Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-09-14
OF THE DAY


There Is manufactured in Vermont
by the Howe Scale Company OF Rut-
land all kinds of scales They are sold
for export II per cent cheaper than in
this country. One example from their
list will be sufficient to prove that
Farmer Wilson is not taken into the
confidence of the manufacturers with
regard to export prices. The Post plat
form scales with wheels. 40. %. is sod
to the dealers here for SIS, but when
sold for export the price is 500. a diff
ference Of II per cent against the home
purchaser.
When cabinet officers go on the
stump to bolster up their party. the
people look for fair and frank state
ment OF political affairs and not the
ignorance that Secretaries Wilson and
Shaw exhibit of matters connected
with their own departments. The
other horn OF the dilemma for these
Republican partisans, that If not ig-
norant, they have deceived the voters
Wilson claiming that manufacturers
do not sell cheaper abroad than to our
own people. when the export price lists
belle his assertion. and Shaw in his
absurd proposition that high prices
make prosperity for workingmen.
Republican Harmony in New York.
President Roosevelt Is certainly
having hard luck in harmonizing the
warning Republican factions in his
own State. He wanted Root nomInat-
ed for Governor, but Odell said mo"
then he wanted the State nominations
left to the convention. but again Odell
said mo, have candidate for Gov
ernor whom l will disclose whm the
time comes" President Roosevelt
therefore announced that he was not
interfering in New York politics. But
the stream OF Republican leaders that
are invited to Oyster Bay bellies his
lack of interference. The latest inyi-
tation issued from Oyster Bay was to
Littauer of the Glove Scandal fame,
who, the President declared, was his
close friend and political adviser. 1t
is rather Notifying to see the Presi-
dent. in his effort to control the New
York situation. have to consort with
such tough lot of politicians as the
Republicans of the Empire State have
for leaders.
The Cost of Living.
After pondering over the figures Of
the Department Of Commerce and La
Dor for about month, Chicago paper
has discovered Mr.. Wright's average
man" does not exist, but that .the
standard of living is better" than 1t
was few years ago. Since the beef
trust, the coal trust and the hundreds
of other trusts have advanced prices
to the top notch, the average man and
woman have discovered that 1t costs a
great deal more to keep up the stand
ard of living and that present wages
and trust prices are an obstacle that
everyone feeds. All the sophistry Of
the Republican .2statsticians cannot
gloss over the fact that the limited In
come cannot be stretched to meet the
demands that are made upon it. High
trIst E 1ssf4ices sstered ~ p 81
tariff may givesa glamor OF prosperity
to the protected industries, but the
many have to pay to the prosperous
few.
Political Potpourri.
There is no doubt that the beef trust
has the best OF US for while, for, al
though the agents Of the government
have been investigating it for some
tima the only result is check in Ave
figures to the Republican campaign
fund.
Gen. Grosvenor is working up the
figures to prove that the Democrats
are responsible for the beef trust e1ac-
tons and the strike. He Will also in
his first speech prove the administra-
tons record for economy by showing
that only $4,000 of the $4,000 Con-
gress appropriated to fight the trust,
has been expended.
What has Fairbanks ever done or
said that has been Of any use to the
country, and why. therefore. should
the voters elect him to the second high
est Office in the land, and in case of
the demise Of the President to succeed
to that office? He may be sane and
safe" but he has never shown a yes-
tige of ability except as machine
politician.
The coal trusts, both hard and soft,
are raising prices again. II they do
this in the green time what will they
do with us when the sere and yellow
leaf appears? Yet the administration
cannot get evidence to stop the rob
berry, though, as far as the anthracite
coal trust is concerned, there is a large
pigeon hole at the Department Of Jus
tice filled with written evidence that
Mr.. Hearst collected.
All the cabinet officers have left
Washington and the work of the de-
partments seems to run along just as
well as If they were present. Cabinet
officers appear to be only useful for
about sixty days when a campaign is
on, and If they don't do any better
service on the stump than Shaw and
Wilson. their services could be dis
pensed with altogether to the advan-
tage of the Republican party.
Our feet Of battleships will probably
have to cut short their visit to New
port, where they are safeguarding the
Four Hundred. for the Sultan of Tur-
key seems to be quibbling about pay
ing that $4,000 to meet the claim of
an American citizen CO Syrian descent.
This return of the feet will cost thou
sands of dollars, for coal alone, but 1t
will give President Roosevelt and Jonn
Hay another chance to show the world
that II we have not got big stick"
we have q bundle of switches that can