The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-04-19

other companies constituting the trust are
organized under the laws of other States
and would still have power to continue
their operations here.
The under lying principle upon which
the existing conditions rest, is the pres
ent tariff system, which effectively closes
the markets of the United States to the
sale of Mexican and Canadian beef and
mutton. If the tariff on these necessities
were at once removed, the Beef Trust
would cease TO exist. To repeal the tariff
would permit competition, and as a result
prices would be at once reduced to nor
NAL level.
A second cause for the existence of the
Beef Trust is found in that form of
black-listing enforced by it, so that the
small and Independent dealers in meat
cannot secure provisions of other kinds
unless all meats are purchased from its
companies. in other words, these com
panies already have monopoly of many
of our food supplies and in order to force
the small dealer to purchase all his sup
plies from them. he must purchase his
meat at their establishments before he
can secure supplies of other stabple arti-
cles required in his business. If he pur-
chases elsewhere, and from the indepen-
dent butcher, his supply is Immediately
cut off
A third reason is in the Discrimination
in the rates and method of transportation
established by the railroad companies.
which favor those who already have
monopoly of the beef supply as against
the Independent and small dealer. If these
determinations were not made, the sup
ply furnished by the small dealer would
not be side-tracked and permitted to. be
come unfit for food before it could reach
the markets of the large cities. This dis
elimination is a matter which should be
thoroughly investigated and its dlscon-
tinuance at once affected by the action
of the Attorney General of the United
States.
A fourth reason may be assigned to the
failure on the part of the Attorneys Gen
eral of the United States and of our own
State to take such action under the law
as would result in the destruction of the
monopoly now enjoyed by the beef
trust"
ANY one of these remedies may not
bring about the. fully desired result In
order that the people who are now suffer-
ing because of their. inability to purchase
meat within their income may be re-
lieved, the railroad discrimination must
first be stopped, the method of blacklist
ing already referred to made crime. and
last but most important, the tariff on
necessities abolished.
A resolution has already been introduce
ed in the present Congress by the Hon.
Allan L. McDermett calling upon the
Ways and Means Committee to report a
bill repeating the tariff on meats In this
effort to promptly and effectually bring
the present crisis to an end, he has our
unqualified support. We believe that
proper agitation of this subject is now de-
manded by the people in order that the
Congress now assembled may be awaken
ed to proper appreciation of its respon-
sibiIity and duty. To this end we advise
that public meeting be called for an
early date to give free discussion to TIE
subject and that the result of the same
be commcmorated to the Senators and
members of Congress from New jersey
VII hnnt regard to party affiliation.