Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-12-15


which ought to be removed.
Congress promises n reduction of 10
cents per barrel. but this is not enough.
The present tax of 81 per barrel Is an
injustice to the brewing business and
an outrage ON an honest class of busi-
ness men.
The old-timc war tax Of 81 per barrel.
put ON during the War of the Rebellion.
was large enough for the trade to bear
1t was never taken off.
When the Spanish. American war
broke out 1t was raised to 81 per barrel
over 100 per cent.
This piled one injustice on top of an
other.
The brewers are the first In every
charity.
They are the first to take a financial
interest In every great national or local
affair Of Importance.
They are the first to be attacked and
the last to be relieved.
AL articles of manufacture are ad.
vancing in price.
Dut oSSi 10 SheuI-i tuuh SNVIs
The trade has been too far dcmoral.
lied by the effects Of the tax to permit
Of any further increase in price ut this
time. Conditions may, however, force
the increase In price later.
But the present situation Is this:
The brewers are compelled to cripple
themselves in order to so maintain the
"a hut ln, % 40,
ers all prosper.
The other manufacturers, favored by
legislative discrimination. wax fat and
Independent In a sense at the expense
of the brewers.
Now IL isn't enough that the latter
should simply go ploddlng on without
power to themselves seize any of the
good things their paying Of an unjust
tax made possible to others.
They must also contribute to those
others, to almost every one who has a
commodity required for use In the trade
and contribute out of their abnormal.
ly diminished incomes-a good snug
advance In prices as largess to the very
prosperity and independence that has
'oNt lH'I ~ IteS W llle WV
ernment-in lessened sales, In demoral-
lied and proiitless business.
But 1t isn't this tribute to prosperity
that the brewers object to.
The country cannot be too prosper.
Gus to suit them.
They do demand. however, OF the
nation that has required so much Of
thni. cha v.ith
others in the conduct of their affairs.
They ask that II wrong he righted-
that the tax be taken Off Of beer.
Heavy fighting is going on in Repub-
llcan county politics over the warden.
ship Of the County Hospital. william
Lorlmer and County Comptroller Mon
Afghan are trying to save the battered
head of James Graham. For years Gra-
ham has thr!ved in the wardenship. He
has satisfied himself and Mr. Lorimer
in that job, which has come to be an
important part of Mr.. Lorlmer's politl-
cal assets. Now that Mr. Lorimer 10
fighting TO save himself from political
extinction he IL making his most heroic
efforts 10 keep Graham's head which Is
now wabbly, from being completely
Knocked off.
President Hanberg, of the County
Board, who has the naming of the war
den, has no desire 10 keep Graham
there. He does not want 10 hurt his
political future by being compelled 10
carry that kind Of weight.
At the time Of his election It was
hardly a secret that President Ilanberg
wanted TO improve his own political
standing somewhat by selecting a
hlgh-class man for the place. He had
In mind one of his nelghbors, William
Mclaren, secretary Of the \. II. Beck
Lumber Company OF South Chicago
and Mckinley Presidential Elector,
When Mr.. McLaren had been induced
10 consent 10 take the place IL was
found that the Lorimer machine was
working day and night to save Graham.
This extraordinary effort to keep Gra-
ham where he was so servlccable 10
the LOrlmer machine had the effect Of
temporarily upsettlng the plans OF
President Hanberg.
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Ex-senator "Billy" O'Bricn, of the
Sixth Ward, l. said 10 he at work pre-
pairing to re-cnter the City Council next
spring by defeating Aid. Mccormick at
The primaries.