The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-19
.BABCOCK AND THE BANKER COwherd Comments on the
 Interview.
 -e- FRUITS OF THE TRUSTS Increase in the Cost of Food
 Products.
FRUITS OF THE TRUSTS
Asrfculturai Tools Manufactured in united states seId Abroad Lower Than They Can Be Bought
 in This Country.
Advertiser Bureau.
 Colorado Building,

Washington, May IS. Representative William S. Cowherd. Chairman of the Democratic Congression- al Campaign Committee. is extremely hopeful of the Democrats winning the for.
 Referring to observations on the situ- ation by Babcock, Chairman of the Re- publican Congressional Committee. Mfr. Cowherd said today:
 It is natural for those connected with the campaign to take rosy view of the situation and that Mir. Babcock can do so at this time testifies both to his ex- perience and his hopeful disposition.
 The newspapers tell us that the Re- publican primaries in West Virginia were So harmonious that only seventeen peo- plo were killed; that the Dick and For aker factions in Ohio have abandoned the ballot and are relying for success up- on the thickness of their skulls and weight of their clubs. Illinois is in the throes of the bitterest conventional fight the Republican Party ever. experienced in that State. see by the morning pa- per that there is probability of a riot at the State Convention in wisconsin and that noted prize fighters and athletes are being selected as deputy sergeants at arms. Senator .Spooner says; The con. dittons are deplorable. have not seen one similar to 1t before. do not think there is worse situation in any State
 Dcaging Vice Presidency
 To give added proof of confidence pre- vaaiing In Republican ranks every mem. Dei or that party of national prominence IS hiding out for fear he may he caught by the Vice. Presidential nomination which is roaming around seeking whom It may devour. The chajrmanship of the National Committee having been offered ana refused by various gentlemen, II seems, is to find peyms rient lodging in the Presidents Cabinet. In fact. 1t ap- pears probable. and surely would be fit- ting in the course of recent events. if both running mate and campaign man. ager were. chosen by executive order from the helpless members of the Presidents household.
 T, know 1t must have been a review of these cheering conditions that inspired MT. Babcock with so much confidence He seems to place his main reliance on the farmer, and tells us he gained his knowledge of the farmers views from conversation with prominent banker of his district. Had Mir Babcock talked with the farmer who runs a blow instead of the farmer who runs a bank he might have come to a different conclusion The field farmer probably would have said that, though he could get about half as much for his cattle as he received twelve months ago he had to pay the same price for his beef. and he was wondering whether the beef trust which puts the price of the farmers cattle down and the poorman's meat up. was one of those good trusts among which the attor- ney general is not going to run amuck.' st
 ''Ie might also have called Mir. Bab- cocks attention to somewhat similar con- ditions In regard to the price of hogs and pork. He would surely have mentioned the fact that although there had been a decline in these products of the farm he had noted no decline in the price of the tools with which he cuitivates his fields, but on the contrary had discovered that the manufacturer was selling agri- cultural implements in South America and Australia to the competitors of the American farmer cheaper than he could buy them at the door of the factory.
 Work of Steel Trust.
 This farmer might have told Mir. Bab- cock that he discovered two years ago that the steel trust had added s1 to the price of every blow. That the wire trust had put the price of barbed. wire so high could hardly afford to fence his field, That the lumber trust had increased by 50 per cent the cost of the last barn he built. That the twine trust was taking it's toll from his wheat crop. and so on through all the list of articles he had to buy.
 T am sure that if Mir Babcock would talk to a farmer in the furrow instead of the banker he would not find so much consolation in the fact that the house was equipped with telephone and he was subscribing to a daily paper. It has been for years the surprise of all men in politics that the farmer who suffers most and profits least by high protective tariff should have so long supported that policy. and Inc growth of the Iowa Idea shows that the increased circulation of the daily paper and the extension of the telephone is beginning to bring results.
 MT Babcock is eminently correct when he indicates his fear of the city vote. Here the increased cost of liv- ng is telling with effect on the Repub- ican party He might also find food Tor thought iu the fact that this year. 'or the first time since 1892 he has to ace united Democracy. We can ,lect a majority of the House, even if ve lose the Presidency, but if present conditions continue, the nominee of tho 't. Louis convention will carry every State east of the Mississippi liver, and carry with him large ma ority of the House of Representa- ives R. H. Watkins.
 
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