Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-16
revise the tariff in conformity with the
Taft prediction speeches.
AIdrtcb,a E.xact words

Tart projection speeches..
AIdrich's Exact Words.
Senator Aldrich, on Feb. p, 1910, in
the senate, when speaking on the sub
ject of government expenses, said:
There is no intelligent observer in
congress or out OF 1t who does not
know that the executive departments
of this government are carried on eth
er under obsolete business methods or
without any business methods at all.
There is no man who has given this
subject any attention whatever who
does not know or believe that at least
10 per cent of the thousand million dol
lars which we are appropriating an
nually can be saved by the adoption OF
business methods. This question OF
saving S1OO,0OO,0O0 per year-and il
can be demonstrated, in my judgment,
that the saving will be much more than
that-is a matter that should receive
the serious attention of congress. II
were business man and could be per
mitted to do it, l would undertake to
run this government for $30O,000,000
less than it is now run for"
Lodge and Teddy Are Pals!
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Mas
sachusetts is posing as the bosom
friend of Roosevelt. He says T. r.
will campaign for his reelection, and
Roosevelt has not denied that he will
go to Lodges rescue. 1t was only re-
Gently that La Toilette of Wisconsin, in
a speech in the senate, exposed this
same Lodge as the INSCRIPTIONS tool
of the railroads and other special in
terests. Lodge is by training and ma
ture untitled to represent any part Of
the United States in the senate. He
can not outgrow the ancient Illusion
that the business of the senate is to
legislate for the rich, regardless of the
rights of the poor. Unless all signs
read falsely, Mr.. Lodge of Massachu
sets, who declares the consumer is
myth, will be retired to private life,
yea, and regardless of whether the ex-
president endorses or refuses to en-.
dorse
fngton next session, and it will be for
the republican majority to determine
who shall be speaker"
So spoke Uncle Joe" Cannon the
other day. Speaker Cannon has not
the least intention of retiring from the
speakership, and the public is only
fooling itself to think otherwise. Can
non has served the corporate interests
Of the country long and faithfully, and
if the next house should be republican.
Uncle Joe" will no doubt be rewarded
with another term as speaker.
Hiding High Prices.
To prove that the new tariff has not
increased the cost of life's necessities, |
cite schedules in which
the quoted prices of manufactured arti- |
cles are the same as before the Aid !
rich-Taft law was passed The alb |
surdity of this attempt to deceive con |
Sumers is manifest.
II is notorious that the textile trust /
took heroic measures to keep price /
quotations normal for this season by |
lighter weight goods and using |
poorer material.
Their example was followed by for !
eign makers who exported to this |
country a cheaper grade OF cotton |
at the old prices. The net |
result, of course, is that the consumer |
must purchase more frequently, be- |
cause shoddy goods wear out quickly.
Obviously, the aggregate cost of life's !
necessities grows steadily as articles |
bought deteriorate in quality.
This method of hiding high prices has |
been boldly justified by eastern trust |
officials as legitimate business.