Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-04-14

rectness represent the Democratic
idea.
This is no sense an innovation,
butit is; in point Of fact. return to
the original plan and idea Of govern
ment Of this Republic. The Chief
Magistracy Of the United States is
the highest and most responsible
Office in the world, and the people
whose suffrages are invoked 70 ele-
vate citizen to this dignity and to
this responsibility are entitled 20
know in the fullest and minutest
details his opinions and policies. !"
This sort of talk from Mr.. Hearst
is making him many fast friends
here who have hitherto never got
ten close enough 10 the man toknow
him.
An item of interest 10 the farmers
and poultry raisers Of the country,
in connection with the Worlds
Fair at St. Louis, is learned from
the Eastern Press Bureau. in this
city. The regular cash prizes Offer
ed for exhibits of poultry, pigeons
and pet stock aggregate more than
SIC. 900, aud this will be greatly in
creased 10y appropriations from state
commissions for state exhibits. The
Missouri Commission has set apart
81 900 for special prizes and expenses
connected with that state's poultry
exhibits. The special poultry clubs
of this and other countriesa are making
q very successful canvass for funds
for special prizes for exhibits. One
club promises toprovide prize fund
of at least $4,000 for it's favorite.
Mr.. T. III. Orr, secretary and trea-
surer Of the American Poultry Asso-
citation, has been made the superin-
tendent of the poultry show and the
rnatterof receiving, coping, feeding,
exhibiting and returning the pOul-
try, pigeons and pet stock at the
World Fair has been placed in the
hands Of committee recommended
by the association, consisting of
Henry Steinmesch, of st. Louis; T.
Il. McGrew, of New York; and u. r.
Fishel. OF Hope, Ind. One is a sue
cesful and experienced superinten-
dent OF a large poultry show; one q
former secretary of the American
Poultry Association and popular
poultry author; and the third, one
of the largest and most successful
breeders and exhibitors of poultry.
An opinion from one of the great
est trust lawyers 10 the city of New
York is worth something, inasmuch
as some of the trusts pay him a lib
eral fortune to render them. His
name is Untermeyer, and he says
that there never will be any effec-
tive antitrust work done in this
country until the criminal clause of
the Sherman antitrust law is put
in force and some of the criminals
are sent tothe penitentiary and made
to wear stripes. And there is the
whole gist Of the matter in a nut
shell.
What in the name of common sense
do the trusts OF the country care for
fine OF 50, 900 day SO long as they
can put up prices and compel the
the people of the country to pay the
fine in less than twodays. tits the
plainest idiOcy to try 10 curb or kill
trusts in any such manner. Tho
Republican party knows il and that
is why the criminal clause of the
Sherman antitrust law never has
been enforced. Let the voter figure
on this when he gets ready 10 vote
this fall.
In connection with this same sort
OF work on the part of the Repub-
lican party, the ps ssenge of the
Elkins anti-rebate law year caused
the Republicans to crow Justify.
They called il an antitrust law
which was to curb railroads by CON-
pelling them to treat all shippers
alike. Ii also knocked out the Grim
inal clause Of the antitrust law
applied to them, thus obviating all
fear from the operations of the law
on the part of the railroads. Ever
since the passenge Of the law the
, railroads have been violating it by
the payment to shippers all over
the country of switching charges
amounting, in some cases, to not
! less than $15 day. They have in
this way favored the shipper wan
ted to and have violated the law
with no fear of the consequences.
Another favorite method of violating
this law on the part of the railroads
has been that big shipper located
favorably for shipping over two more
railroads, ships over the road
that will allow the greatest claim for
lost goods No goods are actually
lost in transportation, but the agent
is authorized to deduct so much for
such losses. In this way rebates
amounting 10 20. 30. and even so per
cent. of the freight bill are allowed.
Thus the small shipper isdiscrimia-
ted against and cannot afford to stay
IN business in the same town with
the man who gets these favors from
the railroad that thus brazenly vio-
lates the so-called Elkins anti rebate
bill. Even il they are caught with
the goods on them" they only
have TO pay small fine and there
you are.
In the name of all that stands for
common sense when will the people
OF this country get their eyes open
and place a party in power that will
wipe out such iniquities?
CHARLES A. EDWARDS.
The Senate Committee on Fisheries
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