The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-08-10
GOVERNMENT TO
PROTECT THE TABLE
q 10 Now impossible for an
American to Live Without
Contributing to q Trust.
WILL BE WAR TO THE END
On the Indictment Of the Chicago Pack
srs. the Government Has Taken It's
First Step Against Those Who
Lay Q Tax Upon Food.

In the lndtCtment OF eighteen pncktnk
companies and ofncers OF packing com
panSes. h federal government has TAX.
en- its FIRST decisive step In defense Of
the American dinner table.
Heretofore government prosecutions
of great interests In the United States
has been confined largely TO railroads
and allied interests. In the successful
procedure AGAINST the Northern Securi-
ties company the business man found
opoly In the administration or railroad
afkAirs. In the enactment OF a law
against rebates n prosecutions OF
railroads violating the law. the shipper
Was treasured In the matter of receiv-
ing equal rights I'm transportation.
But IN the meantime the ambitious
have seen great opportunities In the
necessities OF life. The Havemeyers
were early I'm the field with an organi-
sAtion dominating the sugar industry.
Knowing that practically every family
must buy sugar, they realised thai abil-
NJ 10 insure n large profit In h sell
kng Of Ara would mean n great for
tune. The law OF supply and demand
would not operate quickly against them.
sugar being considered n necessity.
people could only partly curtaii
were paying an unreasonable margin
~ h sugar trust.
In meat the packers found a commo-
atty even more OF n necessity TO the
dinner table. Beginning with an APP
preciation OF the OPPORTUNITIES for
envy In the packing OF meat In large
plants. they prospered. From this Il In
o declared by the government that
they stepped into n forbidden field OF
activity. In the three months inves,i-
cation In Chicago he government
claims TO have found conclusive EVIL
dence that the packers took advantage
of their excellent organization TO
,puiate the prices nj which they pur-
chased live stock and those Mt which
they sold meat In such n way as TO
constitute n trust. This procedure
II 10 h nrst time h government has
struck a blow In defense OF the food
supply OF the American citizen.
IL any one decides TO boycott the
trusts by living without purchas-
tng any CT the products they
control. he must make up his mind TO
subsist on baked potatoes OF his W
growing and wear the prtmeyai cos
tune or Adam when he walked In the
forests. over the sun-kissed hills and
through the grassy giades OF Eden.
The commercial Jungle In full OF the
always In evidence trusts. n they
manage 60 reap n profit from almost
every o product on the market. and
upon many articles Of clothing. Little
ny little these organizations have gain
ed control OF food stuffs. until people
living In cities cannot prepare n meal
without having many dishes which
bear n profit In way Or another for
the ever present trusts. The cream.
butter and eggs OF the farmers table.
formerly famous for their bounty. have
been secured by the trusts. until the
v-.A. a.. -F.. w.r.lnxA a. k..s A.ase.e
for his W table at high prices and
many farmers wives who formerly
dealt out dairy products generously.
have now made them luxuries In the
family emu
A few OF the TODD products necessary
90 q meal. which are controlled by or
which a a profit TO some trust are
as follows:
Apples.
Peaches.
Apricots.
Piums,
Dried fruits of all kinds.
Grapes.
Sugar.
Lemons.
Oranges.
Beef.
Beef products.
watermelons In most seasons,
Pork. fresh.
Oysters.
PORK. salt and smoked.
shell fish.
Sausages,
Cheese.
Bologna,
Butter,
Picked meats.
Eggs.
Mutton.
Poultry.
Lard,
Dat meal and cereals.
Canned meats and canned fish.
syrups and jellies,
Confectionery.
Hams,
Chocolate.
Bacon,
Baking powder.
Malts,
Wine,
Whistles.
Canned and prepared soups.
some canned fruits.
Add 10 this the numerous Injuries OF
which men and women partaka. In
gliding cigars and tobaccos. and with
out the trusts man would become a
wanderer In the fields. having
only his black coffee and potatoes. His
memory would be carried back To the
days when the som OF Erin lived on
the untitled fields. when existence ar
ried with IL no obligations. when time
was scarce worth reckoning: back to
the forests and The streams. where
lived uncivIllzed man.
Such would be the ultimate end OF
! IL n universal boycott was declar-
ed on the food stuffs handled by the
trusts.
More than that his legs would be
bare. an were those OF the Scots. who
roamed Caiedonia's soil. Many articles
sf clothing would be stripped from the
human race. and humanity would be
feft without much more than the ozone
about US. waich a. yet Is neither ship
ped In refrigerator cars nor carried BY
. monopoly.
Becaus OF the !mpossibllIty OF living
without paying "A profit TO the trusts
u has been an easy matter for them to
raise the prices OF food stuffs. or 2t9
commodities used daily by the popula-
tion OF n city. nearly 200 show an In
crease I'm price in the past ten years.
md only afty show a decrease. or
the 200 commodities which have adj
yanced In price. about 80 increased less
than ten per cent. seventy-three ad-
vanced from ten TO twenty-five per
cent. and ~forty-ssven advanced from
30 10 100 per cent. or the nifty COM
modities which show a decrease. forty
decreased less than ten per cent. and
zen decreased from twenty-fiv w 10 fifty
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