Arizona republican., 1910-02-20
LITTLE JAMES
CThe Real Cause of the Advanced Cost
 of Meat Products)


 Tn Mistry of tn hi Cost of Livin' is about to be solved now" sez my Paw as he laid down tn Paper tn other day; it ain't a Mistry no More. A Crate Flud of Moo Lite has been Throde onto it which Pennytrates ev- cry Nook and Granny of it. rh' Senit Committy which is jist agoin' to be- gin Findin' Out why it costs us to Live so Hi needn't to keep on spendin' tn Peoples Money in a Frootless Serch fer what's already been found out.
 T ain't never been Puzzled so over no Problem in my Life as this wun about Hi Prices. Wun day. I'd think it was tn Terriff that was dOin' it all. Tn next day it'd look like tn Truss was at tn Bottom of it. Then again it seemed it was becos tn value of Mummy was Depreshatin but when recklect at it was as hard to git a dollar as ever I Rhode at they must be some other Coz.
 T Rhode too it cuddent be tn Ter riff which had jist been Revived Down. ards and when you ast tn Truss if they was doin' it they sez 'Serch Me. It's tn ole Law of Supply an De- man
 But I notis by tn Papers at when tn Beef Truss was got into a corner Thursday it Coffed Up an Tole jist what was Kong. Tn Beef Truss it sez: You're way Off about this here Hi Prices. You think at it's becos they is a Combinashun which keeps Prices up. Tn Reel Fax is it's tn Feerce Competishun they is in tn Meet Biz ness which has made Lam Chops an Stakes an tn other Proddux of tn Trade Sore so Hi.
 ''1t's this away: They was a Fue of us, Armour an swift and Swarzchild & Sulzberger an Morris an several more of us got together a fue yeers ago an seZ We think at tn Prices is gittin to be a Burden on some Families. We been fitin each other till were gittin Figgers Boosted up. Les make 'em Reasonable an Stick to it Live an let Live. should be tn Mottoe of tn Beef Industry of tn Country. A Divine Providents has Appinted us to Dis tribute tn Meet Proddux an les do it Rite"
 "'So we formed a Combinashun an Brot Meet down within tn Beech of all an. they wasn't no Family at cuddent have Porterhouse Stake Five Times a day or Offener if thy had tn Price an everything was goin' on HarmonyOus an we was content with our Froogal Prophets. We wasn't Losin' nothin' fer tn Nashun was eatin' more. Evry time we met we lowered Prices till wun day Mister SchwarZchild he seZ "Instid of Bein' a Bennyfacter tn Beef Truss is lible to git to be a Nashnle Cuss. We're Encurridgin tn Amerry- can People to over lode their Sum- micks. We got to look after tn Fig zicle as well as tn Finanshle Welfair of our Countrymens.' s:
 But that ain't neether here. or there. Tn Truss Manidged to Hold Prices down till these here Independents sec in how we was Negleckin our Opper tunities to Ackwire Crate Welth. started up an Begun oversellin' us We was compelled to meet their Prices an inch by inch tn Cost of Eatin' Meet advanced till you see where it is now. If you can pass Law to per vent these here Independents from their Roonous Price Raisin competi- shun we can ashure you at Prices'li soon settle back to Normle.
 You say" sez My Unkle Jon ''at you Read that Rot in a Paper"
 Tn Effeck, yes" sez My Paw; that there's jist what nine Members of tn Truss tole Speshel Examiner Dillon at Jefferson City, Missury, last Thurs day"
 'I bet sez My Unkle Jon "'at Mis- ter Dillon he tole 'em at they'd hafto Show Him. LITTLE JAMES