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salo to tho trust of his refinery at
Brooklyn to his belief that tho In
troduction of the beet sugar indus
try would bo "profitable and patri
otic." Ho described ho building of tho
first factories and then told tho story
of tho organizaton of the American
Boot Sugar company. Of that $20,
000,000 company, ho said, the Ox
nard brothers at one time owned GO
per cent, but now possesses only 3
per cent.. Ho could not admit that
this stock was watered, testifying
that tho valuation of tho property
was about $12,000,000, while the
preferred stock today was worth
about $5,000,000 and tho common
about $7,500,000.
Ho was unable to tell why tho
capitalization was fixed at $20,000,
000, saying that that was the "bank
ers' business."
"What induced you to sell your
stock?" asked Representative Jaco
way of Arkansas, at one stage of the
hoaring.
"Thero was no inducement," was
tho response.
The relations of the beet sugar in
dustry and particularly the American
Beet Sugar company with the Ameri
can Sugar Refining company was the
subject of many questions.
At tho afternoon session Repre
sentative Madison asked Mr. Oxnard
if iirreallty the American Sugar Re
fining company "had not tried to use
its power in 1901 to drive the beet
sugar refiners out of business by un
fair competition; that is, cutting
prices below cost in the Missouri
river territory."
At first tho answer was indefinite,
but finally the witness said:
"I think it is a fair presumption
that it was designed to drive us out."
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An Associated Press correspon
dent, under date of June 18th, said:
"TruBt busting" cost the government
$845,184 in disbursements to special
assistants to the attorney general and
to district attorneys between March
5, 1909, and May 31, 1911, according
to a report which the department of
justice has transmitted to Chairman
Beall of the house committee on ex
penditures in that department. The
largest individual disbursement was
to Henry L. Stimson, at present sec
retary of war, who received $83,
320 for his services in the sugar
fraud prosecution. Others who re
ceived large special fees were Frank
B. Kellogg, $48,917 in the Union
Pacific and Standard Oil cases; J. C.
McReynolds, $35,516 in anti-trust
cases, especially the tobacco case;
C. A. Severance, Kellogg's partner,
$28,237 in anti-trust cases; Winfred
T. Denlson, $25,025 in the sugar
fraud cases. The various sums ex
pended in these fees are aside from
tho regular expenses of maintaining
tho department of justice, a special
fund being at the disposal of the at
torney general, who determines tho
compensation of special assistants in
I Ills discretion. Two items of expen
diture which have attracted the at
tention of Chairman Beall are
$13,000 to A. A. Birney and $10,200
to Morgan H. Beach in land condem
nation cases in the District of Colum
bia. "We are going to look into all
these condemnation cases and learn
if there is reason for fees such as
aro shown," said Mr. Beall.
FIGHTING FOR PRINCIPLES
Charles C. Cross, in tho Nemaha
County (Neb.) Herald:
Fato Invents some peculiar things,
arrives at odd conclusions and brings
about queer complications. Fate and
William Jennings Bryan have walked
hand in hand for nearly twenty years.
While it must bo admitted that
Bryan set tho pace and kept Fate
out of breath most of the time, the
ficklo damsel has at three different
times found opportunity to turn her
back upon her progressive com
panion. Following the twain has marched
tho democratic party; halting slight
ly at each rebuff, but in the end
progressing steadily onward and up
ward ever to higher ground, ever
to where its vision became more
clear. Watching this progress has
stood the American people waiting
to sanction by their ballots tho up
ward march of democracy.
Last fall these same people voiced
their favor by tho election of a strong
majority in the house, and material
additions to the senate of the United
States. This was done to give the
democratic party the opportunity to
make good its promise to reduce tho
tariff. The reduction of the tariff
the people of this nation believe
necessary toward relieving a condi
tion which is fast becoming unbear
able; a condition wherein prices on
the necessities of life are becoming
higher without a corresponding ad
vance in the general average wage
scale.
On April 4th a special session of
congress was called "by President
Taft, who felt that if the democrats
would assist in the passing of his pet
Canadian reciprocity measure they
might then tinker with the tariff to
their heart's content.
This brings us again to Fate, and
her peculiar antics. When W. J.
Bryan on one day during his first
term as congressman from this dis
trict arose and addressed the speaker
of the house he was practically un
known, except by name, and from
the fact that ho was a smooth-faced
young democratic "accident" from
the wilds of republican Nebraska.
When he sat down at the close of
his speech he had left 'a never-to-be-
forgotten impression upon the house,
and the next day he was known from
one end of the country to the other.
And the subject of his speech? The
taTiff, and the necessity of free wool.
Nearly two .decades of hard work,
of travel and of hard fought cam
paigns nf education followed, and
last week the democratic powers in
the national house were at last face
to face with their opportunity to
make good their promises. Bryan
was there and appeared before the
committee in charge of the drafting
of tho tariff bill. This time it was
not a young man, catching and hold
ing the attention of a legislative
body wherein the democrats were far
in the minority. No, it was a' man
old in his service to party principles.
Principles which he early adopted,
and for which ho had conscientiously
fought. It was a man speaking to
men of his own faith; men, who,
through his teachings more than for
any other reason, had been voted tho
opportunity to occupy the position
of a dominant legislative body. And
tho subject of his speech? The tariff,
and the necessity of. free 'wool.
And Fate once more turned her
back on the great man. His own
people closed their ears to his argu
ments, steeled their hearts to his
entreaties to make good their
promises to the people and put wool
on the free list, as one of the chief
factors in the lowering of the tariff.
And the argument in return was
that a tariff bill with a free wool
schedule would not pass the senate.
Had the democrats kept absolute faith
with the people, would not this same
people have assured the party that a
senate would eventually be secured
that would pass such a measure?
Did not this same people through
their representatives see to it that
great democratic gains were already
made in the upper house during the
past year? Temporizing with tho
American people is a dangerous ex
periment as many of the late re
publican representatives and senators
found out to their sorrow.
So the great man, whose head is
above the mists, continues to fight
for principle, for right, for justice
and to save his party from its own
weaknesses. Some, who have fol
lowed him in the past, have fallen by
the way content with that which has
been gained, and harshly criticise
him for his continual battle. Many
who have closely followed him, oc
cupy Jfye same vantage ground:, And,
although the Creator has not hlessed
them with so clear a vision, they now
and then catch glimpses of his goal.
Not that it shall be office, not that
it shall be further personal attain
ment, but they see the coming of a
day of true freedom for the citizens
of this nation, a day of justice, when
a workman shall be worthy of hjs
hire; when success shall be a matter
of integrity and endeavor, not chi
canery and "high finance." And in
that day Fate shall cease to turn
her back, but, her mission ended,
shall smile and greet the great man
face to face.
"JTwondor what becomes of the
little girls who dig up the seeds they
plant to see If they are growing."
"They become little women and
keep opening the refrigerator to see
if there is any ice left." Ex.
pay
letter
until
or a
Senator Robert M. La Follette will
be a candidate for the republican
nomination for president. The an
nouncement has been formally made
that Senator La Follotte will issue a
statement later.
"Please, sir," said tho office boy.
"Well, what is it," demanded the
boss? "Please, sir, could I got off
again today? Wo had to postpone
grandma's funeral yesterday on ac
count of tho rain." Ex.
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