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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER fg, 1912
DEMOCRATIC TICKET
National
President
WOODROW WILSON
1 President
Tlios R m ksii HJL
State
Governor!
JOHN MOR0HBAO
I ,lent. nant dm i rnor
1 1 HUM A.N 1)1 KUS
sc. i . tnrv ot Btata
A. T. QtATKWOOD
Audiior of Public Accounts
IIKNRY ('. RICHMOND
Suite Treasurer!
OJBO, E HALL
opt Public instruction-
R. V CLARK
Attorney General-
A. M. MORRISSKY
Com Pub. Iamls and Hldgs.
W$l, B, HASTHAM
Railway fYl 1TMH1 VOB l
clarbnce e Harmon
U. 8. Senator
A. C. BHALLENDBROBfl
Congressional
Congressman, Sixth District
v. J, TAYLOR
Legislative
Suit. Senator
BEN, hrkwstkr
Stiii- Representative
k. H. P. W AS.MUM), SR.
County
DetU ly hi lornoy -
EUGENE BURTON
Woodrow w'iisc :i and W. J. Bryan
will speak from tlx- Mine pUutfOftn in
I. in. iii on Saturday, October f, an i
Mr. Wilson will be Mr llr.van's mu st
at I iiiview over Bundaj
"The North weal Trade" la the
tuni" of a monthly periodical, pub
lished at Boise. Jdaho, by ( It.
Adama, an uncle of JoJm K Adams,
of The Herald force, it is neatly
printed, on good (itality of paper,
and contains a larKe amount of in
formaticn for persons wli . arc Inter
ested in the development of the fer
ritin which it represents.
thereby throw the election Into the
House of Representatives. do not
yd appear. Whichever course they
decide upon. It Is certain they can
put up a ban! fight against the pop
ular New Jersey governor by the un
scrupulous use of millions of nioni-
In the (losing days of the campaign.
The sentiment In favor or lt.de
prudence frcm parly domination in
politu s has been growing In this
country a good many yars, and we
lue to see It continue to grow. Th
Independent voter is the friend of
good government, the hope of those
who want to purify politics ami the
natural enemy of the party tv- i
Wherever a party ti':ii'in:itl(.n mean
an undisputed atootll n, you may root
onably expect corrupt politicians to
make every effort possible to con
trol the nomlnat'ons. and then call
upon ttuir dupes to "vote '.t
straight". To such an extent has
the spirit of lndependen e grown
that for a politician or newspaper
editor to advise others to vote the
straight ticket, regardless of the
persons nominated, is a reflection
upon the. intelligence RSd integrity
of the person giving the advice.
LIVE STOCK PRICES
AT SOUTH OMAHA
Beef Sleers Slow-Steady to a
Shade Lower.
WHY DR. WILEY
IS FOR WILSON
He Says Taft and T. R. Are Sol
diers of Fraud.
ENEMIES OF PURE FOOD LAW
Famous Chemist Believa the Health
of the Nation Demands Election
of the Democratic
Ticket.
By HARVEY W. WILEY.
(Former Chief chemist of the U.
Department of Agriculture.)
big terms with the State Agricultural
Colleges and Kxpnriment Stations, and
the State officials will no longer be
regarded as Inferior beings, living only
on the largess of a Washington cabal.
I ask all who want honesty and faith
ful service In the Department of Agri
culture, the promotion of public
health, and executives who have
grown to manhood and lived In an en
vironment ravorable to that which
makes for the public welfare, to vote
for Wilson and Marshall.
MEAN WILSON TO
SWEEPJOUNTRY
Democratic Gains in Vermont
and Maine Impressive.
TAXING POOR MAN'S
COAT OFF HIS BACK
Concrete Illustration of What a Re
publican Tariff Really Means
Causes Workers to Think.
S
H06S DO SOME HIGH FLYING.
