' CfiUSE.OF PROSPERITY
Free Trade Between States the
Greatest Influence.
'THE TAEIFP A PESE1TNIAL ISSUE
Protection to Trust * Ilnx Vantly In
creased ilie Cert of Living ; , "VVitli
"XVmchVHKCH IIuvc Xot Ilc t Pitcc.
The United States Han Prospered In
Spite of Ilitcli Protection.
What a blessing it has been to the
American peoi Ithat the fathers of
the republic insured free tride iu the
United States ! If each stale in the
Union could enforce a tariff tax against
the other states or any one of them ,
how hampered commerce would have
been ! Every state line would have
been a string of customs houses , and.
collectors of tariff taxes would have
' searched every one who wanted t6 gc
from one state to another , as is the
case in the European status today.
Free trade between the states has been
the most potent cau.se of our marvel
ous internal commerce and of our pros
perity. In spite of the drawback of the
high tariff that Imposes such an ob
stacle in our trade with foreign na
tions.
Until the constitutional limitations
restricting taxation are removed the
federal government Is virtually com
pelled to raise the necessary revenue by
tariff taxes and internal revenue tax
ation or resort to the method of direct
taxation , apportioned according to the
population. Such a direct tax would
be unequal taxation , and no parly has
advocated imposing It either in lieu of
other taxation or to constitute a part
of the federal taxes.
Therefore the tariff taxes and Inter
nal revenue taxes are virtually the sols
means of raising the necessary reve
nue to support the government. The
question of the relative percentage of
tarllt taxation Is therefore a poronuia ]
Issue that cannot be easily obliterated ,
and to settle how high or low the tar
iff wall'shall be Is of the utmost Impor
tance to the American people.
The original pretense for the high
protective tariff was to encourage In
fant Industries , but the tariff laws bo-
forp the civil war were very moderate-
In comparison with the present law ,
nnd yet the Infant Industries conduct
ed by individuals Jiavp now grown tc
bo gigantic corporations and still de
mand protection. The further pretense
Js now made by the Republicans that
the high protective tariff is nooossary
to protect the wage earner and increase
his wages , but this pretense Js shatter
ed by the fact that the post of living
has Increased jn.ucli faster than wages
Imvo under this Republican system ,
and the wage earners are revolting
against the Republicans , having dis
covered their prosperity is not enhanc
ed by the plundering of the tariff pro
tected tristg | that high protection has
fpsterod.
But the great argument of our mod-
pj n stand pat statesmen is that to re-
ylse the tariff would uppet the we ont
prosperity , but in fact wo havp p' " -
ppred In spitp of the drawback pf pro
toctlon and chiefly because of fr.'p
trade bptwppn tllP states , \vhich lias
produced an enormous traffic from one
state to another without the blightinj.-
Influence of high taxation.
If the tariff was so revised tint in
stpad of protecting the trusts the rate'
were fixed to produce enough revenue
tq run the government , honestly and
economically administpred. how f.-ir
greater pur prosperity wquld bo ! Ouv
trade with other lands awl theirs with
1 OUTS would be vastly pxtended , and. in
stead pf thp trusts selling cheaper to
foreigners than to our own people we
would have the choice of the markets
of the world to buy and sell in.
"With free raw material our manu
facturers would compete in every piar-
ket , ant ] instead of thp cost of' living
> beng } nearly pQ n.pc pent highej : tlin"
It was tpn years agq am ] wagps being
less than 20 pep cent iripiiar- clear
loss of 30 per cent to the wage earners
the two would so adjust themselves
that the workingman nnd those with
fixed Incomes would participate in the
prosperity that is now monopolized by
the trusts and the few at the expense
of the many.
any one believe that the New
York Central railroad would have con
tinued to pay rebates and the Standard
OH trust have continued to restrain
trade by illegal combinations if the
Jaws had been enforced and the trust
fljjd pprnpratqn ! iflquagor-B haV ( been
Di'osecuted instead of thp porporations ?
