Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-07-05

Havemeyer, men who were guiding I
the great sugar octopus, satisfied?
Not on your life. The amount of
money trust makes seems to have
nothing to do with it's contentment
and happiness. A trust never seems
to be satisfied with making big easy
money, but constantly demands more
big easy money. The habit of fleec-
ing the public grows on the big in
dustrial corporations just like the
habit of smoking or drinking grows
on men.
Not satisfied with being in a posi-
ton to force the American public to
pay a large annual dividend on $1O,-
O00. 900 invested in nothing more SUBJ
stantial than thin air, the trust en-
gagged in petit larceny. Steel springs
were placed in seventeen pairs Of
scales at the weighing houses Of the
trust, and the government was de-
frauded out OF its legitimate GUS
toms duties to the tune Dwell. At
torney General Wickersham settled
on the basis OF $2.00O,OO0.. The men
who would have got this s2,OOo,OOO
had not the theft been discovered,
we're never called to the bar OF jus
tice, much less punished.
AS revealed in these congressional
hearings the history of the sugar
trust is a history of corrup. manipu-
lation Of our national politics almost
beyond belief Why doesn't George
w. Wickersham, who went from a
law firm which represented this
trust to the position of United States
Attorney General, do Something!
Or docs the question answer itself?
''The young memt ers CT the
House are working like veterans
The present House is one that ne
democrat, or any other American cit
izen, for that matter, need apollo
gize for. believe that the coun
! try thoroughly appreciates This too :" :
/, Thus declared Speaker CHAM
| Clark. He was hard at work in hi:
private office at the time, sitting be
hind a desk piled high with cores
pondence, reports of inyesti satinl
committees, and an assortment: Q
books that would serve an 0rdinar.
man as an entire library.
"The members Of the House ar
fighting good fight, said the speak
err
''We are fulfilling as rapidly an
,, as litorally as possible every prom
ise made to the people.
"We promised in tie Denver pla,
form to- reform the rules Of tn
House, and we have done 1t. Tha
is an accomplished fact.
"Our opponents declared that onl
! under the old rules could the bus
ness of the House be transacted.
was predicted that IL the committee
were named by the House, chao
would result.
, eve have reformed and liberali'
ed the rules and elected committee
and we expidite business and brin
Joy to the hearts OF all lovers {
the republic.
"We promised the people that "
would submit proposition to amen
: the Constitution to permit the PEI
7 pie to vote direct for United State
Senators. The House promptly pas
ed such measure.
eve promised to pass a bill cen
: polling ne publication of camnaio
= expenses before the elections. Ths
has feen cone.
1--WE promised to admi. New Mes
: leo and Arizona. We have done o,
: best to bring that about. 1t is up t
the senate.
eve promised to cut down the d.
: bursements of the Government. w
: have already made beginning b
abolishing more than one hundre
useless offices in and about tn
House OF Representatives thereby sa
: ing $4,000 annually.
| "This is only an earnest Of wha
: we will accomplish.
"We are living up to the Jefferson
, ian doctrine % economy in tn
public expense that labor my b.
, lightly burdcned.' No doubt we viii
be sneered at by spendthrifts a
cheeseparers, but hard headed, sen
; sible folk will indorse our action, tie
cause it deserves to be Endorsed.
i eve promised TO repeal the tariff
IN wood pulp. print paper, lumher
timber and logs and that those ar
ticles would he placed on the FREE
list. So far as the Democrat,
House is concerned that pledge has
been fulfilled in the Reciprocity bi
and the Farmers Free List bill,
which sleeps in the republican sen
ate"