Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15
He declared this foul i.

Cox machine which is still the dis |
graceful alliance Of politics, corrupt
business and the; brothels that was. in
1906. The President also Endorsed
the candidate OF the Cox machine
on the ground that conditions had !
substantially changed.
Whatever the President was al
luding to-, it was not the Cox ma
chine, for it had remained as foul
as ever. The only change visible to
observers is that, whereas six years
ago Mr.. Taft was mott a candidate
for office, he is today. Ill
South May Desert Taft.
The prediction is made at the La
Toilette headquarters in Washington
that the administration viii find it |
impossible to send a solid Taft del
egation from the South to the next
convention. 3g#,
'.For many weeks says state stat
ment given out at the La Toilette
headquarters there has been signs
that the Southern Republi cans have
been fearful that the denomination Of
President Taft will be a serious men
ace to their continued receipt OF bi-
monthly checks. from the United
states treasury. The south is at
fording the Progressive campaign
committee more encouragement than an
any other section Of the country =,
War Time Prices Out pistanced
It no longer Is necessary to h>.k Z.
| back to war timesl as an era Of ex- :;
lceptionally high prices q Washing hin ::
ton antiquarian has gone TO the tss t Il ;
| lie 10 dig up list OF war time prices,
and compare them with the Payne
IAldrich prices Of the present time me;
AZ follows: 5!.3.i 3,sa': 4
war time Article Present
34,1O-bbl. hour-$7 Is n
IA g b-hams-20c to 28c
e. { and l2c ID lard-12c to lbc
.14cch cheese Csc to So c
10 to 1Sc sugar to &c
Is 10 c lbbeef -15c E & q:
SC behoulde rs zoe .s
.1s9 q to 16c Coffee zoe to ACC
Works Both Ways.
President TAFT was angered be
lcause Congressman Littleton. Of New
IYrk, spoke In condemnation Of Z. the
4 fisherman law at the same banquet
lboard at which he was speaker 70
Its defense. IL the President had
himself protected the dignity OF his
office, by refraining from talking
\ politics on his trip through the west,
Ibis 8displeasure ait MIR. Littleton's &C
n ton might have been in better taste as'te,
4 But he had just travelled 1920 miles
been seen by nearly five million lpeo-
ME. and made 3O6 speeches, to an
aggregate audience Of approximately
Z ii $50, 900 people. Apparently the
President desires that only his side
! lcf public questions should be heard
: the President chooses TO 30 on
1.-THE stump, he must not expect that
he cans do all the talking himself
The concensus Of opinion y that i
! The dignity az the office Of President
was not injured by Mr.. Taft in max
J ling political speech, while q guest
at a banquet, it was not injured by
Mr.. Littieton on the, same subject
discussed by the President.
ssAlustroem m iion1ires.
sProtec&ion.'' said a famous states.
man, ".enriches the few at the ea-
Epense of the many: the rich at the
! EXPENSE &C the poor. n 4
"a half century Of the operation Of
the Protective Policy in the United
States Illustrates It's effects. OF all
| the factors that have contributed Il
the colony Of mushroom milionaires
lin this country, nothing has played
such an important part as the Pro.
tectiveS tariff. A majority OF the
magnatee who live in mansions along
Fifth, avenue, and whose sons make
life a JOY for the sensational news.
papers by marrying chorus ladies,
got their wealth through the Replfb.
llican-given privilege Of picking the
Il pockets OF the people through favor
ing tariff rates. The masses are
poorer to the extent that thes mag.
mates have been made over rich.
Irenen- na0nlicr,oN npEAks5