My appeal Is chiefly to those who,
like myself, have been lifelong Repub
licans. I believe that no kind of an
edmlatal rai Ion is goinn to ruin the
country I have a hkh personal re
gard for each one of the candidates for
president and vlce-presideent on all
the tickets. All the political platforms
ar mainly sound and all promise ef
fort in behalf of the whole people. My
choice Is not. based on a platform. It
was determined by my Impressions of
the real attitude of the candidates re
specting the public welfare. We are
creatures of heredity and environ
ment. In our attitude towards great
public questions we are almost alto
gether creatures of environment.
What two men are by environment
least likely to be swayed by special
Interests and most likely to be guided
by devotion to public welfare? Two
of the candidates have already been
tried In the presidential chair and we
know by experience what may be ex
p acted If either of them resume his
former seat on March 4, 1913. Mr.
Roosevelt hy reason of his attitude to
wards the food and drug act aban
doned the consumers of the country
to the rapacity of a few mercenary
manufacturers I'nder authority of
congress I had carried on extensive
Week Supply of Sheep and Lambs
Largest Since Opening of the Range
8eaon Killers Have Been Steady
All Week, as Well as Feeders.
Union Stock Yards, South Omaha,
Sept. 2n. ---About l.'.ui cattle arrived
todav. making the total for the five
days foot up ft.fffj h' ad. The market
for corn fed cattle was simply u r. 'pe
tition of Whtl it has been all week.
little Of BO) COn equancu OO Mle, As j experiments with my so-called poison
compared with the close Of last week,; squad and found that certain sub
values on western range beeves do net! stances, via., benzoic compounds, sul
ahow m vei much change, Cows and pbiirous compound! and sulphate of
helferi tie cl sing a few points lower! copper (blue stone), were Injurious to
than Iftat reek. Strictly choice feed- health.
Rrt bare been quotabljr steady all The law conferred upon me, as chief
week, 'nit the general trade is weaker : of the bureau of chemistry, the duty
r.nd common -tuckers decidedly lower. 1 Of acting as a grand jury and deter-J 14.46 per cent.; leather, unlined, 44.58
Cattle quotations: Choice to prime, mining whether foods and drugs were
beeves. $9.26 10. IS; good to choice I adulterated or misbranded. Instead
oncreie examples or how a pro
tective tariff operates are causing the
working man, the "poor man," to do a
IM of thinking nowadays. He is be
ginning to understand whether It Is
not about time to call a halt on the
Republican practice of taxing the cout
off his back and threatening him with
the loss of his shirt and his socks If
he does not submit.
All through the present tariff law,
passed by a Republican congress and
endorsed by a Republican President
as THE BUST TARIFF HILL KVER
PASSED, are to be found discrimina
tions, the higher duty on the cheaper
article, the lower on the shoulders
of those least able to bear it the great
er burden of the protective system.
Hero are some Illustrations:
The cheapest wool blankets bear a
duty of 185.42 per cent.; the dearest,
I 104.65 per cent.
FlanneU, not more than 40 cents a
pound, are taxed at 143.67 per cent:
j over 70 cents a pound. 76.37 per cent.
Wool plushes, cheapest, 141.75 per
cent.; dearest, 95.33 per cent.
Knit fabrics, cheapest, 141 per cent.;
dearest, 95.53 per cent.
Stockings, worth from $1 to $1.50
a dozen, 76.37 per cent.; from $2 to
I $3, 59 per cent.
Hats and bonnets, worth not over
$5 a dozen, 62 per cent.; over $20 a
dozen, 35 per rent.
Carpets, highest priced, 50 per cent. ;
; that used for mats and rugs, 126. 88 per
cent.
Women's gloves, unlined, 49 per
oent.; lined, 34 per cent.; longest
gloves, unlined, 42 per cent.; lined, 2:
j per cent.
