CUSTEE COUNTY REPUBLICAN ,
VOL. XXVJI BROKEN BOW , CUSTKR COUNTY NEBRASKA , THURSDAY , OCTOBEK 8 , 1908. NO. 18
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"Mr. Taft IB broad In mind , with a
big heart and Well equipped to bo
tne chief magistrate of this country.
As a lawyer , he has no superior. AB
an administrator , he has won world
wide renown , and his work In that
particular will be historic. He Is pure ,
brave , flrm and kind , and will make
one of the greatest American presi
dents. " ( Senator Bevorldge. )
This year the Republican state
ticket will be supported In the cam
paign by the best record made by
any administration la the state's his
tory. The Democratic ticket -will bo
supported by the political agents of
the great railway corporations doing
business In the state. The voter must
decide whether be will face forward
under the banner borne by Governor
Sheldon and his Republican associates ,
cr face to the rear beneath the banner
of the allied democracy and the roll-
reads.
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ED McCOM S
Broken Bow - Nebr.
I
AN 1MPEACTICABLE DEMOCRATIC
PROPOSITION FOR TRUST
CONTROL ,
BYOOV
Convincing Exposition ! of Fallacy of
Bryan's Panacea For Solving
Problems of Modern
Business.
When we consider remedies that are
proposed for the trusts , we find our
selves Journeying In a land of dreams.
Again the magician of 1890 waves his
wand. At a stroke dlfllcultles disap
pear and the complex problems of mod
ern business are forgotten In the fas
cination of the simple panacea. And ,
ns the free coinage of silver In the
ratio of 10 to 1 was to destroy the
curse of gold , so the new found specific
of equal perfection Is to remove the
curse of Industrial oppression. Thu de
lusion of 1008 IB comparable only to
that of twelve years ago.
The first sugestlou Is that the law
should prevent a duplication of di
rectors among competing corporations.
Howerer advisable It may be to hnva
Independent directorates of competing
corporations , ft would seem still more
Important to have Independent stock
holders , for a majority of the stock
holders of a corporation choose the di
rectors. If a law were passed pre
venting the duplication of directors It
would easily be evaded In the selection
of men who would represent the same
I
Interests. The most ordinary exper
ience shows that It Is not necessary to
serve on & board of dlroctors In order
to control lt proceedings. Whatever
the advantage of such a law as IB pro
posed , it hardly rlsos to the dignity of
a "remedy , " or vindicates Its title to a
place In an Imposing scheme of reform
outlined In a national platform.
But the more Important proposal is
"that any manufacturing or trading
corporation engaged in interstate com
merce shall be required to take out a
federal license before It ahull be per
mitted to control as much as 25 per
ceat of the product In which It deala. "
A license Is permission , and the object
of the remedy IB not to regulate large
businesses , but to destroy trusts. Hence
the supposed efficiency of the plan Is to
be found In the prohibition of the con
trol by any such corporation "of more
than 50 per cent of the total amount of
any product consumed In the United
States. " This Is another delusion of
ratio.
It might be Interesting to Inquire
what Is the moaning of "any product
consumed In the United States. " Doea
It refer to a class of commodities ?
And , If so , how shall the classes be de
fined ? Or docs It refer to each separate -
rate article of commerce ? And , If BO ,
what account docs this proposal take
ifl'jnniJIHi' ' . ' . TinAmiAiA. .
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BROKEN BOW OUSTER COUNTY
We are headquarters for Breakfast Foods
IfKamo Coffee in one pound cans is the finest blend
of coffee in existance. Order a can per Ib. 30c
tTea Leaf brand of Japan Tea is a perfect tea in
fact it is all tea , no dust. In land 1 pound pack
ages perIb SOc
IfNew Evaporated Apricots" , dirt cheap per Ib 15c
IfThe Premium Soda Cracker , finest in the
land . -per box $1.00
IfAll Grades of Coal Oil , red or regular as you want
it , same price. 70c for 5 gal . .per gal. I5c
TThe [ finest tooth picks. Kamo hard wood pk. 5c
IfFresb Bread daily , Louergau or Blair's per loaf 5c
tTbe Lamp Season is close at hand. Watch us for
Lamps. We will have all kinds very shortly : : : :
Highest prices paid for Fresh Butter Eggs Cream-
\gents for Chase Goods purchased of us delivered TRAD I ?
