The Commoner,
Aug. a9, loba
Where
Morgan
Would Revise.
The Trust's
Tight
Grip.
r Mr. Hanna says: "It appears to mo that the
logical outcome of events will bo the annexation
u of Cuba to the United States."
To Rul It more and more becomes cvl-
andto dent that the Now York Trl-
Stcal. buno knew what It was talking
r about when it said that "the
Jpurpose of the republican leaders is, first, to ruin
and then to steal Cuba.1'
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw declared that
fcho republican party never attempts to defend a
tariff schedule, but does defend
The "Principle," ,the protective principle. The
Not the Rochester Herald reminds the
Schedule. secretary that since tho tariff
schedule Is the practical appli
cation of tho protective principle, Mr. Shaw's as
sertion amounts to a confession that his party is
standing for a principle that when reduced to
practice Is incapable of defense.
A republican newspaper points out that J.
pierpont Morgan keeps many of his choicest
paintings abroad rather than
pay tho exorbitant duties of the
custom houses. This republican
paper recommends that the tariff
on art should be abolished in
order that Mr. Mbrgan might be enabled to bring
his precious prizes to this country. This is per
haps the only point on which Mr. Morgan would
make any concession to tariff revision.
JNo more justifiable arraignment was ever
made of a "political party than that made of the
republican party when the St
Paul Globe said: "Day by day
the trusts tighten their grip
upon the throat of tho republi
can party, and he is a dull one
Indeed who believes for a moment that the party
can oyer extricate itself from the clutches of the
monopolies it has created. In fact, it has no de
sire to if the trusts will keep producing the cam
paign boodle."
One of the most interesting political plat
forms is that adopted by the republicans of Osago
county, Kansas. After inserting
"A'comln' . a plank 'specifically indorsing
and Mr. Roosevelt's Cuban reciproc-
A'goln." ity views, the Osage county re
publicans inserted a plank
specifically expressing gratification because of the
course of those senators who opposed Mr. Roose
velt's Cuban reciprocity views. And yet after all
this Osage county republican platform means just
as much as does any other republican platform
constructed in these days."
It was recently reported that President Roose
velt was furious when he examined the republican
campaign book and observed the
An Artful Indifferent manner in which it
Dodger treated the work of his admin-
Campalgn Book, istratlon. It was stated at the
time that the president had per
suaded the republican congressional committee to
withdraw the book for amendment. This is now
denied. The- book has heen generally circulated
and it is said that while the president does not
approve of the book's dodging characteristics he
realizes that the congressional committee most
bear the responsibility.
Neeley, the republican politician who was con
yicted because of the Cuban frauds, had in his
possession at the time of his ar
rest tho sum of $6,234. This
money was deposited with the
secretary of war, and Neeley has
made a demand that It be re
turned, to him. -The Chicago, Record-Herald says
Neely's
Brazen
Impudence.
that "tho brazen Impudonco of this man would bo
a fine thing for armoring war ships." It suggests
that tho attorney general Bhould employ "a good,
vigorous bouncer with a boot of about two tons
displacement to operate on Neeley when he again
applies for this money." The chances are that
Instead of employing a bouncer, the secretary of
war will pay tho money to Neeley.
The New York Press directs tho attention of
the coal minors to the claim that tho operators
have plenty of coal to sell and
Why not will sell It while tho striko con
Ask tlnues at an extra profit of five,
Mr. Roosevelt, or ton, or fifteen dollars a ton.
Tho Press says tho public would
liko to know if these striking miners propose that
the coal operators shall make more money out of
their sales of one season than they could make In
many years of normal business. Tho Press might
direct its inquiry to tho republican administra
tion. It might ask Mr. Roosovolt and Mr. Knox
why they do not commence proceedings against
the coal trust in order to prevent a handful of
men from imposing upon the coal consumers.
