In the concrete I may add that Mr.
Wilson's misrepresentations of what I have said seem to indicate that he regards the new freedom as freedom from all obligation to obey the Ninth Commandment.
But, after all, my views or the principles of the Progressive party are of much less importance now than the purposes of Mr.Wilson.These are wrapped in impenetrable mystery.

His speeches and writings serve but to make them more obscure.

If these attempts to refute his misrepresentation of my attitude towards the trusts should result in making his own clear, then this discussion will have borne fruits of substantial value to the country.

If Mr.Wilson has any plan of his own for dealing with the trusts, it is to suppress all great industrial organizations--presumably on the principle proclaimed by his Secretary of State four years ago, that every corporation which produced more than a certain percentage of a given commodity--I think the amount specified was twenty-five per cent--no matter how valuable its service, should be suppressed.

The simple fact is that such a plan is futile.