El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-11
THE POPE AND WAR.

c. Juarez. Mex, April 9.
Editor FL Paso Herald:
The Catholic who spoke from high
pedestal in FL PasO and made the wild
superstition that the pope would wage
war against the United States, does not
voice the opinion of a we'll informed
Catholic, nor of a good American Cath
Ole. nor of a good citizen.
First Of all. his supposftion lacks
foundation, because it is a fundamental
rule of The church not 10 enter into a
war Of offence, and only in one case did
Ii enter into a war of self defence
and it was when the pope, being a
rightful king Of Rome, the Italian gov
eminent despOiled him Of his rights.
So. If the church embarked into an
offensive war 1t would not be the
church. il would be contest of pri-
vate citizens Prof. F. Gonzales.
(The professor evidently did not care
fully read the report in The Herald
of the address of Mr.. Monaghan, to
whom he refers above. Mr.. Monaghan
did not say he thought the pope would
war on the United States. He said IL
the pope should make his peace with
the quirinal and advance against these
shores with an army, he (the speaker)
would be one of the first TO oppose him:
that all American Catholics would do
the same He used it merely to Illus
trate that American Catholics are pa
triotic and love their country.-Editor
ADVOCATES GOVERNMENT
PACKING HOUSE.
Editor FL Paso Herald:
L read with interest Elk Farmers
economic arguments in The Herald Of
Friday, April s. and would like TO give
my IDEAS on the subject He says the
professors OF economic science OF all
the great universities agree that the
increase in the volume of money. gold
and paper, has been the most effective
cause IN increasing the prices of the
necessities of life.
That puts me in mind of, the professor
at Oxford, England, who declared that
the dark spots on the sun, which ap-
peared every Is or 20 years. were the
cause OF the panics throughout the
civilized world However that may be,
L VIII give some of my reasons for the
increased cost of living When wheat
went UP, who started it? One, James
A Patten, Chicago operator on the
STOCK exchange, a gambler in the neceS-
stiles OF life; he cornered the wheat
market and made millions of dollars.
Every user Of wheat and wheat prod
ucts had 70 pay him tribute. He vir-
cualIy robbed the public of the millions
T..
going American public stood for, it
Now, let US take up the packing
mouse products Elk Farmer says that
statistics show that when the packers
sell dollars worth Of the products
OF their business they make on the
average about cents. Be that as il
may, they have rolled up enormous for
tunes and are still at it. Now for the
remedy. Here il is as taken from the
Farmer. Vale, Okla: The meat boycott.
II persisted in, may result in reducing
prices paid the farmers for fat stock
but none need think for minute that
II will reduce the packers exorbitant
profits.
The Farmer suggests a better way
OF dealing with the meat trust. fovft.:
Let congress invest the price OF one
Dig batteship in a packing house. TO
be built at Chicago or Kansas City. PVT
It's management under civil service reg
ulations, sell its product at percent
profit after paying top market prices
for Fat stock. said profit TO be invested
IN branch packerieS. We have a bunch
that this course of procedure would
result In the meat trust learning 70
make use Of the only portion of the hog
II has thus far been unable to utilize
that is the squeaI."