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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-09-24
TRIUMPHANT BEEF PACKERS.

The beef packers have cone off vic
tor;OuS, and the strikers will return to
work "as soon as possible" Tts loss
to the Beef Trust is estimated ut S.
100000, all ot which the consumers
have doubtless paid in the increased
cost of beef. The trust will now go
merri!y on without let or hiud"ance.
The Roosevelt injunction it laughs to
scorC. and the future looks bright for
the combine. for has not the assurance
been given that the Administration WI!
begin 10 running amuck against the
trusts. With lower wages to pay the
neI and the people used to high price
OF meat the trust is in clover.
The farmers WI! continue to ge1
low price for cattle and hogs, and the
beef barons can continue the:c combin-
alton in restraint. of trade that is. die
tate the price of what they buy and
what they sell and what they viii pay
their employees. There would seem to
be % excuse why the Republican cam.
pa.ga fund s2or.d cot be fat.e2ed IN.
de- al these p-op:::o-s circumstances.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-09-24
THE GEEF TRUST NOT AFRAID.

The beef packers vigorously deny
the existence of a combination in re-
straint of trade" and the ten oficlais
OF the Department OF Commerce and
Labor who are probing the Beef Trust
report that 10 evidence is at hand 10
Justify the Secretary of Commerce and
Labor TO refer the matter to the A.tor-
neyGeneral wiTh Il recomueIGaEi Eio2
that acton be taken il the courts.
lr was hardly to be expected that =
evidence was a. hand President Roose-
ye.t would allow his nav Attorney
Genera! 20 proseca.e the trust. fo- the
,a5e A:to-aeE-GaEerai K2ox officially
proclaimed that there would be 20 run
n:ng amuck against the trusts.
There has bee. on 6!A tor over TWO
years more than enough evidence to
conv:c; the Tobacco Trust. but no
move has been made The evidence
that the anthracite GOA. trust existed
and was allied WITH the coat railroads
TO p!under the people Is also on file, bn,
that monopoly has likewise escaped
prosecution. It IS as le-ta;. as thar
lay succeeds dawn tAat the Eepub.t-
cans Will not worry Their friends. the
.-uS.s. and what has been done in the
merger aad oeet trust cases was or!y
sor poi;ttca! effect.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-09-24
BOOMING SHIP SUBSIDY.

According to Senator Fairbanks,
sGip-Su5sidy is al important question
i'll this campaign. and he hopes that
the Congressional Committee appointed
1T the suggestion OF President R0oSe-
reit 20 Investigate the Subject and place
before Congress such facts and con-
clusionS, vii aid l.. reaching ii sound
and patriotic conclusion. Fairbanks
is always ''io- the cid dag and an ap-
riatton'-especiai!y the appropria-
tion-and IL order 10 convince the Re
pubiicauS thar the TWO are SYNONYMOUS
lie adds: This is az important Dues
ton and II rests with tie Republican
party TO settle it. The Republican
party will solve ii as il has solved
all great questions il Il way 10 pro
mote American industry and in man
neT consistent with the National
honor" As Fairbanks is the repre-
sentative OF the administration, this
program 10 pay $i50,00U,UOU year TO
the ship trust must be considered Off
cia! and is Dat create" evidence o!
more reckless rxtrayagaace If Presi-
dent Roosevelt is elected. How the
Republican party Wi! solve the ques-
ton OF raising enough 10 pay the bills
that IL vii owe the corporations when
the campaign is over does not worry
Fairbanks. His forte is preserving
the Nat:o-a! holo: with dollars.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-09-24
SHARP BOOKKEEPING.
Republican Gall in Claiming ALI
Credit For Saving the Govern
ment,s Finances.