Men's gloves, worth less than $3 a
dozen, 66.28 per cent.; costliest gloves,
fair to good
(ommon to fair
good to choice
good to choice
fair to good
beavea, $s. 25ft 9. no
beeves, $7.5ofj S.oii;
heifers, fC.0066.7S;
heifers, $6.33S ! Tfi ;
rows, f8.60fM.36;
grades. $4.2595.40; rnnneis and cut
ters, $:',.'iii'jj 1.00; veal calves, $.",.11(1(7;
. mi: hulls, stags, etc., $ I. On Tt ' ;
Choice to r me feeders. f7.00fjf.lS;
good ti Choice feeders. Jii.uii'fi l i :
of appealing from my decisions to the
courts as the law requires, the users
of these poisons apiealed to President
Roosevelt. He not only listened to
them, but he abrogated the plain pro
visions of the law, apointed a board
not contemplated by the law, and di
rected that these predatory Interests
might continue their attacks on the
health of the people until this board,
should decide
Those fellows who have been kill
ing' c-ff W. J. Bryan lor the lust six
teen years or more declaring him
dead because he has persisted in
standing for principle rather than the
unpi n iph .1 politicians' policy are
WelcOme lo what comfort they (anj
find in the fa t that there is Btora
l D nd in this campaign for Mr. Br
an ;;s a political -speaker than ar.;'
othtr man. not even excepting the
presvleiKial nominees
Th- Sacred Heart Review aajPS!
"We have altogether tcj many 'we
won'- go home till .coin .: ;' organi
zation in this coun.ry. W lit n a
notd e.-'.'k.s'iusti" was c.jct shown
by friend over one of the 'swell'
clubhouse of New York and hhw
the "lumbers of men, young and old.
kmflHe, in the various luxurious loung
ing phf.-os her:1 remarked that tlu
clubhL jse wan very fine indeed, but
the proper phi e for these men was
at hole Tir. club habit has now
come down frot i the rich to the com
paratively poor with evil effect upon
done -tic life."
fair to good feeders, $5.6000.00; com I unknown to the law.
tiion to fair f lera, $4.7606.50; stock ! otherwise.
cow s gad heifers, $4.6005 76; choice to I can we safely trust the campaign
prime grass beeves--. $7. 75ft 8.75 : good for public health to Mr. Roosevelt? I
to choice ;i iss beeves, f7.OO07.7S; i cannot believe that to be the proper
fair to good grass beeves, $6.3597.00; j course. Mr. Taft Inherited this ex
poor to fair grass beavea, $6.0006.00. 1 ipeedlnglj bad condition of affairs
Onlv 3,600 hoss were received to from bis predecessor and has not
day. I-Vr tile five days the supply I only continued this Illegal hoard un
ion i - up L'l 111 head. The market was ,ier whose patronage adulterators are
nil the Way fwni 10c to fOc higher to- at ill poisoning the people, but he did
da It waa iii fiiet a runaway market, j jworse. In the matter of the adultera
bul still h" advance today w as nd ; tion of distilled beverages In which
larf M the slump on Tuesday. The Roosevelt upheld the legally consti
tuted authorities. Mr Taft reversed
that policy and threw the mighty
weight of the executive office to the
support of 'he worst lot of adultera
tors that ever disgraced a country.
Mr. W.Non and Mr. Marshall by
their strenuous efforts in behalf of the
(food la- s of their respective states,
have given a positive promise to end
auch a threatening state of affairs.
They will support to the utmost the
officials under the law who are trying
to protect the public health and will
make short shrift of those who have
brought about these present unbeara
ble conditions
Wilson anil Marshall by their educa
;tion and environment are free from
'.bias in favor of predatory interests
and are inspired by true patriotic zeal
In behalf of public welfare.
hogs sold largely at ff.3O0f.SS, and
on up a blgh as ff.46 for good light
Weights.
About 7 . 10 sheep and lambs arrived
today makmg a total for the five days
foot up about 112 una head, nearly 'J4.
000 bald short of this period last year.
Packers have bean good buyers all the
week at steady prices, cleaning up th.
receipts as last as they came in
There has ben a very fair demand
for feeders all week at fully steady
figures.
