Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-16
deceive the eyes Of the buyers. Every

deceive the eyes Of the buyers. Every
one would like to use, when winter
comes. clothes made Of "all wool and a
yard wide, but the tarir protected
woolen trust is protected by the tariff
In not only being able to put down the
price Of wool to the farmer, but to
keep up the price Of its products to the
consumers.
The beef trust has been reducing the
price of cattle and sheep and putting
up the price Of beef and mutton, be.
cause 1t is protected by the tariff In SO
doing, and In spite Of the so-called trust
busting, the trust is still doing business
at the old stand and has a virtual mo
nopoly Of the buying Of cattle and sheen
and the sale Of beef and mutton,
And these things, and many others
like them, are all done under the plum
dering system called protection. which
Republicans declare is the cardinal
principle Of their party.
Republican Dencit $3.50, 8s1 $50.
The Republican members of Congress.
having evidently realized that Mr.. Bryan
and Democratic Congress will be elected
next fall, have attempted by fabulous an.
preparations for the support Of the i'm
perialistic program, and SO on, to place
the treasury in such condition as to.
II possible, prevent reduction OF the
tariff, which grinds the masses but en-.
riches the trusts.
And not content with that piece Of ras-
cality, they are blaming the Democrats
for the deficit. Here is what the Seattle
Daily Times said about 1t editorially In
its issue Of June 3:
In his effort to sidestep responsibility
for appropriating $130,6S1 1893 more than
the total estimated revenues of the gov
ernment, Chairman James A. Tawney Of
the appropriations committee charges, that
the efforts Of the Republican majority
to maintain policy of greater economy
were frustrated by an obstructive and re-
calcitrant minority Ha, ha, no, no. he,
he. With brutal majority over all Of
fifty, an autocratic Speaker and trained
rules committee, making 1t possible for
the Republicans to do absolutely anything
that pleased them, Mr.. Tawney's ATTEMPT
to play the baby act Is absurdly silly.
The Republicans have wiped out the sur
plus and they will have to stand for it.n
Stuyvesant Fish says that a man ar.
customed to living at 100000 a year
gait finds 1t as difficult to get along ON
$4,000 year as man who Is accus-
toned to the SIS week gait finds It to
get along on $40 week gait, There
are several million men who live ON less
than $40 a week who would like to
change places with Mr.. Fish merely an
an experiment.
North Carolina and Kentucky are to
be Republican States this year." saws the
Buffalo News. By mistake the paragraph
was switched from John D. Wells humor-
GUS department over into the sober edi-
torial department. Great Joke on the
foreman!
A scientist says the fumes Of automo.
bile engines are antiseptic and disinfect-
ant and clear the air of germs. AS the
autos clear the streets and roads of every
thing else. the automobile seems great
remover.
American army uniforms made Of Brit.
ish khaki by coolie labor! And the party
responsible for the gentlemen who did it
is declaring for protection to American
labor and American industries Perhaps
1t means after election"
Captain Hobson may now sleep sound
o nights. An oil trust has been organ
lied in japan, and the Japs will have
plenty Of trouble at home now.
1t is stated that President Roosevelt
was only trying to scare the cadets.
It seems that they were almost as badly