When President Cleveland was in
augurated ON March +, 1898, he found
the United States Treasury bankrupt
and bare of gold, with United States
paper money being offered daily for
redemption.
Practically the same conditions had
existed for over two years, and every
known plan had been resorted TO by
the Republicans 10 tide over the diff
Guilty.
The system of bookkeeping was
changed by including in the general
funds amounts that had hitherto been
sacred as trust funds. Subsidiary sill
yer and minor coins were counted in
the available cash balance, though of
course such money was unavailable to
pay the debts of the Government, as
no one would take more than they
needed for change.
So imperative were the needs of the
Treasury in February. 1898, less than
Il month before the Democrats took
possession OF the Government, that, as
related by the California Bankers
Magazine for that month in its re-
view of the Monthly Treasury State
ment," the amount of S6,0000O0 was
subscribed among the associated banks
of New York and exchanged for
United States currency with the Treas
ury. This had the effect of saving the
Republican administration from the
humiliation of either buying gold or of
trenching upon the last gold reserve of
00,000,000, which was only set apart
for the greenbacks and not for that
paper which has been subsequently
created.
In the Bankers Magazine. February.
1908, it reports Mr.. Il. q. Williams, of
the Chemical National Bank, of New
York, as saying: The ability of the
United States Treasury to dodge pay
ing its debts has been admitted by Sec
retary Foster" The Republican ad-
ministration had SO mismanaged the
financial affairs Of the Government in
1923 that in the crisis it found itself
in, it not only lodged its honest debts
but spent the sinking fund of 1892 OF
S11 ,30S, ,S25.
But not content with this diversion
of the public funds, it also, before the
Democrats took possession of the Gov
ernment in March. 1898 had spent
the sinking fund of that year, amount
ing to SIS, 5000, and went out of office
to meet; so that here was close upon
$1O0,000,000 of gold that had to be met
by the Treasury when the Democrats
came into power. besides the ordinary
expenses Of the Government.
In view of these facts Who can blame
Grover Cleveland for issuing bonds to
keep the Treasury from bankruptcy?
And it must be remembered that this
crisis ND N; ;Jio IINInr Pnn1,nii,sa,,
management and high protective
tariff, for the Wilson bill did not be-
come a law until August 2S, 1904,
nearly a year and a half sater.
These are historical facts. and yet
the Republicans have the gall TO pro-
claim that they left the United States
Treasury in good condition and that
the Democratic tariff bill was the
cause of the panic which commenced
in 1892, two years before the bill was
passed by Congress.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-09-24
TAFT ON The CONSTITUTION.
The New Secretary OF War Shows
Himself a Typical Republican.

That the Constitution OF the Cn,red
States will be further encroached upon
if the Republicans are successful in
the coming election is certain.
Secretary of War Tart. il il late
speech said tie Constitution was a
mass of dogmas ard impossible theor-
les
The evident intention of President
RooSeveltS administration to beiitr.e
the Constitution in the minds of the
people is Il deep-laid conspiracy 10
overthrow it. If the voters would pre-
serve that great instrument and COM
pact between the States lnvio;ate they
must rally around the party banner
that has always stood for its preSerya-
ton and turn down Secretary Taft and
the party that indorseS his Ideas. The
Government of the United States must
be by law, and to overthrow the funda-
mental law would lead TO either the
man-oa- horseback or chaos Is that
where the Republicans a2d President
Roosevelt are leading us?
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-09-24
AB0RTlFE INVESTIGATION.

The Republican Campaign Book, in
its interesting fables OF trusts and
industrial corpora tons, tells us that
The work of the Bureau OF Corpora
tionS of the Department OF Commerce
and Labor thus far las been 4 system
attic study OF legal and Industrial con-
ditions in all the States and SDecia!
investigation into particular industries.
These Investigations have been con-
Quoted vigorously, but rot with spirit
of hostility 70 Ill industries, because
OF the rliSdeeds OF some" The By
reau OF Corporations commenced these
investigations il February 1908. or
eighteen months ago. and yet not a
single act or move has been recorded
that has given the public a scrap OF
Information about the trusts, nor has
any corpora ton felt the necessity OF
stopping any of its eXactionS by virtue
Of the vigorous" investigations. Pub
LEFTY was TO cure tie trust evil. ac-
cording to the Roosevelt idea, and Con
greSS took him at his word and gave
the Department of Commerce and
Labor power to demand al neceS
Sary information about corporations
and the President the option Of pub
liShing what was discovered. The beef
and other trusts that ior over year
have been investigated by the large
army OF the departments experts are
still allowed 70 prey upon the public.
who are being highly taxed tor their
suppression.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-09-24
QUESTION OF APPREHENSION.
Queries Made as to Fairbanks
P0iitica, Fair Weather Talk,

