Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-01-15
Popular Novelist Says that
House of Lords Should
Be Abolished in 1
England.
HAVE NO RIGHT TO LEVY TAXES
In America there is Only
One Butcher Shop-the
Beef Trust.

London, Jan. 1l.--tSpcclal Cable) --
Mr. Jerome * Jerome. tho popular
novelist has como out strongly I'm fa-
vor or the Liberal party and the abb
ol'tion OF the House OF Lords. In the
course Of speech to an audience of
vorkingmen h5 said:
"For ;ne f., time in the history OF
England the Lords have interfered
wi|h fnaace:for tho first time I'm IN,
history they have demanded the right
to levy your taxes once give tho
Lords the right To dectate finance YOU
are giving them the right to tArow
out the Government whenever they
Hike. They say: We are only send.
ing IT back to the people: they are
the authority. II sounds simple, but
1t costs every man who fights an elcc-
tion. $4,000.
"Ninety-nine out OF every hundred
rich men belong TO the Conservative
party The Conservatives don't mind
an election every year--they can ar-
ford IL; but the Liberal Members and
The Labor Members cannot afford e..
Liberal Government could not nos
sibly take Office again; it would be
absolutely at the mercy OF the House
or Lords, which is Conservative. ana
you give them the right to do H. this
VIII always remain Conservative. I'm
time they will do 1t again: they VIII
throw out any Budget they dislike.
IF you should return tae Liberal
or Labor party they cauld not pro-
duce any Budget that they knew
would not pass the lords. and YOU
can only please people. as far as
money Is concerned, by not touchine
their pockets. The result would be
tnat 1t would be absolutely useless to
vote for any but Conservatives
: There would be no competition: thcrs
would be monopoly.
In America there is only one butch
ars shop, that belonging to the Amer
lean Meat Trust There Is only one
alternative for the American house
wife when the price IS to- high. sac
strikes, and goes without meat Tor
two or three weeks Then the COM
mittee Of the big trust meet i'm Chi.
cago. and say they must lower the
price lttle: then the housewife
goes out buying ana the price s soon
raised again.
RMS election has been mixed uu
with a good many other things Thcv
talk about Tarin Reform. Don't 1a-
Iieve all you read In the papers. Nine
ienths have been bought by those who
have something TO make out or tar-
IN reform.
They say % is going 10 cure uncm-
ploymont Why doesn't a. do SO in
otder countries? have spon lwo
or three winters in Germany. The 'asf
time was in Drsdcn 10000 mon.
many OF them skil.d artisans. wore
sweeping the street Moot is half
dollar and seventy cents a pound ,p
Germany. they cannot anord whff.
bread Anyone with an income OF
1915 g week PAYS income tax. lvo-
thirds Of the workers do not earn
more than $3.50 week.
They say there is mo- lnomploy
ment boz America The stacrapc or
'h" vessel I camc nome bv last Hma
was cvrowdod with Immigrants return
ing Hair q million men returned
that year n Tariff Reform could do
anything for country it should do
o. for a new country that f. being
opened mp like America
Why do other countries have u~
Tn Germany and America rich mem
rules Parliament is pr8cHesrv
boughf up hy the capitalists Tariff
Reform doubles tho income OF the
rich man and takes 90 on. of ha pock
cts Of The poor That is th. expert
ence OF every country wUcrr Tariff
Reform is IN force