Tho members of the G. A. R. havo asked Gen
eral Miles to take a conspicuous part in tho Grand
Army encampment to bo held In
How Haa. Washington. General Torrance,
Miles head of tho Grand Army, re-
Offended? cently stated that it is tho desire
of the old soldiers that General
Miles occupy a seat beside President Roosevelt
and General Torrance on the reviewing stand on
the day of the parade, also that General Miles
be the orator at the evening reception. A Wash-,
ington dispatch to tho New York World says:
"It is understood the president had quietly per
mitted it to become known that it is preferable
that General Miles should not be mado conspic
uous during the G. A. R. encampment" Why does
Mr. Roosevelt object to General Miles participat
ing In the encampment? What has this old sol
dier done to justify the president in nagging him
and exerting every effort to humiliate him?
A special dispatch to tho Omaha World-Herald,
under date of New York, August 7, says:
"It is learned from reliable
sources today that tho Union
Pacific has placed a big order
for steel rails with a firm In
Germany. Part of this ord&r is
for the Southern Pacific, though delivery Is to be
made to the Union Pacific at Omaha and such
other points westward as It may later instruct
Tho order Is for 1,000 tons. Premiums for early
delivery were quoted ranging from to 1 per cent
A prominent man connected with steel industry
said: It is not surprising to hear of the Union
Pacific's order. Domestic mills cannot deliver be-"
fore the third qiirter next year. They are stacked
up with orders for millions of dollars in steel.
Iron orders will have to go abroad before long.' "
Can any one justify the "valuable asset" given to
the great steel trust by the republican party in
the light of these facts?
Do They
Need
Protection?
''VN
Not Much
of a
Decline.
, The. New York Tribuneefers.to."the decline
in the cost of living, as shown by Dun's index
number." The average man does
not need statistics to enable him
to reach a conclusion as to liv
ing expenses. He knows that
while his wages .have not In
creased since 1897, his living expenses nave un
dergone a marked Increase. If, however, one
chooses to go into figures, a report recently made
by tho Massachusetts bureau of labor might be in
teresting. This burean obtained a detailed state
ment of expenditures of 152 working men's famil
ies whose average yearly Income fell below $1,000.
The average annual expenditure for a family, ac
cording to this report, Is $797. This money is dis
bursed about as follows: For food. $428; for
clothing, $109; for rent, $100; for fuel and light,
$46; for Incidentals, $114. In this report it is de
clared that the cost of living in 1902 has ma
terially Increased ovor the cost of 1897. This In
crease Is represented by 11.16 per cent In tho price
of food; 16.7 per cent In the prices of dry goods
and boots; 52.43 per cont in rent, and 9.78 per cent
in tho price of fuol. In other words, this report
shows that tho necessities of lifo which now cost
$683.84 could 'have beon purchased in 1897 for
$586.90.
NSN
Answer This
Republican
Paper.
tion to show
Tho Hartford Courant, a republican paper,
says: "But tho fact that protection has dono so
much is as far as posslblo from
justifying tho abuse of It by
what mayv bo called tho hog
eloment in trado. It Is a per
fectly fair game for tho opposi
up trusts that, entrenched
behind protective laws, either tariff or patonts,
sell their goods abroad at lower figures than thoy
sell them at to tho very nation whoso peoplo give
them tho protection that is their lifo. It is rob
bery. Tho man who said ho was soiling goods bo
low cost, and so could only maintain himself by
doing 0 very largo business at It, is a by-word for
idiocy. No successful concorn sells its products
at less than cost, and, if goods can bo Bold at a
certain flguro in London or South Africa, whon
mado in America, then thoy can bo sold for more
profit right where thoy are made, and tho man
who denies that seriously needs a conservator.
The protection given to trusts that sell abroad
cheaper than at homo should be taken off at once."
Those republican organs and orators who pro
test against tariff revision might employ thoir
spare moments during tho campaign in framing a
reply to this republican newspaper's interesting
statement
mW?
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