Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-01-31 | Page 6 | Beneficent Sunshine

BENEFICENT SUNSHINE. By the use of a metaphor Senator Bristow of Kansas has revealed tho administration's ad-ministration's trust policy in a huinor-ous huinor-ous light. "While this gcntlo process of dealiug with the trusts is bolug inaugurated," in-augurated," remarks Senator Bristow, "the stock of these corporations is continually con-tinually rising under this benoflccnt sunshine of the present trust policy." Cloarl this is not the intention of President Wilson, but tho eagerness with which he seeks to 6how boniguity whilo barbing his shafts to shoot at tho trusts may doccivo tho trust barons into belioving that life still holds out much hope for them in tho way of monopoly mo-nopoly and conspiracy in restraint of trade. The president's attitude is liko that, of a schoolmaster who, with a ruler up his sleeve, is trying with soft words to luro little Johnnie into tho schoolroom to bo thrashed. Perhaps tho president is inspired by the beat motives, but tho po sition' ho takes has at least tho air of hypocrisy. Years ago the precipitous Mr. Bryan declared that if he were elected president he would smash tho trusts, aud, judging from tho legislation introduced. President Wilson Wil-son intends to do no less. Why, thon, tho strained efforts to convinco the trust magnates that tho administration means no harm? Tbo president "a sentiments aro somewhat some-what liko those, of the Irishman who wont out to kill his landlord. Becoming Becom-ing convinced that tho landlord deserved de-served death, Pat armed himself with a muskot and, lying down bohind a hedge, waited for his landlord lo pasu by, Tho Jnndlord w:ib accuslomod to pass this particular point in his dogcart dog-cart over' evening at G o'clock. Tho hour camo and went, but no landlord; Gt.'JO came, and no .landlord; 7:30 came, and still no landlord. Pat got up from behind tho hedge and started away, saying: "I hope no harm has come to the poor man."