Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-30
Farmers and Trusts.

nad no erect upon Its extortlons from
!ne farmers or the consumers, has long
Deen evident. Inc price OF meat Is still
.ar ABOVE what u should be consider,
ing the price paid by the trust for live
STOCK, While the butchers have re.
uuced tne price OF meat somewhat
from the nighest point. the price OF cat
t'e ana hogs mas declined In vastly
greater proportion. The Iowa Grange
aS its annual convention discussed the
neeI Trust ana It's monopoly OF both
inc wholesale and retail markets and
the collhslon between the trust and
me railroads. President A. B. Judson
OF hiiisdaie addressing the meeting
OF the iowa Grange said:
instead OF supply and demand con-
troiling the market, we have the meat
compine ana the packers trust, which
nave the creqlt OF hxing the price OF
I'VE STOCK every afternoon for the next
DAY, merely shutting on all competi-
tioh' decreasing the ability OF the con-
sumers 70 puy by keeping up the price
ana GRIPPING the ability OF the. farmer
10 sen Dy forcing down the price OF
Iarm products.
what VIII be the inevitable result
OF TINS system OF highway robbery
HOW long VIII the Iowa farmers sub
mt 20 TINS outrageous system OF stand
ana deliver every time the demand
comes from the packers
Inc Iowa grangers and their brother
farmers, those OF them who are Repub-
Leans, have only themselves to thank
Tor tine exactionsi Of the Packers Trust.
Inc BOND between the Republican lead
ers ana the trusts Is patent to everyone
who cares to investigate. The iegisla7
tion against the trusts by the Republi-
can congress was not intended to sup
press the trusts or stay their exac-
ions.
Inc demand by tie people Of the
United States that laws be passed to
curb the trusts was too strong for even
a Republican Congress to ignore. Some
thing had to be done, and new but use
less legislation was enacted. The Re-
publican leaders knew that the old
antitrust law was sufficient, IL enforc-
ed, to bring the most powerful combine
to time. It provides that monopolists
can be fined and imprisoned. One trust
magnate In Jail would soon bring the
whole brood to their knees begging for
pardon. President Roosevelt instead Of
enforcing the law begged the question
by recommending Congress to pass a
law compelling publicity of trust trans
actions as his panacea for trust Ills.
The Republican leaders in Congress
"a few leaders control all leglslat alton
jumped at the recommendation Of the
President and passed the law giving
the new Department of Commerce and
Labor the same power to investigate
trusts az the Interstate Commerce
Commission has to Investigate rail-
roads. There may be some merit in
publicity, but 80 far no results have
been accomplished aud the doIngs or
no trust has been exposed to the public
gaze. The Attorney General. under the
stress OF anu-trust FEELING, commenced
proceedings under the civil end OF the
oid law, against the Packers Trust and
procured an Injunction from the United
States Court OF Illinois ordering the
Beef Trust from combining to control
the market.
Inc worthiessness of this proceeding
70 apparent from the complaint of the
Iowa grangers. The present Attorney