Sheep and lamb quotations: I ambs.
good to choice. $7.00Si 7.35 : lambs, fair
to good $f.7S07.OO; lamiis, feedera,
$4.000 6. M ; yearlings, good to choice
light, $5.3605.45; yearlings good to
chid, e In aw, $5.0005.40; yearlings.
feedei s $5 0008.50; wethers, good to
choice. f4JO04-fO; wethers, fair to
pood. f4.OO04.fO; wethers, feeders.
f3.fO04.4O; ewes, good to choice. $3 mi
P4.8S; eurea. feeders. $S403.fO:
ruree, yearling breeders, $44005.00;
ewes. aged. $:: 50S I 50; cull sheep and
burke, f1.OO0fOO.
THROW OUT THE LINE
per cent.; lined. 29 50 per cent.
Ruckles, cheapest, 77.48 per cent,;
dearest, 26.3 per cent.
Fncut diamonds bear a 10 per cent,
duty; Imitation diamonds, 20 per cent.
The bumble firecracker bears a
97.02 per cent, duty, while elaborate
fireworks bear but 70 per cent.
Matting, smaller and cheaper grades,
43 per cent..; costlier, 24 per cent.
Watch movements, seven jewels,
66.02 per cent.; 11 Jewels, 40.4 1 per
cent.; 17 Jewels, 34.45 per cent.
Fnderwear, cheapest, 56.90 per
cent. ; dearest, 50 per cent.
Dress goods of wool, cheapest,
105.42 per cent.; dearest, 94.13 per
cent.
.Velvets, cheapest, 105.22 per cent.;
dearest, 49.55 per cent.
Silk handkerchiefs, cheapest, 77.44
per cent.; dearest, 59 per cent.
Scissors, worth 50 cents a dozen,
52.21 per cent.; worth $1.75 a dozen,
46 per cent.
Table knives, fancy grades, 67.40
per cent.; bone handled. 69.43 per
cent.
Butcher knives, best grades, 52.10
per cent.; cheapest grades, 93 55 per
cent.
Files, smallest, 81.29 per cent.;
longest, 36.81 per cent.
Shot guns, worth from $5 to $10,
47 67 per cent.; worth over $10, 45 46
per cent
These are only a part of the dis
criminations, gleaned from a swift
conning of some of the schedules. Re
duced to simplest terms, they mean
that the poor man Is taxed higher than
the rich man.
Give the Kidneys
People Will
Help and Many
Be Happier
Ti;-- iaelre to progBoaticaie the re
sult of the coming presidential -!e
tion is hard to griify Jr-it now. ex
cept to say that it looks like Wttaoa,
As between Taft and Teddy, the
supporters of the fornur claim that
the ooom for the latter is waning
and that by election lime will cut
no figure, except to assist Wilsuu in
def. .ling the president; while the
buil moosers claim that Mr. Tafi
will be u poor third in the race.
oiti- eveu claiming that he will not
cart;- a single state. Our opinion is
that the kind of finish the campaign
tak' - will depend up m the di vision
of the "interest". They will not
.-;iii ii lo the election of Wilson
wUnuut making desperate effoi:
to .;-fcai him; but whether ihe will
try o defeat him with the republi
can iiouiiii e. or hav ing no hope ot
foeir.g able to do that, try to throw
the lo-ibtlul Malta to ll.o-.eVC ami
"Throw Out the Life Line"
Weak kidneys need help.
They're often overworked don't
gel tin poison filtered out of the
blood
Will you help them?
Doaa'a Kidney Fills bare brought
benefit to thousands of kidney sufferers.
Rand this cas-c:
Mrs. t;. K. Leidy, :::'.' K. Dakota
St.. Alliance, Xebr.. says: "I can
highh recommend Hoan's Kidney
Fills to all sufferers from kidney
complaint, as I have used them on
number of occasions with good re
iUltS."