The conviction of the managers of the
Jfow York Central railroad and of the
managers of the Standard Oil trust ua-
the criminal septiqn of the law
d nt ; once set qthor tnist magnates
to thinking. Fining a por-poKiUqn is
not the pffoctiyp way to stop the lawbreaking -
breaking , but one trust magnate in
stripes would do more to deter the oth
ers than if all the corporations in the
land were fined to the full extent of
the law.
Subjeot to
Sh.qn.ts is getting as changeable
$ q ; bVis noble piaster. First thq Wqs { :
ftullan.darkips werft tq juakq the dirt
y at Panama , then Chinese "were to
be imported to do the trick , next the
worlf was to be let by contract , so that
the administration -would not be
bjamed fqr employing Chinese labor.
The Jatest is.a . ( ieclaratiqq of Chairman
ghonts that no Chinese havq been en
gaged orvllj be engaged fou work
there. Still pqme one w-JH Ijavc to dig
the canal , for we have the assurance
In the Republican campaign book that j
the Republican party "does things , " if
Jt does change Its mind from week to
week.
CAUTIOUS WORDS.
Sir. "VVilHon Siuicw ilic Lnw'jt Pnra-
phcrnalin For Tisrst nnstizifC.
Farmer Wilson , who hsmgs on to tlie
position of seereh.ry of agriculture
with the vigDr of a professional Ite-
pubhc.ui olacolioluer in .spite of scan
dals and seiniscaiidals in his department -
. ment , gave out a statement on Oct. 22
about the proposed meat merger that
shows he is growing cautious with age.
'lie said :
I "We have a bureau o corporations
1 whose agents are especially charged
i with looking into matters of this kind.
| ' 'V 'e have a department of justice
whose machinery was designed to be
! used in just such a case as this.
1 "We have our own attorneys general
t5 talk to grand juries.
"We have grand juries to listen and
to indict
"We have petit juries.
"And we have penitentiaries. "
It is true "there is a bureau of cor
porations , " but the public has been
kept absolutely in the dark about what
it has discovered , about the trusts , ex
cept upon that notable occasion when
it gave publicity to the business of the
. beef packers. That report did not
give promise of great results in its in
vestigation of other corporations , and
the absurdity of the result arrived at
seemed to discourage the bureau aud
rroiidcnt lioosevelt from giving fur
ther publicity to trust doings.
It is true "we have a department of
justice , " but the results so far achiev
ed by the great array of lawyers em
ployed there have not electrified the
country by getting even one guilty
trust magnate in stripes.
It is true "we have our own attorneys
general to talk to grand juries , " but
perhaps such efforts would have been
more effective if addressed to petit
Juries and in urging the court to en
force the provision for imprisonment of
tVe guilty trust and corporation man-
' . ' instead of soulless
j'.gei'o lining a cor
poration , which has evidently no effect
In hindering crime.
It is true "wo have grand juries to
listen and Indict , " and "wo have petit
juries , " but with all this parapherna
lia of the law the results have been
meager and unproductive , and no trust
or combine or corporation has reduced
Its exorbitant prices or ceased from
plundering the people.
It is true "we have penitentiaries , "
but SQ far there is no trust magnate ,
hpwever vicious , or no corporation
manager , however strong the evidence
against him , that la confined In those
penal Institutions as a punishment for
breaking the statute in such case made
and provided ,
It is true this strenuous administra
tion has boasted of ' 'doing tilings. " but
it has bpau like the ! dlo vaporinga of
Qtijer boasters but woi'ds , yords. and
npt followed by floods. Under these
Olrqurnfitanecs it Is hardly likely tat !
the oscillating doors of the penitentiary
will cause this new candidate for trust
honors and illegal gain to fear what
the present administration will do to it.
