In operation it would do far more damage than it could remedy.

The Progressive plan would give the people full control of, and in masterful fashion prevent all wrongdoing by, the trusts, while utilizing for the public welfare every industrial energy and ability that operates to swell abundance, while obeying strictly the moral law and the law of the land.

Mr.
Wilson's plan would ultimately benefit the trusts and would permanently damage nobody but the people.

For example, one of the steel corporations which has been guilty of the worst practices towards its employees is the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.

Mr.Wilson and Mr.Bryan's plan would, if successful, merely mean permitting four such companies, absolutely uncontrolled, to monopolize every big industry in the country.