"When Lour Hack is Lame Re
member the .Name. Don't simply
ask for a kidney remedy - ask dis
tinctly for Doan's Kidney i'iiis. the
MUM that Mrs. I,eidy had the rem
dy hacked by home testimony &uc
all stoles. Foster-Milburu Co..
Frops., tluffalo, V Y
For sale by all dealers. Frice 5t
cents. Foster Milburu Co.. Huffalo
New York, sole agents for the Unit
ed State.-
Itemeiuber the name Doan anc
take no other
I support the Democratic nominees
In full knowledge that many of the
prominent Democrats in congress have
ben in full sympathy with the paraly
sis of the food law In behalf of the
unholy dollar, Hut when the Demo
cratic president and vice president
lend the aid of their powerful svmpa
thy in behalf of the public health
those of their own party not in sym
pathy with them will lie robbed of
their power for evil. If Roosevelt or
Taft be chosen the soldiers of fraud
and adulteration will be Impregnabiy
entrenched for another four years and
benzoates, sulphites and adulterated
alcoholic bevendges will have a new
lease of life.
I believe also that President Wilson
will renovate the department of agri
culture, reeking, as It has beep for
the past twelve years, with scandals
and favoritism He will see to It that
the bureau of animal ludustry will
protect the public health instead of
the efforts of the packers to sell dis
eased meats under the deceptive
phrase "F. S inspected and Passed "
Under President Wilson no more Flu
chota will be kicked out of the service,
no more unspeakable McCabes will ex
ercise dictatorial powers There will
be no more cotton leaks and jungle
atrocities no more Everglade swin
dles. Buccaneering, boasting and
buncombe will give place to sane ef
fort for the promotion of real agri
culture and the public health.
Under Wilson the department of
agriculture will be restored to apuak-
The Third Term candidate's favor
' Ite reply to the telling, unanswerable
arguments of (ov. Wilson is that the
I latter's opinions are based "not on ac
! tual knowledge and experience but by
1 reading musty books on political
economy. The t olonei ntmseir at a
tender age was put at hard labor!
It Is not often that a man whose whole
life has been given up to politics and
office-holding gets as horny-handed as
Mr. Roosevelt In the ranks of labor
and high finance!
OTHER PARTIES' PLIGHT
FARMER GETS LESS. BUT
He Has to Pay More for What He
Doesn't Raise.
Wonder If Kmerson was gazing upon
a Moose calf when, several decades
ago, he wrote:
' I am the owner of the sphere.
Of the seven stars and ibe solar year."
President Taft congratulates the
Republicans of Maine on what Chair
man Hllles describes as "an old-fashioned
victory." Another such and
Vermont and Rhole Island would go
Democratic In November.
The card stacking at Armageddon
goes merrily on Kight Taft electors
In Missouri announce (hat if elected
they will vote for the Third Term candidate
ThosM who know and feel for Chair
man Hllles say he really isn't to blame
for the Republican presidential candl
date's announcement that he "Is out of
politics."
A Western Third Termer regrets
that Roosevelt will not have time be
fore election day to say half he means
' He ll have plenty of lime following It
Third Termers to Poll Their Entire
Strength From the Rapidly
Thinning Republican
Ranka.
That the result of the state elec
tions In Vermont and Maine mean a
tremendous Democratic victory in No
vember, Is freely admitted by all ex
cept the bitterest partisans. Politi
cal experts have done some analyzing,
and some claim to have reached novej
conclusions. Hut these facts stand
out:
On Monday, September 9. 1912, the
Republican and Third Term parties
combined elected William T. Haines
governor of Maine, over Frederick W.
Plaisted, the present Democratic in
clumbent, by 3,023 plurality; in 1908,
a presidential year, a Republican was
elected governor by 7,65:1 plurality; In
1904, the plurality was 25.800, and in
1900 It was 34.1-12 In other words, In
12 years the Democrats have cut
down the Republican plurality in stale
elections by 31,109
In this period the Democratic vote
has increased from 39,000 to 68,000
whereas the Republican vote has de
creased from 74,000 to 71,000. The
Democratic vote of this year exceeds
that of September, 1908, by 1,000, but
the Republican vote is about 2,000 less
than that party cast four years ago.
