The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-08-17

the referee board was organized an
put into action for the very purpos
of conserving the interests Of th
: manufacturers, so you would have
safe hearing"
Secretary Of Agriculture Wilso
sometime ago made this statement t
a committee of manufacturers, &C
|. cording to testimony just presente'
to the committee on expenditures il
the agriculture department.
1t will be recalled that the organiza
ton to which secretary Wilson wa
alluding-the Remsen board-re
versed the findings of DR.. Wiley whel
he ruled against the use of benzoat'
of soda by embalmed beef manufac
turers. The same board overrulee
Wiley many times, finding excuse:
for letting down the bars to the fooe
dopers on the merest pretense O.
reasons.
The weird rulings of the Remser
board caused friends of honest foods
to suspect that it had been organized
to thwart DR.. Wiley, and to ICON.
serve" the interests of the manufac-
turers instead of to conserve the
public health, and Secretary Wilson
frank statement to the manufacturers
merely confirms the justice of that
suspicion.
Playing Favorities.
Allowing 81 of the SO men under
criminal indictment in connection
with the wire trust to 60 free with
the payment of puny fines upon their
withdrawal of mot guilty. pleas, is
an illustration of the Wickersham
policy Of trust breaking. This system
would seem to make the violation of
the antitrust laws merely business
proposition. The men running the
trusts may pile up millions by paying
no attention to the antitrust laws, and
then escape punishment by paying a
few thousands in fines.
Much Already Accomplished.
Considered together, the four bills
already passed by the Democratic
House-reciprocity, free list, wool
and cotton-constitute Almost compre-
hcnsivc beginning at revision of the
Payne Aldrich law. The revision ac-
complished by the House means enor-
NOUS relief to the public, partly
through the reduction of duties and
partly through the elimination of
jokers and special privilege provisions.
Washington, D. Care the Ameri-
can people competent to rule? And
if they are competent, have they the
right under the constitution to do so?
Here are two vital questions direct
ly involved in a veto by President
Taft of the Flood Resolution granting
statehood to Arizona anc New Mexico
which have these many
years been eligible to admission as
states, but have been barred out, first,
because certain big interests in the
territories desired it, and second, be-
cause the Republicans feared Arizona
would send Democratic senators to
Congress.
The impression that the White
House press bureau (Secretary Hilles,
is trying to put out to the
country is that the veto was made
necessary by a provision in the Ari-
iona constitution which established
the recall. This view is erroneous.
The fact is, both branches of Congress
were careful not to 60 on record
either for or against the recall. The
resolution simply gives to the people
Of Arizona the right of local self gov
eminent; the right to vote on the
question of recall, and to themselves
determine whether they desire the
recall.
So the president is not vetoing the
recall of judges when he vetoes state
mood. What he really is vetoing is
he right of the people of Arizona to
decide for themselves the form of
Republican government under which
hey wish to live.
"You folks in Arizona are not in
.elligent enough to select the form Of
government under which you are to
ive," is the ultimatum the president
avs down by vetoing the statehood
Mr.. Taft would have his