The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-07-18

ming of oysters is localized in points
nearest the supply ofoysters. Mary
land, which is in proximity to the
famous oyster beds, not withstand
ing the apparent decrease which is
above accounted for, led in both
years in the number establishments
in capital and in the value of pro-
ducts. The value of products for the
census year for this State was
$2,417,331, or $500 per cent. of the
total value of products of this in
dustry, Mississippi, Louisiana and
Florida, which were supplied by the
oyster beds of the Gulf of Mexico,
followed Maryland in the order
named.
maryland was the only State hav-
ing establishments employing over
500 wage-earners, but in this State
the largest number establishments
employed from p to so wage-earn-
ers. Florida reported 3 establish
ments employing over 100 wage
earners, and Maryland and Miss
issippi each reported 2 in the class. "
On the gross product the bulletin
shows that the total number OF
pounds of canned vegetables Mary
land easily led, reporting 307, 247, 293
pounds, or $50 per cent. of the total
number. The other four leading
States, in the order named, with the
number of pounds reported by each,
were: New York, 135, 432, 524; In
diana, 81, 500, 6s4; Illinois, SO,214,-
3S4, and California, 62,553, 76O.
The totalnumber ofpounds ofcanned
and preserved vegetables reported by
these five States was CIT OLA, Gas, or
over so per cent. of the totalnumber
of pounds reported for the entire
country.
In the canning ofthe different varie-
ties of fruits, California ranked first,
with 162, 100, 3s2 pounds, or So per
cent. of the total. The other five
leading States, ranked according to
the number of pounds, were: Mary
land, 56.432, $50; New York, Al PAL
$40; Michigan, 1903, 800; Delaware,
5,4S6, 7O4, and New Jersey, $685.
512. The total number of pounds Of
canned fruits returned by these six
States was 27S,179,375, or 92.1 per
cent. of the entire number Of pounds
for the country.
SENATOR CARMACK ATTACKS THE
PRESIDENT TRUST SPEECH.
"All this Republican uproar about
the Trusts is intended for the benefit
of the campaign books rather than
the statute books" said Senator Car
mack, of Tennessee, in a recent inter-
view. "My opinion is that President
Roosevelt was doing some character
istic blufing in his Pittsburg speech.
1 think if he had desire to make a
genuine attack upon the Trusts he
would have disclosed his purpose
while Congress was in session,
as he indicates that anti
Trust legislation is needed.
ut seems a very strange thing that
a man intent upon having laws
framed to destroy the power of the
Trusts should wait until Congress
has adjourned and campaign for
the election of a new Congress is on
before indicating his programme. 1t
all indicates one of two things.
Either the President could not trust
the last Congress, Overwhelmingly
Republican in both branches, to enact
the needed legislation, or else his hos
tility to the TRUSTS being laid before
the country simply tor politicaleffect.
THE idea of committing to Attor-
ney General Knox the duty of pro-
tecting the people from the rapacity
of the Trusts is the grimmest sort of
a Joke. When the wolf turns sheep
dog you may expect Trust lawyer
to defend the people against the
Trusts.
81 see it stated in the newspapers
that the President has asked Repre-
sentative Littlefeld to prepare an
antitrust bill. Mr.. Littlefeld seems
to be regularly in thebusiness of pre-
pairing antitrust bills for campaign
use. He prepared one during the last
Congress which passed the House,
and went to the Senate just before
adjournment, and when it was mani
testify too late to be passed by that
body during the session. 1t served
its purpose throughout the CAM
paign, however, and during the next
session of Congress it was not heard
of. He introduced it again at the re-
cent session of Congress, but omitted
the amendment added to it by the
Democrats of the House of the Fifty
sixth Congress, designed to protect
organized labor from being destroyed
by the operation of the bill, and al
lowed it to sleep undisturbed during
the entire session in the Committee
on Judiciary.
81 predict that there will be no legis-
lation and no serious attempt at legis-
lation affecting the Trust question by
the Republicans during the next ses-
sion of Congress. l do not suppose
that any Trust in the country is los,
ing a moments sleep on account OF
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