The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-04-30
BEEF AND SUGAR COMBINES
KNOW THAT REPUBLICANS ARE
IN coNTRoL-THERE WILL BE
NO WAR WAGED AGAINST THEM
SAY THE MATTER is ONLY IN
THE HANDS OF THEIR FRIENDS
AND HAVE NO FEAR THAT THEY
WILL HAVE TO REDUCE PRICES.

Washington, April 29,--Neither the
sugar trust nor the beef trust is ex-
hibitng any concern over the talk OF
legislation against these trusts in par
ticular, or other trusts, by the pres
ent congress.
The trusts know that with republi-
can control of botn branches of con-
gress they are in the hands Of their
friends. The threats of investigation
into the monopolies controlling meats
and other food supplies do not worry
in the least the men whose manipula-
ton is responsible for the high prices
against which the entire country is
complaining
The sugar refining trust has not
turned a nair because of the action
of the house in lacking the differential
amendment on the Cuban reciprocity
bill. 1t is true that the acuon of the
house caused a furry in Wall street
and That there was a slight slump in
sugar trust shares, but this was due
entirely to the manipulation of the
outside traders and did not at all af-
| feet the sugar trust magnates. They
are confident that the republicans
of the senate will never allow that
amendment to remain ON the bill and
that they are in absolutely no danger
Republicans Silent on Meat Trust.
AS yet not a single republican has
been found in either house of con
gress with nerve enough to even in
troduce resolutions calling for an in
vestigation into the methods of the
manipulators of food stuff prices. Mr..
McDermott, of New Jersey, a demo
crat, has introduced a bill to take off
the existing tariff on meats and poul-
try with the idea that this might give
some relief to the consumer. There
is little cnance of this being given
even serious consideration by the re-
publican majority on the ways and
means committee of the house and if
the thing is allowed to get up at all
1t will ge met with an avalanche of
protest that the removal of these par
ticuar duties would be a great blow
at the beloved American farmer. AS
matter OF fact, the beloved Amer
lean farmer gets no benefit from this
tariff. The American cattle raiser
must sell mis- product to the houses
OF the packers combine, and that
combine absolutely fixes the price
that will be paid for beeves. But II
the matter should be allowed to get
before the ways and means commit.
tee at all, we will have the interesting
spectacle of the republican lealers de-
claring That the removal of the tariff
viii b. blow at til. American far
mer
Democrats Alone Are Active.
So far every move designed to
throw light upon the causes of the
abnormally high prices FOR meats nas
come from the democratic side. Some
time ago Mr. Thayer, of Massachu-
setts, introduced a resolution calling
for information from the department
of justice as to what steps were be-
ing taken, if any. to investigate and
proceed against the beef trust. About
this time Attorney General Knox
wrote a letter stating that some dis
trict attorney, name not given. had
been instructed to investigate. There
was nothing to Indicate tnat there
was any vigor back of the movement
to investigate and the only develop
ment since has been the report of
the committee to which the resolution
was referred, which committee de-
clared in effect t;T.t there was no need
to adopt Mr.. Thayer's resolution, be-
| cause the attorney gannrars Intto.