THE TRUSTS.
fJifnptlo Scheme
Postmaster fonornl ! O > vtoyon. ! who
| (5 ( also chairman qf the llepubliran na
tional. pommjtton , is ito\v said IT he
sjntpd for K < jciv1ary of lao lroi.-nry. :
He has previously lier.i ivt.irv of
commerce and laLor. tlK > ilo > : ivinoat :
especially supposed to invrr : r ate the
trusts and corporations. This itouvr a
reform administration , of riurM : > rv.--e ! !
cqiild have been nq nunn - -M-rri'tly
investigating ; tha { mistvltli n vlow
pf bleeding { hem of some of their
lijundci : for the Republican campaign
fund uuden throat pf } publicity or penal
prosecution- Still we know that , with
nil the facts in his possession. Mr. Cor-
tclyou iu 1904 did make the corpora
tions "come down , " especially the life
insurance companies. Having now aft
er two years tad every opportunity of
obtaining all the information about the
secret graft pf : railroads a.nd. others in
the postal -sprv-icp. Cortolyou will
bo batter than over pr-apargd to threat
en tiiotrust and corporation magnates
nad make them "come down" to fill
the ever open maw of the Republican
campaign fund.
What could be more natural from the
Republican machine point ofview , Mr.
Cortelyou having been slated for the
position of secretary of thQ tro.iisury ,
than that thq fTe.nzie.fl financiers of
W-a } } stroat should be anxious and will
ing to donate liberally to the Repub
lican campaign fund if assured by the
future secretary of the treasury that
the Shaw policy would be continued ?
Nq other administration has ever so
bqldty mixed up the public business
> yjtb , its par1san political machine op
erations as to combine a member of
the cabinet and the chairman of the
national campaign committee in one
person. Even Ilanna and Quny would
have balked at such a nator-iausly unlit
and unpopular' proppsitio.il. but this ad
ministration , which would bo known as
1'oformors of the clean and safe and
sane stripe , are thus openly defying
public opinion and in evidence brought
out in the life insurance scandal were
proved to be secret blackmailers of oo - $ -
porations whose trust funds they di
verted from the widows and orphans
of policy holders , tq wl\om \ fl q money
tightly bqlongeA " " 'an $ jig restitution has
bqe.n made.
Republican Grnftincr.
Charles S. Deneen , the Republican
governor of Illinois , is in trouble with
the Thirtieth Ward Republican club of
fhjcagp about fees of $243,77 .82 out
of public mqiiay. , which Donean retain-
e.c | fqr cqutaifl services r-eiuier-ed while
jje. was s.tatGls attorney on a regular-
salary. The club insists that he h.as
no. moral right tq the in on ay anfl tjint
by keeping it ho Justifies the charge
of grafting brought against him by the
Democrats and injures the Republican
party.
M.f ! I "
ROOSEVELT ROORBACK
Rockefeller Helped by Danger
ous Morton Precedent.
THE COEPOSATIOtf PALSE FACE ,
The PrcHitlent'H Decision That Corpo
rations , l > it Not OIHczalK , Are Ile-
K ! os iZiie I EinharrnKKiiifr In Stand
ard OH Crixcs Six Yo. r.s of Boasting :
of Trust IJuKtiiiprVith No Results.
When President Roosevelt decided in
the Santa.Fe railroad rebate case that
the corporation and not the officials
was to be punished ho created a prec
edent that is now coming home to the
Roosevelt roost. He was so anxious to
save Paul Morton , who was the official
that had ordered the rebating and who
was a member of his cabinet , that the
punishment of similar trust lawbreak
ers in the future was sacrificed to pro
tect a member of the president's house
hold. The Roosevelt precedent is prov
ing a boomerang in the case against
the Standard Oil magnates , ami their
escape from punishment under the
Roosevelt ruling is probable. Even if
the Standard Oil trust is convicted it
cannot be punished , for a corporation
cannot be imprisoned and a fine would
be obviously inadequate for the of
fenses-charged and would be , partly at
least , paid by luauj' innocent stock
holders instead of the real culprits.
When the president appointed those
two celebrated lawyers , Messrs. Tud-
son Harmon and Frederick N. Judson ,
both Democrats , to investigate and re
port on the Santa Fe rebating case
they reported that Paul Morton , the
manager of the Santa Fe railroad ,
should be prosecuted and not the rail
road. Their argument was briefly :
"No proceeding should be commenced
without evidence , but facts presumed
or judicially noticed are evidence. The
proceeding we recommend is not un-
usnal or exceptional , but , on the con
trary , is the natural and ordinary one
in such cases.