Pure Oia elder
< | . Sanborn'a livered free to any parts of Vinegar
Teas and Coffees. the city : : : . : MARK.
of the skill and Initiative of manufac
turers who hare built up a'more or
loss exclusive trade In particular ar
ticles , often protected by trade-marks ,
although In most active competition
with other articles designed for the
same general purpose and set-king the
mine market ? In a desire to correct
the evils of business arc we to place
an embargo upon honest endeavor
whose activities present none of the
abuses requiring remedies ? And , If
tot , what statutory definitions shall * be
round to be adequate and Just If we
ay down our prohibition In terms of
volume or ratio of business and not in
terms of right and wrong ? If we
idopt Mr. Bryan's proposal , to what pe
riod of production Is the prohibition
: o apply ? Is the excess for a day or
for a month to bo considered ? Or Is
: ho average production for a year to betaken
taken ? And what system shall bo de
vised by which suitable Information
may be furnished In the nature of dan
ger signals along the routes of trade
so that the 'manufacturer may know
when he Is about to exceed the pre
scribed ratio ? lie may Justly be re
quired to govern his own conduct , but
how shall he be apprised of the con
duct of others upon which Is to depend
his guilt or innocence ?
The patent law § confer true
monopoly In the exclusive right to man
ufacture and BCll. Are these laws to
bo repealed because a "private mon
opoly IB Indefensible and Intolerable ? "
Ilryiiu' * Crndo IlenitunlnK.
An example of Mr. Bryan's reasonIng -
Ing Is found in hla statement that
"when a corporation controls CO per
cent of the total product It supplies
forty millions of people with that prod
uct. " There are , of course , specialties
which have a limited market and are
used by a relatively small number of
the people of the United States. More
than 50 per cent , and indeed even aa
much us JOO per cent of the trade In
such articles may be In the control
of a particular corporation. This may ,
in fact , be relatively a small corpora
tion. It may never have aspired to tiio
unsavory renown of a "trust. " But by
prosecuting Its particular line with
fidelity and meeting satisfactorily a
limited want ; or by reason of some
secret procosnes or advantage of experi
ence , It may control the trade In a nlv-
eu article of commerce. Or , suppose a
concern controls the whole trade In
some useful byproduct which It has
found It advantageous to make , Is the
trade to be prohibited ?
The Democratic platform makes no
exceptions to cover such casus , and we
have learned that it Is equally "binding
ns to what It ouilts. "
If we could , imagine such a crude
prohibition to be enacted Into law , and
to be regarded ns valid , what would be
the effect ? Mr. Bryan , with his usual
readiness , uuggcsts that the concern
niuy Bell as much of its plants aa are
not needed to produce the amount al
lowed by law. He speaks aa though
every manufacturing concern had as
many fully equipped uulti of produc
tion as would correspond to any given
percentage of trade wh'leh It might be
required to lop ( iff. 1'lunts arc not so
easily dismembered. Reduction In out
put means reduction In work , reduction
In the number of men employed and
curtailment of the efllclency of a going
concern. Let us suppose a concern
which controls SO per cent of a given
product that In to say , makes and
soils $8,000,000 In value out of a total
trade In the product amounting to $10-
000.000. Is It to be compelled to reduce
its output to ? i.,000,000 because only
$ ' _ ' .000,000 in value are mnde by others ?
Then , If It could sail a part of Us plant
on Mr. Bryan's theory , what should It
sell ? Should It sell off enough to reduce -
duce KB rapacity to fS.OOO.OOO , and
allow three-fifths of Iti plant to remain
Idle until othorH developed a rnpurlty
for bundling the other $5OOu.OOO ?
Should It assume that the total tradu
will Increase and Is not always to r-
maln at 310,000,009 , ind kcmc ? retnla
a larger portion of Its plant In Idle
ness ? Or suppose a concern controls.
100 per cent of the trade In sonic arti
cle , what plants shall It retulu ? it
can produce nothing until others pro
duce ; but It may produce an tnnnimt
equal to the production of others , and
It hopes the trade will grow. What a
vision of business uncertainty and con
fusion , of Idle and Impaired plants , of
the ruin of worklnpiucn whoso Urns
have clustered around particular Indus
tries and who depend upon their con
tinued elllciency , IH presented by thin
fanciful remedy for the destruction of
trusts 1
Apart from tills , If the dissolution
were effected lu the manner desired
and portions of plants could be sold
and were sold as suggested , to whom
would the sale be mnde ? Would It be
necessarily to foes or to those ambi
tious to be competitors and anxious to
take advantage of Its plight ?
This proposal in Its utter disregard
of the facts of business , In its substi
tution of the phantasies of the Imagin
ation for the realities of life , stamps
the Democratic platform with the fatal
stamp of ISOlt. The commerce and In
dustry of this couutry ( the Interests of
its wage earners and of Its Interdepend
ent masses , who must rely upon the
stability of business cannot afford to
give license to such vnsarles.
In the solemnity with which this
proposal bus been declared , and the In-
Blstencc with which it is advocated , we
find an appropriate test of tlie capacity
of our opponents to deal wisely with
Hie problems of the duy.
