to go to grass.”
Parable of the Foolish Citizen.
Once there was a good man who
labored hard on the farm, and on
each Sunday went religiously to
church. In time he gained sufficient
wealth to move into a near-by town,
where all his children were afforded a
chance for acquiring an education.
For all his supplies he sent to a dis
tant city. He opposed every proposi
tion to pave the streets of the place,
to improve the very schools his chil
dren attended, and when the assessor
visited him he was verily a pauper
for taxation purposes. This man was
a highly moral man, a pillar in the
church, and even worked a soap-club
deal in order to secure for the Sun
day school an organ. At last he died.
It is recorded that he entered the
pearly gates for which he long hoped
and prayed. The Btreets were golden.
and there was beauty on every side.
He marveled; became enraptured
with all he saw. To some angels
standing by he Bpoke: “This place
must have cost a pile of money?”
"Yes,” replied one of the white-winged
attendants, “but it has been paid for
below. Each one coming here must
help bear the burden of taxes—" Just
then a saintly-looking man approached
with a book, and the new arrival from
the farm took one look at him, and
believing him to be the assessor, bolt
ed out through the gate and then
woke up.
The house with glass windows and
any ordinary system of ventilation
will always be damp In winter, the
dampness coming from the exhalation
from the lungs of the birds occupying
the house. This dampness sUowb as
frost on the walls in cold weather and
is present as a vapor at all times.
There are two classes of poultry
keepers—those who bre*rf for fancy
and those who breed for market, and
neither of them has any need for the
old mongrel fowl. That Is as true
as the gospel.
HAIRPINS AND THEIR USES.
Many Popular Services Performed by
Little Instrument.
It Is recorded that Zola, on being
asked what impressed him most when
In England, replied: "The sight of so
many hairpins strewn along the paths.”
He probably, with most people, did
not realize to what varied and service
able uses this little article is put. It
Is an excellent substitute for a paper
cutter; it will pierce a cigar or clean
a pipe; as a buttonhook, either for
boots or gloves, it is invaluable; in
extremities it has served as a tooth
pick, horrible as this may seem;
while, if a sufficient number are used, ;
it supplies the place of a hatpin.
There is another popular service
also that it performs. Recently at a
smart hotel a young lady took up a
novel, saying to the man who was
carrying it around: "How far have
you got with this story?” As she
spoke she opened the book with that |
quick movement which inevitably be- !
trays the bookmarker, then putting it
down with a laugh, added: “Oh, I was
looking for the hairpin which marked
the place you had reached, but of
course you don’t use hairpins.”
He Needs Her.
No young man may be confidently
expected to use ordinary precaution
about matrimonial entanglements
when, with a girl handy, his big toe
is crying out for a female who can
darn socks!
o o o
Rag Time.
The man who overrates himself
runs out of wind trying to keep up
with his personal esiimate.
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No wise man will forget to mention
his wedding anniversary the day it
wobbles 'round. No wife ever does!
IF YOU SHOULD GET
SICK-THEN WHAT?
Every man, whether in busi
ness or not, should carry a
Health and Accident Poli
cy. You should guard a
gainst sickness and acci
dents by paying a small
monthly premium. The
time may come while you
are living that you will need
help on account of sickness
or accident. After we are
dead we will not need any
earthly help. Insure so
you can get help while you
are living. I will insure
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United States at the fol
lowing rates:
Accidental
Death
$2,500
2.500
$2,000
2,000
$2,000
2,000
$1,500
1.500
$1,200
Monthly
Sick Benefit
$50
70
CLASS B
$50
70
CLASS C
$40
60
CLASS XC
$3o
55
CLASS D
$30
Cost
Per flonth
$1.50
2.00
$1.50
2.00
$1.50
2.00
$1.50
2.00
$1.50
CLASS XD
$1,000 §25 $1.50
Class A consists of office
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Class B consists of sales
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Class C consists of station
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Class I) consists of deliv
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Class XC consists of farm
ers, farm laborers, etc.
Class XD consists of steam
fitters, etc.
It matters not what .your
occupation may be you can
tfet a policy. Call at the
Merchants & Planters Hank
and I will take pleasure in
showing you more fully and
help you provide against
sickness or accidents.
A. A. HENDERSON
Newark : : : Arkansas
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SCHEMES TO DEFRAUD.
Some of the Plans to Secure Money
Without Adequate Compensation.
Plans t®< secure money from the
people without giving adequate re
turns are numerous. Not alone are
the residents of country districts
made the victims of schemers, but
city people as well are now and then
humbugged by shrewd fakirs. Within
the past year or two it was announced
in the columns of magazines and the
farm papers of a seedless apple being
evolved. A few months later seedless
apple trees were wiueiy advertised
from different parts of the country.
One concern which started in to op
erate on an extensive plan organized
seedless apple companies in different
states of the western country. Within
a few months hundreds of thousands
of dollars were taken from the pock
ets of the people for seedless apple
trees. These trees were just the
ordinary kind, and poor stock at that.
So bold were the operations of the
seedless apple tree schemers that the
secretary of agriculture found it nec
essary to issue a bulletin warning the
people of the fraud, and later the post
office department issued fraud orders
against those engaged in the nefarious
business. There are nurseries located
in nearly every state, it is a good
plan for the residents of farming and
fruit growing districts to carefully in
vestigate concerns selling fruit trees
and similar lines before they are
given patronage.
• • •
A number of petty grafts have late
ly been worked throughout the coun
try. One of the common ones Is the
hiring of agents to sell soaps, per
fumes and other commodities on the
premium plan. The concerns which
operate games of this class generally
have their headquarters In some large
city and through advertising secure
the names of people desiring employ
ment as canvassers and agents To
such they send letters holding out ex
traordinary inducements. Those who
agree to act as agents sign a contract
which is an agreement to pay for such
goods as may be sent to them on con
signment. The sample outfits which
are forwarded, or the small stock of
goods, are billed In such a way as to
allow the concern an exorbitant profit.
If the agent succeeds in selling the
goods and remits promptly there is
not likelihood of being any trouble,
but generally the goods are so poor in
quality that they remain dead stock
in the hands of the canvasser, and
he will find that the agreement he has
signed will hold him to pay for the
goods.
One of the humbugs that Is perpe
trated upon the people of many com
munities Is the selling of stock in co
operative mercantile companies. Dur
ing the past three or four years the
residents of many small towns and ag
ricultural districts have lost hundreds
of thousands of dollars, if not mil
lions, through the buying of stock in
alleged cooperative establishments in
large cities. One company with head
quarters in Chicago, doing a mail
order business, sold stock in excess of
$1,000,000, and when the concern went
into the hands of a receiver about a
year ago there was not ten per cent,
of assets to return to stockholders.
Other alleged cooperative deals in
volve what is termed a profit sharing
plan. This plan does not require the
purchase of 6tock, but the cooperative
part is purely a scheme devised for
the securing of trade.
During the August days when exces
sive heat forbids activity, choose a
quiet corner and make a list of those
Christmas presents.
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Raw potato is good for cleaning old
oil paintings. A chunk of it will also
keep the baby quiet while ma runs
across lots to borrow two eggs and a
cup of sugar from the neighbor's.
Willie sometimes finds it fine business
for ‘ soaking" the cat, and rubbed on
a wart, it will not hurt the wart the
least bit.
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