Sunday Washington globe., 1902-04-27
To Secure the Privileges Of
Citizens of the United States.
SENSIBLE SUGGESTION.
The Evil Of Trusts and Combines and
the Fine Work Being Conducted by
the Milk Trust-The People Have
Themselves 20 Blame for Freezing
Out the Home Butchers.

milk which was below the established
standard, was dismissed after short trial
before Judge Scott yesterday. The in.
spector testified that when he bought a
half.pint of milk from Rackey the grocer
refused to accept any money for it. The
milk, the inspector said, upon being ex-
amined, was found to be below the stand
ard.
When the grocer took the stand he
testified that he purchased only three piuts
OF milk day for family use, and said he
gave it to the inspector only after he had
been threatened with arrest.
The would be czar of this the best governed
city in the United States, through heuch.
men, is terrorizing the merchants Of this
city in precisely the same way the butchers
were persecuted, and the result will be the
same it is partially accomplished now.
great many who formerly sold milk, and it
is almost as necessary to a grocer to keep
1t as to keep sugar, have quit the selling for
fear ofDbeing published as cheatsan swind-
lers, regulations built up by yeats of honest
dealing, blasted in a minute and for what2
Was thisAman bulldozed into giving the
inspector milk which he had for private use
only2 He must have made it plain to Judge
Scott or he would not have been cleared.
Did this man adulterate his own private
milk?
If this man had known it was Off so) be-
low standard would he have purchased it?
Was this the same Inspector who testified
he bought cream" from Keser2
Above all the item.is furnished the local
press that the milk was below standard"
an innocent merchant cleared yet cunningly
stigmatized.
The Post says "bacteriologists make their
living by alarming the public" Some Of
the public think they get rich quick"
when they alarm for projectors.
If the names and addresses of all mer.
chants who have been fined and forfeited
collateral IN milk cases were published il
woulI be a revelation; indeed, a wonder.
The beef trust only controls the whole.
sale, but this milk trust wants all The
price at wholesale is not sufficient, they are
hogsl the grocers, milk dairies and cafes
are to be worried out; then the small milk
men that supply families; with no customers
the shippers of milk, like the former cattle
dealers, step down and out. The trust will
not undersell to gain the object; don't have
to. A bill rushed through al last minute
will fix the business in this no-vote spot"
on the map. and you can't call it anything
else. With more population than Arizona,
Delaware, Idaho, Montana, Nevada New
Mexico, Utah, Wyoming Alaska and
Hawaii, the subjects of this spot on the
earth" have not even the rights of Irish in
Ireland. They have no vote or say; are
simply lot of tin soldiers to be looted"
in various ways. If they kick they are sent
to the tuberculoriam, don't give them any
soap, feed them on fecus to shorten their
days and when about to die have them par
doned to die elsewhere. If they had repre-
sentation the coming generation might cul-
tivate nerve the present occupants are tpo.
litically and manfully) dead.
We have speeches on slavery in the Phil
ippines; what have we in Washington, D.
CT How is it we have taxation without
representation We have the right to pc.
tition, so do the slaves; where is the differ
ence1 In fact, can any man show any differ.
ence between the frea cOlored man of 1860
resident Of District Of Columbia and white
man of 1907 resident of the District of
Columbia The colored man of 1860 was a
ward of the nation; no vote. The white and
colored Of the District of Columbia are both
now wards of the nation. They have virtu.
ally, through iobbery, lost all sense of self.
protection.
To cringe and grovel for what is an inner.
ent right by an American born is a sad
sight indeed, but it is Of every day occur
renee here.
Is it treason to suggest that about twenty
clubs be formed in the various sections Of
the District of Columbia for the express
purpose of demanding Of Congress the in
herent right, under the constitution of the
United States, of voting for the persons
who regulate their taxation and pass laws
to govern them.
Is It treason to suggest that Congress be
notified that no more looting laws (passed
in the last mad rush of bills") will be toler-
ated in the District of Columbia during the
interval.
Pekin was looted in hurry. Washing
ton, d. c., has been systematically looted
by law for the last twenty years
This deviltry commenced when the Wash
ingtou One Hundred Of 1874 had succeeded |
by persecution in bankrupting and driving
from the city a man who made the city
what 1t il to-day. This man was accused Of
looting by the One Hundred was investi-
gated, proved his honesty, but it impover-
ished him and he left in disgust
By making use of the word "nigger" as
an excuse, they managed to get rid Of vot.
A+bf WV WHdA WANT " XII VN IS THIS ]
What is the matter with the Washington
''nigger'' Taken as a whole, they certainly
outrank any collection of colored residents
IN this country.
To save argument suppose we admit il was
right at that time, what about today? Are
the colored men Of Washington d. c., so
low in the scale that the whites voluntarily |
submit to be disfranchised2 Was white or
colored offered any chance Except the one
hundred) to contest, are white or colored |
consulted, or in any manner couutenanced, 1
even, IN the natter the greatest right Of an |
American citizen
A President Of the United States travels !
hundreds Of miles to cast one vote for
somebody else American children have |
been born in the Capital City Of the United |
States, graduates. long past their age Of |
manhood, and never cast a vote" What |
spectacle for Europe, and why Is this thus2 |
The true reason is it Is a city Of loot"
Is It treason to advise that these clubs be |
composed Of men who pledge themselves |