Mr. Taft's Marvelous Methods.
Mr. Taft's methods of work
have always been a marvel to
those who have been in close
official association with him.
He turns from one task to an
other with the utmost facility ,
allows himself to be interrupted
o i trival pretexts while-immersed
in consideration of important
matters , and seemingly never
wastes a minute , with it all keep
ing unruffled and good natured.
He was at his desk in the War
Department up to the very
second of his start to the Philip
pines in 1905. When but twenty
minutes remained in which to
catch the train he was notified
but continued to sign papers.
"Only fifteen minutes. " said
his secretary.
"All right , " replied Mr. Taft ,
dipping his pen freshly into the
ink.
"Five minutes , " urged the
secretary.
"All right" was Mr. Taft's
response , seizing another docu
ment.
Six minutes later the secretary
said he thought that Mr. Taft
had missed the train.
"All right , " said Mr. Taft ,
into his ' 'we'll
sliding coat , go
and see. "
Mr. Taft was busy with his
papers in the carriage J3 it dash
ed to the depot , where the train
had been kept waiting for twenty
minutes.
" I thought it would wait , "
commented Mr. Taft , as he
climbed aboard. "It is better
that we should keep a train wait
ing than the business of the
United States should be delayed
because a few papers weren't
signed. "
Mrs. Taft in the White House.
Mrs. Wm. II. Taft will move
amid familiar scenes when she
becomes the first lady of the laud
and is at the head of the White
House menage. Mrs. Taft is a
daughter of John W. Ilerron ,
who was a law partner of former
President Rutherford B. Hayes.
The Hayes and Hcrron families
were closely connected by ties of
friendship , and to Miss Ilerron ,
Mr. and Mrs. Hayes were always
"Uncle" and "Aunt. " Miss
Ilerron spent many of her holi
days from school with the Hayes
in the White Hou- ; . IJ a reccr.t
conversation Mrs. Taft said :
"Nothing in my life exceeds the
, , Dent
ROOSEVELT'S
tribute to
IMR.TAFTJ
I fool that the country la hulood to be congratulated upon the
nomination of Mr. Tuft. I
have known him Intimately for many year
and I have a peculiar fooling for him , because throughout that tlm
ho worked for the name object , with the same purposes and Ideals.
I do not bollovo there could bo found In all the country a man
oo well fitted to bo President.
Ho Is not only absolutely foarlesa , absolutely disinterested and up
right , but ho has the widest acquaintance with the nation's needs , wllk-
out and within , and the broadest sympathies with all our citizens.
Ho would bo as emphatically a President of the plain people aa
Llno-jln , yet not Lincoln himself would bo freer from the least taint
of demagogy , the least tendency to arouse or appeal to clans hatred of
any kind.
Ho hao a peculiar and Intimate knowledge of and sympathy with
the needs of all our people of the fanner , of the wage earner , of the
business man , of the property owner.
No matter what a man's occupation or social position , no matter
what his creed , his color , or the section of the country from which ho
, comes , If ho Is an honest , hard working man who trios to do bin duty
toward his neighbor and toward the country , ho can rest assured that
he will have In Mr. Taft the most upright of roproaontativoB and the
most fearless of champions.
Mr. Taft stands against privileges and ho stands pro-omlnontly for
the broad principles of American citizenship which llo at the founda
tion of our national well being.
climax of human bliss which I
felt as a girl of sixtccu when I
was first entertained at the
White House. The thing that
seemed remarkable to me was
that although the Hayes occu
pied the most exalted position in
the laud , they were just as they
had been in Ohio. They wcrc'nt
changed a bit ; I couldn't ' under
stand it , then , for I , supposed , of
course , that their manners must
change with their advent to the
White House , to be in keeping
with my conceptions of the
alternation in their position in
life. "
More Than Three to One.
That is how Judge J. S. Ben
jamin found that our people
would vote in Broken Bow after
making a careful canvass of the
business section of the city. In
his rounds he only run'across one
Republican who said he was
going to vote for Bryan , and
when pressed for a reason , the
only one this man could give
v/as "Because Bryan lived in
Nebraska " It ib a poor reason
and as the man is a pretty
shrewd business man we look for
him to change his mind and vote
for Taft after he considers this
question more thoroughly.
Should be Elected.
W. D. Gardner of Westerville
was a pleasant raller at our office
last Saturday and while here had
us push the date of his subsrip-
lion a year in advance. Mr.
Gardner is the Republican candi
date for supervisor of District
No. 1 , and he says that he is
going to be elected by a good
majority. Mr. Gardner ia in
every way qualified to fill the
position of supervisor from Dist
rict No. 1 and should be
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