Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-10-25

sonable" or any other kind Of mono
poles, SO Gov. Hughes was put on
the Supreme bench and helped twist
the law to make it conform to the
trust idea of what the repub lican pro-
mise meant.
Add to Mr.. Perkins significant re-
mark. the further fact that Hughes
bitterly opposed an income tax, and
his qualifications as the Taft choice
for the supreme bench become read
lily apparent.
Soft for Beef Trust.
Ed. c. Lasater, president of the
Texas Cattle Raisers' association,
says that 300 per cent profit disap-
pears somewhere between ,the pro-
dmcers and consumers OF beef; that
prices paid producers are decreasing,
while prices. extorted from consuln-
ers are going UP. He proposes to-
find out who gets these fat profits.
No confidence is violated IN the:
statement that he suspects the beef
trust. 5s- 4
That the Taft administration is
almost panic stricken because Of
the vast amount of credit won by the
various democratic investigating COM
mittees. is indicated by the fact tn t.
an attempt was made recently to
pilfer some Of this credit from dem
ocrats to whom it was clearly due.
A. few days ago nearly. every news
paper in the United States printed
a story to the effect that Secretary
Meyer OF the Navy had discovered
three million dollar shortage in
the Washington Navy Yard" All the
press associations which send out
news, from Washington. thanks to.
the fact that they were inspired TO-
do so by the White House press
agents, played up the state,
ment that Secretary Meyer had dis
covered this shortage. The plain in.
ference from this would .be,of course J,
that Secrtary Meyer had been busy.
all summer in Washington. with his,
sleeves rolled up, working \ like a,
Trojan to find leaks through which,
Uncle Sans good money was escap-
ing. ,fs,
Secretary Meyer was doing nothing;
OF the kind Secretary Meyer idled
the summer away with the othr,
idle rich at the Massachusetts, coast,
resorts, with his mind as far from
shortages as care and worry were
from the golf links and steam
yachts on which he wh:led away
the hot days.
The Navy yard shortage wssl dr.
covered during the special sess o.:
OF Congress by Chairman Hardy Of
Texas, and the other members of
the democratic committee on expendi-
lures in the Navy department.
The information was volunteered to
Chairman Hardy at that time that
loose and careless system Of book
keeping prevailed at the big Navy
Yard, wherupon he Immediately COM
municated with the Navy Depart
ment and asked the officials there,
including Secretary Meyer to look
into the matter. Expect accountants
were then set to work, and they
learned in fact what the committee
already knew In general way. Tn y
details ofsthe shortage; as they found
them to be, were then submitted to
the Navy Department, whereupon
Secretary Meyer authorized tbs
statement that he had unearthed the
shortage.
1T is we'll known In. Wash 'ngton (
that the republican administration
heads are greatly concerned over the
amount of really good results that
are. being accomplished by these DEM
ocratic investigat' ing comm utees.
These same officials first attempted
to nidicehe the democrats for ''stics5-
ing their noses into everything" as
they called it. That, however, was
before the investigators had begun
to find out things. After Chairman
Moss had brought to Night the shame
full state OF affairs in che Pure Food
Bureau, and Chairman Harlwick
had discovered how the sugar baron
had INDICTED the people out CT mil
lions of dollars, and Chairman stem:
iley had shown the folly Of a high
tariff for the steel trust, these Re-.
publicans changed their tune
Hence they, fairly jumped at til
chance to pilfer the credit VIII .ch
they supposed would go to the
democrats. In the; meantime thu
discovery Of hhe lax condition Of ar
counting at the Navy. Yard has fur
nished clue for the other dems
cratic, committees, and it is me re
than likely that the book keeping
systems in all the departments vii
be carefully inquired into when
Congress convenes' i'm December.
The Tobacco Trust has "d'ssolv-
ed" Within a few weeks this trust
will submit its plan Of disintrega-
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southern district OF New York for
approved, and as soon as the court
accepts the plan the trust will be
no more. Touched by the magic Of,
the Supreme Counts famous IRE :
sonable'' decision this huge cor
poration will wither up and vanish
form tho farce ~ tho aar:h nh