Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-06-24

marked the earth, as brave "a lion
and AZ relentless "a fate when he
goes after republican juggler Will
facts and figures. When he gets
I'M action next winter there will he
more republican hair sailing around
the atmosphere of the House than
one has seen since the days of Ben
Hill. Lamar. Alex. Stephens, Sun
set Cox, John Carlisle and Bill Nor
rison. The democracy is playing
in luck this time.
Some very shrewd, ifunscrupu-
lous, newspaper work is being done
by the press agents who are boom
ing President Roosevelt for the 1904
republican nomination. They are
portraying him a. heavyweight
trust fighter who is smashing the
trusts right and left. They tell the
people that Wall Street is dead
against Roosevelt. aud is Matching
all kinds of schemes to prevent his
nomination. They are even invent
ing ingenious stories about the
postofhce frauds, scandals and cor
ruptions. which they hope will not
only divert well-deserved blame for
this state OF affairs from the Presi-
dent, who has permitted it to go
on for two years, but will try to
make political capital out of it for
him. They now say that some of
the principal raScalS of the many
who were plundering the poStoffice
were conspiring to prevent the
Presidents nomination next year.
In these simple and absurd ways
they expect To beguile the voting
population of the country. and.
according TO their own assurances.
they are succeeding.
Let uS see what kind of fights
the President has been making
against the criminal trusts of the
country and in the interest of the
plain people. about which his
touterS are so loudly prating at
present. The Presidents reputa-
ton as trust SmaSher rests largely
on two court decisions obtained
last year. The Beef Trust was en-
Joined by the courts and the Nor
thern Securities Co., railroad
combination, was declared illegal
in the United States Circuit Court.
In neither case can any benefit To
the plain people, he detected.
even by the aid of the most powerful
microscope. Both of these trusts are
continuing 10 fix prices and rates
that the people must pay, and il
may be said right here, that no de
cision under the Sherman law has
resulted in permanent benefit to the
people. The net result has been
that the trusts have changed their
form but not their substance. No
court decision has permanently
lowered prices or rates, or taken the
hands of the trusts out of the pockets
of the people. Nor is it probable
that court decisions will ever
remedy the evils of trusts while
we have high tariffs and other
special privileges which give mo-
nOpolieS power and encourage
combinations and trusts. We must
somehow overcome these monopoly
privileges before we can hope to get
rid of the evils of the trusts. But
the PRESIDENT has set his face
against amy change in the trust
fattening tariff. He even stopped
of. on his recent stumping tour, 10
helm strangle the poor little ''Iowa
idea" which feebIy declared that
tariffs which Shelter trusts should
come off. II people call this srenu-
Gus trust busting, they are easily
satisfied.
Milk sugar forms the basis of
baby foods. II is, therefore,
most necessary product in thou
sands of households, and it should
be * cheap as possible. for. un-
fortunately, most babies are born
in poor homes where the parents
must struggle hard to get sufficient
food even of the poorest quality.
If there is any industry that should
he fostered and protected, it is this
industry in our homes. II wouh
certainly seem cruel, almost in
hpman, 70 Iegislate to make the
price Of baby food nearly double
what it should be and thus 20 put
it out of the reach of millions of
little unfortunates. But this is lust
what our Congress did when it. in
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