Show republican opposition to brusti the republicans always try to pose as the enemies of trusts but it is a significant aut fact that when the late senator plumb introduced an antitrust amendment to the mckinley bill his lican ican colleagues voted it down with an overwhelming emphasis ia 0 ap pp t amendment i I 1 i if it shall ahall appear to the satisfaction pads faction of cf any circuit or district court 0 of f the united stated that the manufacture e and prot production luction or of distribution strib ution of similar articles of domestic production or of tho the articles of domestic manufacture and production with which an imported article comes into competition is controlled bya by a single corpora corporation tion firm or in individual or by any combination or a agreement breemen t between corporations firms finna 0 or r individuals engaged in the manufacture pro production duchon salo sale or distribution ot of f such euch domestic article so as to produce either of the following results namely the establishment of arbitrary luid pre prices for arr such articles of domestic manufacture or production or the arbitrary and artificial ie or limitation of the production or sale of such article or the suspension ion of competition in the sale distribution manufacture or production of such domestic articles then the importer of such competing pet particles articles khall be entitled to deceive his goods free from duty this was vas voted against by every republican except senators plumb and paddock and it received the vote of every democratic senator somo two years ago the now new york tribune mado made the following threat tit at our tariff trusts those who so BO combine have no right to complain in tiny any cae if congress sees fit to cut off absolutely all advantages winch which they cerii deme e or can bo be supposed to derive from tho alio system they thus assail such a sentiment benti ment sounds well to tho the voter but no ono one can expect republican senators to transform it into a law as nothing is to bo be permitted to disturb tho the i holy symmetry of tho the tarie system |