Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-06-17

the latter shall notify the I
Interstate Commerce Commission an 9
lpply to Ii for relief, by filing COM l
)laint; and all cases commenced be- {
orc the Interstate Commerce Com {
mission under the authority conferred
by this section shall be brought in
the name az the Board of Railroad
Commissioners of the State of Kanses
by the attorney for the Board, and
all such cases shall be prosecuted at
the expense Of the state.F
The charge that we have been trust
plundered and tariff de5auched is am
ply sustained by the facts with refer
eace to the sugar and wool schedules |
Ct the last tariff act.
The tariff act of 1909 provides a
duty of practically two cents per
pound on sugar. The per capita con-
sumption of sugar in the United State
is a little over IS pounds. This mean
that for every man, woman and child
y the United States, we contribute
about $3.50 to the sugar trust each
year. The population of Kansas, in
round numbers is 100000 people. mul.
'iply the population by the per capita
contribution to the trust, and you will
see that Kansas pays the yearly trib-
ute of $2,400,O0O to this proven cor
ruptor of customs and other officials,
On this schedule alone. g.
Kansas has eight representatives
and two senators in Congress; seven
representatives and one senator voted
for the bill. The salary and mileage
oil one of our representatives amounts
TO about $4,000 per year, and assum-
ing that these eight gentlemen who
voted for the tariff bill each received
that amount, and assuming that they
are so patriotic as to desire to undo
any wrong that they may have done
their constituents, by serving them
free of charge until they have evened
the score, it would be necessrya for
all eight of them to serve their con-
stituentS absolutely free of charge un-
til they have evened the score, it
would be necessary for all eight of
them to serve their constituents abb
solutely free of charge and without
pay for period of thirty-seven and
one-half years, to pay back the money
they voted out of the pockets of their
constituents on his schedule alone.
The average consumption of wool
per capita, in the United States. is
something over five pounds. This
same act provides tariff of eleven
cents per pound on Glass l wool AS
Stunning that this is a fair average
for the schedule, the contribution is
fifty-five cents per capita on wool, and
figuring the population of Kansas to
he 100000 the people of this state
contribute $S8S,00O on the wool SEIZED
ule, and would require the eight apos-
ties of Cannon to serve their con-
stituens, without pay for thirteen
years more.
If you have ever heard of anything
that was good, or offered any evidence
of ever being good, and whether it
now exists, has existed, or will exist
in the future, that the Republican
party didn't claim to be the father
mother, grandfather and grand-mOth
er Of, a patient public awaits the an
ncuncemeut.
The Republicans. my friends, used
to claim to be in partnership will
Providence, during the last session
Of Congress a number of the insur
gents turned states evidence and ex
ploded that theory, and now in the
state of Kansas a feeble Board Of
Railroad Commissioners feebly flounC
ers along in the wake of the 0klaho
ma Commission, picking such crumbs
as fall from the table of the new Dem
ocracy, while the people pay tht
freight.
Less than two years ago they be
gan with an overwhelming majorit,
e in both branches of Congress, unde
what was perhaps the most auspici
Gus circumstances surrounding the in
duction of any party in the histOr,
t OF the nation. They Immediately be
r gan to prepare new tariff bill whic
r protects the cracker trust with a ia.
t OF 20 per cent, the soap trust with 2
per cent. the sugar trust with 80 pc
+ cent, the carpet trust with So pc
!, cent, the leather trust with 40 De
o cent, the steel trust with 100 pc
y cent, the starch trust with 90 pc
d cent, the cement trust with 20 pc
, cent, the tobacco trust with 100 pc
It cent, the lumber trust with 20 pc
s cent, the wire trust with 25 per cen
= the threShing trust with Is per cen
7. the powder trust with 20 per cen
/ the paper trust with 25 per cent, tn
n rope trust with 50 per cent, the gu
d trust with % per cent, the cotto
It manufacturers of the east with 2
e per cent, the wooden manufacturers {
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