The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-06
Thomasville News.

Mr.. and Mrs. Wellington Waddell,
of Brandon, visited at the nome of d
H. Loflin Sunday.
Among other social visitors In town
during the week were Miss Edna ad
dell and w. d. Ragland, of Brandon
Doctor" Hupshur Kline has been
suffering intensely from Bronchitis
associated with slight attack OF Ty-
phoid fever, but his attending physi-
clan announces that If no relapse oc-
cures he will be able to navigate
again soon.
Our cooperating live stock dealers
Messrs Neal and Thomas, brought i'll
a large bunch of long horns last
week and have them ON fine pas
ture of grazing, waiting for bull
movement i'm the beef market that
they may get fair margin of profit
which is due all dealers in a legiti-
mate business.
The temperature of the atmosphere
lis at low ebb for the first of May,
though the condition will soon fade
away under the approaching rays of
a tropical sun and vegetation and
crops Will take ON renewed energy
ance CT harvest of golden grain to
gladden. the hearts of toiling men.
We noticed in the issue of the News
of two weeks ago that quite a numbe
OF marriage license were issued and
numerous wedding bells were ringing
over the county, and if we may judge
the financial condition of old Rankin
by such events we would say that new
eT before in history did she witness
such an era of prosperity i'm spite of
the much talked of hard times and
money crises; but may they take an
optimistic view of life and have many
joys and few sorrows while ON the
voyage of life.
One of our merchants is just i'm re-
ceipt of a communication from a shoe
manufacturing company in regard to
the alleged monoplies and trusts, uni
versally believed to be agents where
by great portion of the substance
of labor is taken from our laboring
or producing class of people; and the
relation sustained by certain meas
uTes of tariff levy. The letter sig
mites that there is some possibility
OF putting some restraint on such
business if not entirely elimina ting
the corruption from the various en-
teH-pri SeS. The request lis made that
the merchants correspond with U. S
Senators Hon. A. ]. M'LaMrin and
H. d. Money at Washington and urge
their most enthusiastic support and
influence for any bill or action in Con
gresS calculated to down the mono
plies en- leather goods. The letter is
ri hU Of xr,bsO L.
dealer in shoes and leather goods.
And for the benefit of the reading !
public the writer quotes the letter as
follows:
1.-The people versus the pocket"
Free hEdes-for the people; the,
present duty on hides-for the benefit
of the packers.
Concisely put, but true. The sole
beneficiaries of the present Is per-
cent duty on hides of cattle are the
packers. Through this duty they
have gradually through absorption or
outright purchase, gotten control of
one sole leather tannery after an
other until today they are very near
the contamination of their pet project
"a sole leather trust. From the sole
leather trust they will go to the shoe
manufacturing business, and in a few
years time the meat packers will COM
troll another absolute necessity of the
people. The cattle raisers get no be-,
nefit; he thinks he does but he does
not. The packers are very close
combination, they do not bid against
each other, and buy cattle only for
beef; being on noncompetative ba-
sis the cattle raiser wOIkd pot inst
as much for his cattle without the du-
ty on hides as he does now with
the duty Did the packer ever pay a.
penny more for anything than they
had to? The cattle raiser now has
a duty OF q IL per cent ON his cat
tie, and as cattle are killed only for