The split iu the Republican ranks,
following the election of William T.
Haines, is pronounced- If the divi
sion in Maine iu November is as it
was in the recent Vermont election,
six-teuths of the Republican vote will
go for Taft, three-tenths for Roose
velt, and one-tenth for the Demo
crats. It is significant that the latter
party has to date suffered no lossea,
as compared with the vote In previous
years, from the Third Term move
ment. On the contrary, it has gained.
The result in Maine may be expected
lo be something like this: Wilson,
74.000; Taft, 42,600; Roosevelt, 21,300.
The returns from the recent Ver
mont election show, iu round figures,
that the Joint Republican and third
party vote was eight per cent, short
of the Republican vote four years ago,
while the Democratic vole in that
state shows a gain of twenty-live per
cent, over that of 1908. It is of spe
cial Interest to speculate what will 1
happen next November throughout
the nation if the Republican aud
Democratic vote for the national
tickets happen to be affected aa
the gubernatorial vote this mouth
iu Vermont has been affected. The
New York Evening Post has don
some Interesting figuring along this
line and as a net result it is shown
that, under the contingencies mention
ed. President Taft would carry only
two stales In November, Rhode Island
and Vermont, all the Others going for
Gov. Wilson. The conclusions reach
ed by the Post follow:,
"To compute this result we should
have to deduct 8 per cent, from the
vote cast for Taft four years ago and
apportion the remaining vote in the
ratio of 62 to 38 between Taft and
Roosevelt, aud we should have to add
35 per cent, to Hryau's vote in 190&.
and give the 'demnitiuu total.' to
Woodrow Wilsou. in other words, give
Taft 57 per ceut. and Roosevelt 35
P-r cent, of Taft's vote four years
ago, and give Wilsou 125 per cent, of
Hryau's vote four years ago.
"The result in round numbers would
be as follows, so far as regards Tafi
and Wilsou.
States. Taft. Wilson.
Alabama 14,000 93,000
Arkaaaaa 32,ooo 109,000
California 122,000 160,000
C olorado 71,000 159,000
( onnecticut 65.000 85.000
Delaware 14,000 28,000
Florida 6,ooi) 39.000
Georgia 21.000 90.00U
Idaho 30,000 4 5,000
Illinois 361,000 503,000
Indiana 199,004) 413,000
iowa 157.000 226,000
Kansas 113.000 $01,904)
Kentucky 135,000 305,000
Louisiana 51,000 79,000
Maine 38,000 44.OO0
Maryland 66.000 145,000
Massachusetts 152.000 191,000
Michigan 192.000 219,000
Minnesota 112,000 136,000
Mississippi 3,000 75,00)
Missouri 199.000 448,000
Moutaua 18,000 33.O0U
Nebraska 73.000 161,000
Nevada 6.000 14,000
New Hampshire 30,000 42.000
New Jersey 151,000 2i8,00ll
New York 497.000 831.000
North Carolina 66,000 171,000
North Dakota 33,000 41.000
Ohio 327,000 528.000
Oklahoma 63.000 153,000
Oregon 36,000 48.000
Pennsylvania 426.000 561.000
Rhode Island 35.noo 31,000
South Carolina $JM 78,000
South Dakota 19,000 50.000
Tennessee 68,000 170,000
Texas 37.000 271,000
! Ftah 35.000 53,000
Vermont ff.fff 14.000
Virginia 30.000 103.000
Washington Ol.onu 73,000
West Virginia 79.000 13U.O00
Wisconsin 142.000 $08,000
Yuuuiijg 12,000 18.000
The U. S. Department of Agriculture
has just announced that notwithstand
lng the Increased cost of living among
the people aa a whole there waa a
greater decline in the prices paid to
farmers from Aug. 1 to Sept. 1 this
year than there was last year.