In his recent speech at Hartford,
Conn, Senator Fairbanks had this to
say:
Republican policies have never
been menace to the business interests
of the country. Their triumph has
never been awaited WIKI serious appve-
hension.'
In commenting editoriauy on this ut
terance the New York World asks
these pertinent questions:
rs there no serious apprehension
about policies that have treb!ed the
expenditures of the Federal Goveru-
ment in little more than quarter OF
a century?
rs there no serious apprehension
about an average deficit OF $l2,OUO,OO0
a month in the revenues:.
is there no serious apprehension
about the Big Stick
rs there no serious apprehension
about policy OF As;atic colonization?
rs there no serious apprehension
about the Republican party's encour-
agement of miiitarism?
rs there no serious apprehension
about government by executive order?
"Or perhaps Mr.. Fairbanks means
that these things for the most part
represent Mr. R0osevelt's personal poll
cies. for which a helpless Republican
party should rot be beid responsible,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-09-24
FARMERS AND TRUSTS.
What Roosevelt Calls the sBasest
Set'' Ask For Living Chance.

The American farmer pays the tax
that the protective tariff imposes on
nearly everything he buys, amounting
to about fifty per cent. on the average.
Many of the same products are sold
by the trusts for One-third less to the
farmers of other countries, and yet the
Republicans decline to reform such an
unfair arrangement. But the tax paid
the Government on such goods as are
imported is comparatively a small mat
ter compared to the tax that the trusts
eXtort for similar goods manufactured
here. AS the imported goods have to
pay the tariff tax when they arrive
at the Custom House, the manufac-
turer is protected il advancing his
prices and can add just about the
amount that the tariff tax is. III fact,
it prevents competition and the manu-
facturer monopOliZes the home market
1t has been figured ont by experts that
the average family pays SO year
tariff tax 10 the Government and nearly
800 a year tax to the trusts by the
increased prices they are projected in
charging.
If the tariff was reduced. the trusts
would have to reduce their prices ac-
would send il products TO compete
with them.
That is why the Democrats claim
the tariff should be reduced TO more
reasonable rates and on those products
that are sold by the trusts cheaper
abroad than here, should be wiped out
altogether, or reduced so as to bring
in to the Government enough to sup
port it, without additional taxes be-
ing imposed. That proposition looks
reasonable and should be favored by
all who are not participants il the
trust plunGering. But the Republicans
are so controlled by the protected mon
opolies that they will NOT concede that
the tariff should be revised to meet
these new conditions, brought about
by the trusts. They say the tariff. if
it is revised at all. must be revised
by its friends and that, of course, in
cludeS the trusts. Are the trusts
likely to change the tariff to their own
disadvantage and legis!ate money out
Of their own pockets?
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-09-24
HUNGRY NEiGHBORS.
Our Channcey is Evidently 0bliyiOus
of Conditions Around Him.

The enthusiastic Depew. our Chaun-
cey." is out with his old speech. re-
hashed for the occasion. He says
everything and everybody is prosper
Gus. and yet within gunshot of his pa
latial home IL New York there is a
string of hungry men every night will
ing to accept a dole OF bread TO keep
them from starving. The charity or
ganiZations say the demand for relief
is equal TO that experienced in the
panic of 1923. and that hard times
is the cause of it
In Fall River and other cotton man
ufacturing centres similar conditions
prevail. with but small signs OF relief
OF course. Senator Depew. like other
corporation magnateS, especially those
who are Republican politicians. shuts
his eyes to the dire distress for many
people that the policy they advocate
has produced ard therefore talk pros
perity to try and once more fool the
people.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-09-24
REFORM GOES GLIMMERING.
Everything Bent to the Purpose Of
Teddy TO Win.

