The St. Mary banner., 1906-07-28
THE GHOULlSH COFFIN TRUST.

plea ble. They Dr,y upon the
poor in tn" hour Of their grirf
when the savings have been d, .
| pleted by the nforced earn
| ing power of the bread winner.
The cheap box, called a coffin.
with its tawdry trappings that
cost but a trifle is sold for a sum
that represents weeks of labor.
This coffin trust is protected b.
the Republican tariff from COM
petition by an import duty cf 81
per cent. under the paragraph in
the tariff law If manufactures OF
wood not specially provided for.
Thus the Republican standpatter-
have made the government the
partner and protector OF this
| ghoulish trust which adds to the
misery OF the bereaved ones by
the imposition of a tax upon a
necessity when least able to bear
it.
One Of the first duties OF a Dem
ocratic Congress will be to amend
the tariff law by putting collinS
| and caskets upon the free list.
After thinking over the Ii .HN'-
lican attempts at trust busting,
mostly stage plays, can you point
TO one trust that has reduced the
price of its products in conse-
quanee Of Republican activity?
Results are what the tariff taxed
public are looking for. but the re-
cord shows that the cost of living
is now forty eight per cent higher
than it was before the present Re-
publican tariff law was enacted
The fact is that not only must the
laws against trusts be enforced.
but their monopoly and special
advantage must be destroyed. 1t
Is absurd that such Il trust As the
United States Steel Corporation. .
that controls nire-tenths of all |
steel products Of the country and |
that has hoon proved to be selling
its products cheaper abroad than
here. shonld be continued in its I
monopoly hv the tariff law. That !
gigantic corporation. bv far great {
er than any Of # sister trusts. cam
not take refuge ~ an ''infant in I
du stry' that needs protecting. 1t /
may not hc -"'icv to take the .
chances Of :. tpthinp the steel +
business hv '' 0ce abolishing ali /
its protectinH hv cutting Off one
half OF its tariff protection will be /
one Of the first propositions Of a t
Democratic House OF Representa-
tives. That would be a start at
real trust busting.
Nine Hundred and Fifty
Dollars given i'll purses at
the st. Mary Park Sunday.
August -.
The Confederate veteran don'r
want to be treated as a rauper.
and resents especially to be caioled
with lip compliments. He does
not ask at least an equal chance
with others for employment by
the State. He knows that be is en-
titled to a preference other things
being equal. Has he had that
chance during the last two years?
At a recent convention OF the
tine bill posters Of the United
States held in Cincinnati it was
decided TO refuse 70 post immoral
or suggestive pictures. and have
refused to hang consider
able paper OF this character.
There is room for one of their
members to do missionary work
ayerywh ere. Indecency is con-
'tantly Haunted in the eyes OF our
wives and daughters. We are not
,Ssailing the nude in art, but
heSe pictures that we class inde-
cent are not art but simply una
] iuiterate3 suggestive dirt. And !
, man would blush to bring them
nto the family circle or to let
lis friends know that he loved to {
gaze upon them.
"lf should be asked what is +
he greatest thing in the world"
aid Justice Harlan of the United / !
states supreme court, Il should | i
De inclined to say it is the saving |
grace OF knowing ones own busi-
less and keeping to it. | have l.
een good deal of life and I've
are!y known it to fail-that the
nan who can draw between what
him and what does not
5 the great salvation for most OF
l. ~
IN ever guilty OF asking a man to O
ak to me about himself | hope
ONE Of my friends will take the
ue aud put me out OF harms
,av.'