Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1900-12-07
The FULL DINNER PAIL.
Tho Trusts arc Having a Full Dinner
Pail Since Election but Everything
the Farmer Sells is 6oing
Down in Price.

It is less than q month since the
popular verdict was given and already
we can appreciate some of the mani
fold benefits which come from trust
control.
No sooner was Mckinley reelected
than prices began to go up with .
bound.
The sugar trust began the game. AL.
most every household necessity follow.
ed. Salt. prunes, -four, meat, rice,
coffee and similar articles have gone up
from 10 TO 20 cents at retail.
There is nothing in the business sit
nation to explain the raise. The house
holder simply has 10 pay the advance
or 70 without the goods. This is only
the beginning Of the trust policy. The
people who are curious to see what
would come Of another four years of
trust expansion and control are going
to have their curiosity fully gratifed
and at the expense of their own pock-
et-books.
There is no talk at all of any legis.
latlon to control trusts during the
coming session of congress. The Re-
publicans think that the next appeal
to the popular verdict is far enough
away that there is no need to pay any
attention to appearances just now.
There are other doubtful blessings
Immediately following the election. In
less than week after, the Standard
Oil stock reached the highest point in
its history and the retail price of oil
went up from Two to five cents all over
the country.
Undoubtedly the three-quarters of q
million voters who determined the re-
suit were the sort who were open to q
certain sort of subtle coercion which
the Republicans have always used with
great success.
There was the small depositor in the
saving bank. Just the hint that Bry-
ans election might affect his quarterly
installment of interest was enough to
scare him. It was the same way with
the holder of small mortgages. The
clerical class needed only q suspicion
that the defeat Of Mckinley might en-
danger their places or wages.
Now none of these classes really
feared any very. serious result if Bryan
was elected, but the bare hint Of any
change was such q potent appeal to
their caution that the ballot was cast
for Mckinley. It is worth while for
die democrats 10 study how to deal
with these classes next time. Sioux
Falls Press.
Not only is it true that the price Of
articles controlled by the trusts an
going up but the prices Of what the
farmer and producer has to sell an
going tumbling down hill. Since elec
ton fax has fallen off something ove1
20 cents per bushel. Wheat about Il
cents. At the same time linseed oil
has gone up. Live stock has dropped
about 81 90 per hundred while dressed
and canned meats have gone up that
much. and more. The only class Of
people. who are getting full dinner
pals" ont Of this deal are the trusts
that contributed to the Republican
campaign fund. When the farmers
who voted these fnll dinner pals for
the trusts and took it out of their own
pockets. reflect on the conditions that
now confront them they must surely
think what damphools they have made
of themselves. Prosperity has come,
but it has come only to the few trusts
and the money power, and the com
mon people of this nation are paying
the price. When will the American
farmer and working man wake up to
the fact that prosperity for the trusts
10 death for them. Soon the trusts will
grind 90 hard that the average voter
will open his eyes and he will do it in
time to save the nation.-Wateft0wn
Times.