Civil Service Reform has been cast
to the four winds by the Roosevelt
Administration until after election" !"
All the ministers to foreign countries
and consuls have been given unlimit-
ed leave of absence, and those who are
considered spell-binders of note are
being detailed as speakers to the
doubtful States, and others who are
not speakers but can influence votes
are visiting their homes in behalf of
the Republican candidates. 1t will be
interesting TO note how the Civil Ser
vice Reform Association will take this
lapse from virtue of Mr.. Roosevelt,
for until he was President he was
viewed as one of the high priests of
reform. Now every vestige of reform
must be laid aside for the benefit of
the party, and the Office holders are
granted carte blanche to induce the
voters to once again stand by the q.
o. p. 1t would hardly be surprising
if Mr.. Cortelyou, the Chairman of the
Republican National Committee, who
was appointed by President Roose-
welt especially to carry out his cam
paign program, should be found, when
the pinch comes, collecting assess
ments from the Government office
holders, that the party of great moral
ideas may be preserved for future
usefulness and the enforcement of
Civil Service Reform
The report of MeSsrS. Bonaparte and
Conrad, whom the President appoint
ed to investigate the postGtfice frauds,
plainly shows how the Civil Service
law has been Systematically evaded,
but President Roosevelt was too anX-
ious to be nominated TO carry out the
recommendations OF the advisers be
himself had selected. The case of
Merritt, Postmaster at Washington.
was pointed out and conclusive evil
dence furnished Mr.. Roosevelt of his
misdoings, and although his term as
postmaster expired four months ago,
no action has been taken and he is
still holding down this lucrative job
to the scandal of the Administration
and the Republican party. The most
rabid Spoiis hunter ard notedly cor
rupt bosses could have done no more
than leave their Eenchmen III office,
though notoriOCSly unfit. if not worse.
and that is one OF the things that Mr..
Roosevelt has done.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-09-24
THE LUMBER TRUST, TOO

The protective tariff tax on iuHIssz1,s".
;s Il ,li:ect robbery OF the farmers GSS
the Central West, and weighs heavily
on Al! building improvements every
where. The lumber trust that conIEt.3ts :
the pine forests OF the Northwesses-Tz-
States and much OF the Southern
States is thus enabled TO charge az
least 50 a thousand feet more cham II
otherwise would be sold for The liv,s=-
Der trust barons have waXed So riSES-
that they control the Republican paEfz-.
in some of the States; they send tfEs-it,
members to the Senate and los-roii ssA-
control the Congress OF The UniFeaa
States in their interest. Farmers wRss~
vote the Republican ticker aid in kees>-
iuc the lumber trust IN power and sSs'
continue 20 rob themselves on every
foot of lumber they buy
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-09-24
DANGER OF INCREASED TAXATION

Every cent the Government pays out
comes from taxes, which although
mostly covered UP in an indirect man
ner. like the tariff. tax, eventually is
paid by the consumer. In consequence
of the reckless extravaganza of the
present administration there is 8 large
deficit. although only two months have
gone of the present fiscal year Ii thu
Republicans are successful in electing
Mr.. Roosevelt and a majority of Con
gress they Will have to increase the
taxes, and there would seem 70 other
resource than TO again impose the war
taxes. To increase the tariff tax would
only result IL reducing the amount co..
lected. though they might attempt that
in the interest Of their friends. the
trusts and protected industries. To
ecoromize and reduce expenses IS DOT
TO be thought Of. Tor those high Repub-
lican authorities, Secretary Shaw aad
Senator Fairbanks, are daily preach
ing from the stump ship subsidy that
would increase expenditures far more
than any economy would save.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-09-24
WASTE IN FLCNhEYISM,

Cnde- the caption Of "Fads. Frauds
ard Fol!!es Cripple Nat;ona! Finances. ."
the Brooklyn N. " Day Eagle the
other day described the deficit. o. S42.-
100000 for this fiscal year. which is
shown by even The most superficial ax-
animation 10 be due 20 reckless waste.
fulneSS ii iAe Government expend:-
lures. The denc!t vii probably far
exceed the estimate or the Eagle
Among the minor scandals that the
Eagle exposed was the carriages main
tanned i'll Government expense for the
use OF officials. th!rty-two horses. rh:r-
ty-th-ee carriages and twenty coach
men are a pary;a! list. and the coach
men. besides the stable men. are al
borne oa the Government payronS as
messengers or !abo"ecs. with salaries
ranging from 1920 10 5000 a year. \
fad thar costs the Government SJ0. 1000.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-09-24
THE "INFANT INDUSTRY"

The argument predicts for the new
" established industry a great future
development AID tine OF ultimate
independence. Protection undertakes
TO nurse it through its period OF help
;essness and dependence into a tine
VIXEN it can stand OF its ow! feet aaG
maintain Itself against rivals. Il that
period comes-and the history of the
United States shows that il many
cases ii has coGe-you eat throw off
the entire duty. - YOU Will. and unless
the price of the article has been art:-
ficiaily sustained by something besides
the duty, our manufacturer. Will not
lose possession OF the market. Prof.
John B. Clark. of Columbia Universe.
ty. in the Political Science Quarterly
for September, 1904.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-09-24
WHAT WILL BE
THE ANSWER z
RoOsevelt's Letter a Bid of GigantEe=
Brides.

