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Show Hanna Talks About Trusts. Cleveland, O., Oct. 21. Senator Hanna, Han-na, in a speech before the Fifth district Republican club, said the combination of capital for one purpose or another is not a political question at all. It is a business question and ought not to have been brought into politics. When our industries were in their infancy, England and other c6untries came along and sold goods in this country at less than the price asked in their own country. Then followed the protective pro-tective tariff law. Having secured this protection our manufacturers went abroad aud are making rapid strides, successfully competing with the whole world. It is evident, however, that they can not continue to do this without combined capital. The formation of trusts is simply an evolution of business methods. meth-ods. From a business point of view the formation of these combines, in one sense, is a step forward. Trusts have existed in Europe as far back as two hundred years, and would exist without a tariff. |