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Show "TRUST-MADE" GOODS. "Admission free from duty for nil trust-mule goods' is the latest shltabo-kth, shltabo-kth, the most fetching nnd catching argument ar-gument (o be piesented on tho hustings this rail b Ihe Democrats llnvlnc fulled tu make un Iwiue successful of niitl-cxpnnslun, tho raid Ib now to be made upon the Itcpubllcnn foim of protective pro-tective tariff under the guise of "check-mating "check-mating the trusts." In whatever the Democratic party may advance nil) where, ut nny time, as "a political Issue" or "a move In the Interest of tho common people," It shoull evei bo borne In mind that the Democratic pirty was orrnnlzed nnd has been sustained In the Interest of free trade l'oi n quarter of a century Its campilgn funds were predicated upon the "ante" of Ihe Cobden club of I'ngljnd. long befoio Giover Cleveland Cleve-land was elected Piceldent In 1SS1, the Democratic party would have pnssd out nf existence but for the financial support, the cold-cash assistance of the Cobden Tree Trade club of England Although the Democrats have quarreled with their English supporters nnd have shown their usual lngratltudo by recently re-cently denouncing lirltlsh rcntlment, the party Is yet for free trade. It may drift from ono line, from one Issue to another, but It ever returns to Its original orig-inal objective. It Is ulwajs for fico trade. No sooner does one Issue" or theory fall In election or prnctlc.il test than it Is denounced, and the sponsor!! In whose Interest It wns ndvocated nnl who paid for Its chance, nre repudiated re-pudiated England wns n;ood enough to tho Democratic party during our Civil war, because It r)inpathlzed with tho tcbelllou, tho South. It was good enough while It contributed to the Democratic free trade campaigns through tho Cobden club, but when It ceased those contributions aud then seemed to favor the United States during dur-ing Its war ngaln3t Spain, It was n miserable old hack, and President Itnosevelt wns censuied for his s)m-pirty s)m-pirty with King Edwnrd ln his recent Illness. All the same, tho Democrats nre free tradeis. If "tiust-madn goods" or ' trust-made prolurts" were placed on the free list, we would have that sime unrestricted free Undo for which the Democratic pnity fought In company with nnd at the behest of England for a generation gener-ation There la not n material or substantial sub-stantial product of the farm, ranch or factory that could not bo classllled nn "a trust product." The move Is for free trade, not against trusts, and It has been repeatedly attempted In Congress Con-gress by tho Demoernts, n party that has ula)s denounced trusts, but never proposed n regulation nor given the country when In ponei sulllclent pros-perlty pros-perlty to enable a trust to be formed or maintained. It may look well In Its new garment, but tho nss's ears are not skillfully concealed. |