The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-18
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ample of unparalleled greed I'm the
history OF protection. Not content
with the opportunity afforded IL by
,he republican party 10 levy an enor-
nous tax upon every table ana house,
hoid In the United States, IL engaged
In the most gigantic fraud and rob-
Ded, by false weights, its bcncfactor.
the government. of It's share of the
spoiis. IL has been compelled TO dis
gorge over two million of dollars, per-
maps triilc of the real amount stolen
by undcrwcights."
Watches, furniture and wool are
used to illustrate the extent of the
alleged robbery permitted and abetted
by the tariff
In discussing the effects of trusts
combinations and monopolies on
prices the report says:
There are few trusts that could
survive revenue tariff. SO enor-
nous have been their profits that we
find organizations sprlnging up all
over the country, like the Elgln board
of trade, the wholesale grocers, lum-
Der dealers-associatio that have
contributed largely to the adyant, in
manufacturers of certain goods i'm
reducing the weight or contents of
packages from, 20 to so per cent, and
maintaining the same price.
Cereal Food Agreement.
There must be an agreement of
some kind among the cereal food
manufacturers. When the price of
oats advanced i'm 1903 the manufac-
turcrs of rolled oats i'm packages re-
duced the weight OF the oats i'm the
common package over 50 per cent
about 40 per cent. as per testimony
and kept the price the same. In 1909
the farm price of oats fell 16 per
cent, but the weight OF the package
was not increased nor was the price
| lowered. This was true, practically,
of all the package oats on the ma
| kct.
''The same Is the case with the
Uueeda biscuit. The weight of this
package was IeSsencd 25 per cent. In
1908 and has continued at the re-
duccd weight but AT the same price.
The same Is so of Proctor a. Gam
blc's Olcan soap. In 1908 sixty bars
weighed 90 pounds: I'm 1907 seventy
| 1910 eighty bars weighed 90 pounds.
Meat Trust Takes Ali It Can.
"Thc methods OF the Meat trust
seem To bc admirably adapted to TAX
ing from the consumer and the pro-
ducer the largest amount that the
traffic will bear. Their destruction OF
local competitors cannot be improved
upon.
"As to two other brazen trusts, we
cannot refrain from quoting an ex-
tract from the speech of Senator Dol
liver In the senate June 13, 1910:
Rubber Needs No Protection.
DO you suppose that II we had
known that the rubber industry In
the United States needs little or no
protection, that at 80 per cent. ad
valorem every department Of 1t was
prosperous, that we were making rub
ber wearing apparel cheaper than II
was made anywhere elso In the world
that we were making rubber tires fol
automobiles with such profit that II
Akron, o., in ten years the Diamond
Rubber company had declared stocl
dividends which had increased Its cap
ital from $4,000 to $10,000,000 under
the old rate-if we had known that
do you suppose the senate would hav'
listened with patience to the senator
from Rhode Island when, after ad
hitting that rubber wearing apparel
like boots and shoes, needed no pro
lection, he said "But there are rub
ber tires for automobiles?'
"'How long does the Senate of TIN
United States propose that these grea
interests, affecting every man, wonial
and child In tiie nation, shall be man
] aged with brutal tyranny, without de
! hate and without knowledge and with
out explanation, by the very peopi
} that are engaged In nionopoiizing th
} great Industries OF the world, tina
] propose TO impose fntOierabie burden
sipon tlr snarlsct place os Our co"n
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