bflUeSs
In effect, Mr.. Roosevelt's letter is Alz
offer of gigantic bribes. Elect me Pres
ident, he says to the benefciaries cFs-
the tariff, and you will be undisturbeo2
in your purchased right to tax yo2zw
fellow citizens; elect me, he says toShs@
pension gra bbers, and you may NIL ak
your pockets at the Treasury; elect rnks
he says TO the subsidy-hunterS, aDGh-
the Government will pay you haDf+-
somely to sail your ships; elect me, hs.-
says to the politicians, and you RsaE
fatten on the graft of rural delivery
elect me, he says to the army, anS8
your numbers. your privileges, yosax
pay, and your opportunities 10 Saaez
your warlike passions shall be iAz-
creased; elect ME, he says TO the navy
and your. smoke shall blacken the SIX
Oh every coast and your guns be he114-
in every sea.
What is to be the country's ansEsT
to these bids for power i'll order bs-
carry out grandoise but dangeroE5sI
schemes? The answer which. ought sss--
be given may be found in that Rsr
torian whom some of Mr.. Rooseyelf.f-,
friends have found him reading aDS&
reported the fact in their awe-StruGS-
way. Thucydides gives US in his Sixth
Book ali account OF the lures Which, 1Sa-
crafty his own ambition, Alcihiades
held up before the Athenian peOplss,,::
ana also gives US the warning speech
which the old general, Meas, made EAs>
the assembly. One sentence OF his
might we'll have been addressed 10 thse-
American people, in connection Wilt
their brilliant young man and his gilt
tering program:
DO not you give him the opportuazsE
of indulging his own magnificent tastes5
at the expense OF the state. .'-AeES- ?
York Evening Post.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-09-24
PARKER A SAFE GUARDIAN.

"The business nec ot .ha .ora-y
are cot TO be too.ed 9r a!a-c. ed oy ne
denu.c:ationS of Judge Pa-ke"'s 2-c-
gramne. HIS manly stand tc- he
gold standard AID his strong advocacy
OF return to az those principles D:
law. order and constitutional govern
n,ert which are TIE nob!est heritage
of the American people give the am
plest assurance possible that. Il elec,-
ed. he will jealousy safeguard the
commercial interests OF the country" :"
New York Herald, September ..
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-09-24
: re.,a;as fact that the Ren,,,,

K remains fact that the RepuS.:-
can Congressman WHO stormed the
White House II behalf OF Machac ant:
Beavers. i ,hey DID not save those OF.
tenders at least succeeded in persuad-
ing him that Il was dangerous 20 go
FAR with investigations OF corruption
in the departments o. his admll.s;-a-
ton.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-09-24

Judge Parker. having laid aside sSzs$
ermine. took a mighty long shot ii. EEa1--
publican eXtravagance. He rang thSa>
bell as far away as Oyster Bay, kS
was a beautiful piece Of politicat&
craftsmanship.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-09-24
with the stern reprobation of the ma

with the stern reprobation of the ma
tional electorate.
The letter published to-day will be a
disappointment to the non-partisan low
ers of good government, who will turn
from its perusal in hope of finding
something better in Judge Parkers
candidacy.-New York Herald, Septem-
Der ~.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-09-24

Tie o:g stick which Presidenr Roose-
veg would Use, FOR the derelictions
from duty by little South American re-
pnb:cs becomes a bluff of a bow with
a bladde. when be undertakes TO smith
corruption il his own administration.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-09-24

property formerly Samuel Baum s. to Con
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-08-20
Return to the Old Ways.

Some of the old ways of farming are
as good as the new. The old methods
tended to conserve and increase the hu-
mus content of the soil. Later the fer
tiliZer craze set in, and little attention
was paid to preventing the exhaustion of
the humus in the soil, which has result
ed In the decrease of the average yield
OF the grain and oil-seed crops. Now,
after so years of an exhaustive system
OF stimulated culture. there has come
an urgent appeal from scientific sources
for farmers to use every possible means
to Increase humus in the soil by grow
ing and turning under the nitrogen
gathering crops, and to make a more
judicious use of commercial fertilizers
by using a quantity of them in con-
nection with greatly Increased amount
OF barn-yard manure.-Farm and Fire
side.