The average farm prices of the Im
portant crops (corn, wheat, oats, bar
ley, rye, flaxseed, potatoes, tobacco,
cotton and hay, which represent
about three-fourths of the value of all
the country's crops I declined 7 per
cent, during the mouth, while In that
time last year they declined In price
only 4.4 per cent., and during the last
four years the decline In price aver
aged 3 8 per cent The average of
farm prices on Sept. 1 was 2 8 per
cent lower than on that date last
year.
Prices paid to fanners on Sept. 1
this year, with comparison of prices
paid on the same date last year, fol
low: Articles. 1912. 1911.
Corn $0,776 $0,659
Wheat 858 .848
Oats 350 .404
Harley 535 .770
Rye 708 .769
Huckwheat 766 .740
Flaxseed 1.626 2.030
Potatoes 650 1.137
Hay 12.140 14.610
Cotton 113 .118
Mutter 242 .231
Chickens 113 .111
Kggs 191 .174
Hut the prices on tariff nurtured
articles of manufacture which the
farmer has to buy continue to soar.
TRUTH ABOUT THE TRUST
"Expected Economies from Combina
tion" Do Not Materialize.
Uxmls D. Hrandeis In Collier's.)
Leaders of the new (Third Term)
party argue that industrial monopo
lies should be legalized, lest we lose
the efficiency of large-scale production
and distribution. No argument could
be more misleading
It may he safely asserted that in
America there Is no lino of business
in which all or most concerns or
plants must be concentrated in order
to attain the size of greatest effi
ciency. For while a business may be
too small to be efficient, efficiency does
not grow Indefinitely with Increasing
size. What the most efficient size is
can be learned definitely only by ex
perience. The unit of greatest effi
ciency is reached when the disadvan
tages of size counterbalance the ad
vantages. The unit of greatest effi
ciency ts exceeded when the disad
vantages of size outweigh the advan
tages. The history of American trusts
makes this clear. That history shows:
hirst No conspicuous American
trusi owes its existence to the desire
for increased efficiency. "Expected
economies from combination" figure
largely in promoters' prospectuses;
but they have never been a compell
ing motive in the formation of any
trust. On the contrary, the purpose of
combining has often been to curb effi
ciency or even to preserve ineffi
ciency, thus frustrating the natural
law of the survival of the fittest.
Second No conspicuously profita
ble trust owes Its profits largely to
superior efficiency. Some trusts have
been very efficient, as have some In
dependent coucerns; but conspicuous
profits have been secured mainly
through control of the market
through the power of monopoly to fix
prices through this exercise of the
taxing power.
Third - No conspicuous trust has
been efficient enough to maintain long
as against the independents its pro
portion of the business of the country
without continuing to buy up, from
time to time. Us successful competitors.
There Is plenty of peace about the
Taft candidacy, but nobody claims "it
passeth understanding."
Woodrow Wilson says to the long
suffering farmer w-ho buys in a trust
controlled, highly protected market
and sells his wares in a free market:
"Walk into your own house and take
possession."
How many of those who are strug
gling with the "High Cost of Living"
believe there is to be any relief If the
Republican party, which brought II
about, remains In power?
The Hull Moose ran things with a
big stick at Washington for seven and
a half years and didn't by act or word
unite the bosses he now rails against
or promote the causes he now "eott
bodies." Helug "a practical man," h
asks a third, etc., term.
Hy applying the common sense test
to Itooseveltian romance Governor
Wilson manages to keep the country
both amused and thoughtful.
What's a Vloosette? A Third Term
peekaboo!
iov Wilson said to the newspaper
men, at the New York Press Club
! bamiuet: ' Suppose you bad a House
; of Representatives mixed like the pres-
ent Senate. I think we could all go
! fishing for the next two years." But
he's ai tfce hdlin and there won't be
any mixing Democrats- that's all.
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