"What we have said is peculiarly
true of the great corporations of our
day. They cannot be imprisoned , and
punishment by fine is not only inade
quate , but reaches the real culprits
only lightly , if at al. ! The evils with
which we are now c snfrontod are cor
porate in name , but individual in fact.
Guilt is always personal. So long as
officials can hide behind their corpora
tions no remedy can be effective.
When the government searches out the
guilty men and makes corporate wrong
doing moan personal punishment and
dishonor the laws will be obeyed. "
In the case of the state of Ohio
against Mr. Rockefeller and the Stand
ard Oil company the attorneys for
Mr , Rockefeller took advantage of
the precedent set by President Roose-
vplfe in the Paul Morton and Santa
Fo railroad case , declaring that only
the corporation and not Mr. Rockefel
ler could be reached by the proceedings.
Mr. Phelps , the attorney for tue state ,
followed the argument of Messrs. Har
mon and Judson , contending that the
individual and not the corporation
should be reached , declaring :
"A corporation has nq face except a
false face. It is a. mantle that covers
the individuals in It , so that when the
liead of the company , Jts president ,
sneaks , that is the language of the cor
poration itself. "
How can those who have been de
ceived Into believing that President
Roosevelt is really intent on prosecut
ing and punishing the trust and corpo
ration magnates who conspire to pluiu
der the public for the benefit of them
selves and their associates excuse his
evident Intention to protect the real
law-breakorg by creating the dangerous
precedent In the Morton case ? For six
yeaps President Roosevelt has been
boasting of trust busting and control
ling corporations so that their unlawful
exactions from the people may be light
ened and lifted , but can any one point
to a trust or corporation magnate con
victed and in jail as the result of these
years of boasting ? One such convic
tion and jail sentence wp.uld have more
deterrent Affect an "future trust and
99rpqraiion plundering than all the ad
ministration has done in the six years
of Its existence.
A Daiiprcrons Pasiu < ,
Senator Bevcriclgd is so anxious to be
thqught ; olose to the administration
that he takes up at second hand all the
suggestions of the president. But as
President Roosevelt often changes his
mfrd. very rapid.ly it la rather difficult
fpr B.everidge to act as echo. Ho got
left on the Cuban annexation echo , and
he may find that the presidential shout
ing about the confiscation of great for
tunes will die down until no echo is
left. Rut if the president should join
the Socialists his faithful echo will ba
! n the neighborhood. But it is a dan
gerous pastime.
Tariff War With Germany.
Our stand pat adm uitrution and
congress Juvvg \ \ Uurd nut to crack
itVper-njany. AVe must either lower
OW tariff barriers to German goods or
next June the Germans will declare
we are unfair traders and exact their
maximum tariff rates against our prod. *
nets. When our stand pat statesmen
havp ruined or greatly rpduped our ex-
p.orts tq that poultry by a year's tariff
wiy. oflc farmers mid others who will
suffer will begin to open their eyes to
th.e iniquity of protectionism that only
pr-o.tepts the trusts a.nd the Republican
politicians who are subsidized by the
Xeimtiitioii Still Suffers.
Senator Depew's nerves are much
better ; but it Avill be a long time be
fore his reputation will be able to
leave the sanitarium. Hartford Times.
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anything you choose milk for instance or alone.
At every meal or for a munch between meals , when
you feel the need of an appetizing bite to fill up a vacant
corner , in the morning when you wake hungry , or at
night just before going to bed. Soda crackers are so
light and easily digested that they make a perfect food at
times when you could not think of eating anything else.
But as in all other things , there is a difference in sod
crackers , the superlative being
a soda cracker so scientifically baked that all the nutri
tive qualities of the wheat are retained and developed
a soda cracker in which all the original goodness is
preserved for you.
NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
B. J. Hoffacker is visiting in
town this week.
Supt. Travis of St. Mary's Mis
sion was in the city last week.
A number of Indians were in
tawn this week after freight.
Miss Fannie Thackrey is visit
ing wjth her brother Ed in town.
She is a teacher at llosebiul.
Major Kelly of Rosebud came
down in his auto last Saturday
and spent several days in town.
Mr. and Mrs. Al Webb went up
to Cody last night to spend
Thanksgiving with the Doctor and
Mrs. Jeffers.
Geo. H. Hornby had the mis
fortune to get his foot mashed the
first of the week and is confined to
his home most of the time.
The editor came near breaking
his head with an ax while splitting
kindling .yesterday afternoon , the
ax catching on a clothes line over
hanging and struck him above the
right eye.
N. A. Bullis and wife of Spring-
fled , S. D. , are in town visiting
relatives. John Bullis will ac
company N. A. Bullis on a west
ward trip , starting tonight , ex
pecting to look up a location for a
hardware store.
Rasmus Andersen departed last
Tuesday morning for Omahagoing
fro.ir there to his old home in Den
mark to see his mother and other
relatives , where he will visit until
March or April. His friends
wish him a pleasant and safe jour
ney ,
Mrs. Bowring , mother of Co.
Com. Bowring , living near MPT-
riman , died last week and funeral
service was held at Merriman and
the remains brought to NValentine
Monday , and , after a short service
at the home of D. E. Sherman ,
laid to rest in Mt. Hope cemetery.
A party of railroad surveyors
have been in town the past week
surveying between Arabia and
Valentino. It is rumored that the
C. & N. W. will change the road
to run north to the Niobrara val
ley east of the fort and build a
new bridge across the river near
the month of the Minnechaduza.
TfJ. S. Weather Bnreaa Report
tor week Ending Nov. 28.
The daily mean temperature is
beginning to get back to the norm
al and there is only 1 ° loss this
week. The highest temperature
was 49 ° on the 2i ; lowest 7 ° on
the 28rd. The precipitation in
the form of snow was 0.14 of an
inch and gives a total for the year
of 26.M inches.
Mr. Barnard and wife are in
town from Owl Creek , Wyo. , ex
pecting to spend the winter here.
They are staying at the Chicago
hotel.
Excursion Tichettt to North-
wen-fern State Teticlaern *
Association at Cruiv-
foril , NeJtrdsfcftj
Via the Northwestern Line , will he
sold at reduced rales Nov. 80 and
Dec. 1 , limited to return until De
cember 3 , inclusive. Apply to ag
ents Chicago & Northwestern Ry.
Program of Cherry County
Teachers' Association ,
r. 30. UPC. I , f' '
FRIDAY , 1:30 : P. M.
( High School Building. )
Recitation Annie Hahn
The Dictionary Habit
Mae Cavauaugh
Life in Australia James Oliver
Some of the Good Things Modern
Teachers Do..Mrs. G. L. Mossman
Physiology and Effects of Nar
cotics Meta Schafer
Manual Training vs the Classics ,
Pearle Arnot
FRIDAY EVENING , S O'CLOCK.
( Court Room. )
Song and Recitation
Miss Driscoll's Room
Music Cody Pupils
An Original Story
Laura Pettijohn's Pupil
Lecture
SATURDAY , 9:00 : A. 51.
( High School. )
Roll Call by Quotations
How to Enliven the History Class
May Carter
Training for Citizenship , D. F. Story
Recitation Alice McLean
A School Exhibit for the County
Fair Mrs E. A. Pettycrew
Shall Men Continue in the School
Room ? B. E. Colby
Christians in All Lands
Jennie Bennett
Song Cody High School Chorus
Reading Circle Work , quiz
EssentiaJs of Teaching Read
ing Chapters and 4
Psychology Chapters 3 and 4
Recitation Pupil from Cody
All Cherry county teachers and
friends of education are urged to
attend. Cordially yours.
LULU KORTZ ,
Co. Supt.
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