The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1907-04-05
in MIDST OF &
new CONDITIONS
Are The People of The East
According::t0 Berney.
President Must Have Support OF
People If He Is To Save
Them.


put asunder.
This is a fearful phrase, but when
we see and study the events and ex-
listing conditions of these times, we
have to admit that such is true.
When we see men everywhere be-
coming devoid of that human sympa-
thy that should exist in the bosom
of every man; actuated by avarice,
consecrate themselves to the theme of
money making even to the extent of
working a hardship on so many OF
our people, we realize that the inhab
itants of earth are in the midst of ne.
conditions. 1t being evident that in
these conditions abide no good thing
for the great common people, 1t be-
comes imperative that something
should be done TO restore the system
of commerce to the sovereign peo-
pie where its belongs. The question
is what can be done, The President
seems to be using his energy in the
course of restraint of corporate greed;
but what has he done, what can he
do? It is true, some cases have been
arraigned by the law and fined, but
what does this kind of punishment
affect? In most cases it is the peo-
pie that are punished and not the
guilty party.
Suppose the manager of the oil trust
was to be arraigned for violation of
law and fined $1,000, 600, how long at
q one cent rise per gallon on oil woul
it take the people to pay the penalty?
This illustration will apply to many
other corporations in this country.
We must remember that a very
small mite laid on products by the
small, amounts to large sums, as the
following will show. Take one cent
per bushel:
Corn, 2,SOO,OOO,OOO bushels $4,000
900.
Wheat. 5,SOO.OOO,Ooo bushels, s5,SOO,-
600.
Oats. 7,SOOOooooO bushels $780,
600.
Potatocs, 2,6oo,ooO,ooo bushels, ST.
100000.
Tobacco. .CoO,ooo.oOo pounds, $S,
900.
,..o cont o. brebel or nound
this viii amount to an enormous sum
While This does not run at a just
III. ... .,,,,.o ,et II ooes in show
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=. 81. t.. l,,,,.ir,, LITTLE nrofit on
.t, ,..,,..l o.llou bu,hel or dozen
-. ,..... .....1l. so, many. nillionaires.
r... old of those large sums
80 ,,.r~.,. and combinations that som,
.,.. ..I.Io d., en- ouarate these articles
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.t..t, ........l,,,,.. .,rd consumer
1-,.-.r ,i..so conditions with money
.,.a l,.,.f,..,ino povor what can our
t,ro,.f,., loo With doubtful men
-,,,..,, -, oonere.s that for a few
,....., .. fo,. thousand dollars
- ,,,t.-,,i, to .pvtbirq and then
49,. t,, ,,d,cit,. I'm call the bride
g.. ott,.,.,a,. faa," What then is the
,,. .ho1i mot ,rdartale to
- -, r.r,od, fo,. all If this. but
...,1, 90. ,,.,ood , rropbecv.
mo. ,,ioss NV - combined effort
a.. -, oon,,,o, neopla of This
counlry,throWlhs lhelr seIitlii'ehI WIFI
all other honorable means against
these things, they can UNLOAD 'hemsei-
YES OF this burden IL is oeyohu tile
power Of man 10 stem the Tue we
have nothing better TO oiler through
when 20 WORK OUT the uel"lls Vi such
sociely Of Equity. an organization of
farmers and their friends. the object
of which is to procure better prices
to alriculturalists. and at the same
time Offering to stay within the con-
fines of p0uitv And now while the