Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-06-28
As a Result Public Sentiment Is Chang.
ing and Will Finally Back
Them Up.
Effect of Crushing Big Packing Industries
Would Be Simply Disastrous to Work
ing People.
No Grounds Really Exist Now Upon Which
These Firms Can Be Successfully
Attacked.

basic principle of all government which
Is simply mutual protection. If per.
sons engaged in n certain line of busi-
ness cannot engage In an ordinary
agreement under which that business
can be maintained ut a reasonable rate
of profit, then the government. upon the
same line of reasoning. have no right
90 protect American wages or the
prices of American products or manu-
facturc by n prohibitivc tariff. because
the object in both cases Is essentially
the same.
But II viewed from the standpoint
of "the greatest good to the greatest
number" the case of the packers is
even still stronger. If concerns on.
gagged In business enterprise neccssl.
tating the investment of enormous cap.
ltal and as u necessary. result of such
transaction giving an enormous amount
of employment to men. women ana chill
dren. are not to be protected ana en-
cOuraged. then who are entitled to pro-
lection and encouragement? Suppose
wealthy men, individuals possessed of
great sums of money. should withdraw
such capital from industrial enterprise
and invest 1t say In government bonds,
where an insured increment upon such
capital Is guaranteed and none OF the
risks or worry Of Individual or cOmbln.
cd enterprise entalled, what IL bound
to be the result? Disaster for the
working people, and rulnatlOn to the
poor. Yet IL capital Is to be denied
the right Of reasonable combination for
the purpose of insuring reasonable
profit. Is not It's withdrawal from b,si-
ness and its investment in some such
manner as Is above limited ut bound 10
be the logical result? Then would
come the question whether It IL better
for the working classes to pay more
money for their meat and have the
money to buy It with, than to have no
money with which to buy any food at
all.
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Again, to tie up the packing Industry
would not result In cheaper meat. 1t
would only result in dearer and poorer
meat. Small butchering places attach.
cd TO every little meat market. every
man engaged In the selling of meat
his own butcher, the resultant waste
of all that Is now utilized of the ear
| cases of steers, hogs, sheep, etc. poor
| accommodations, losses entailed by the
absence of the great refrigcrating and
other equipments which are the char.
acterlstics of the big meat packers. all
this would unquestionably cause an
| even greater increase In the price of
meats than we have ever had rs yet,
and would cause untold discomfort and
even suffering.
And all of this, let 1t not be forgotten,
without any real fault on the part Of
the great meat purveying concerns, be-
cause, as we have said at the outset,
It cannot be shown or argued from any.
thing that has transpired thus far that
goes to show that they are actually
combined to force meat UP to outrage.
Ous prices, or that they are actually
responsible for the steep increases
which preceded the initiation of the
litigation started by the federal author
tiles against the packers. For all OF
these reasons, this litigation, whatever
may be said of the objects back of It,,
can never have the support of public
sentiment, and consequently must ulti'
mately fall to the ground.
The schedule Of dates for the fall cleo
tion has been made up by the Board of
Election Commissioners as follows,
with registration days on Saturdays to
accommodate many who otherwise
would not find it convenient to register:
Saturday, Oct. 4-Last day to file
nomination papers.
Saturday, Oct. 4-First day of regis
tratlon; polls open from S II. III. to .
,. m.
Tuesday, oct. 1i-SecOnd and last
day Of registration; polls open s a. m.
10 o p. IN.
Saturday, Oct. 1s-Reylsion of regis
try; polls open from 6 to lOp. IN.
Monday, oct. 20-Latest day for
Withdrawals of candidate from ticket.
Tuesday, Oct --latest day for filing
lOdging-house statements,
Tuesday, Nov, 4-Electlon day; polls
open from 6 a, m. to 4 p IN.
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The state convention Of the Illinois
Republican League will be called soon.
The selection Of the time and place of