Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1902 — The Trusts Should Be Curbed. [ARTICLE]

The Trusts Should Be Curbed.

(From tl e Republican State Platform) We are opposed to all trusts or combinations of capital whose purpose or effect is to restrict business or control prices. And we especially denounce those whose tendency is to increase the cost of living and the necessaries of life. We favor legislation to prevent such abuses. We approve the sincere and determined effort of President Roosevelt to enforce the laws against Illegal combinations in restraint of trade, and demand that administrative officers, state and national, shall enforce all laws in tue most vigorous manner, so that legitimate competition shall not be embarrassed or destroyed.