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

and the 4 maladministration that
have come to light, many OF the.
invest gating committees are just get
ting ready to 60 to work. So far
they have only scratched the sur
face.
The Moss committee brought to
light the shameful manner in which
the Plotters in the Pure Food bureau
had stripped Dr.. Wiley Of AL power.
and made q farce Of the law design
ed to protect the public from the
greed Of nscrup1louss food dopere.
The Stanley committee learned that
the steel trust for years paid tr:s-:
mendrous profits on a capitalizattio
represented largely BY the water and
thin air and that the trust go6bled
.up the Tennessee Coal and Iron COM
pany, IL chief rival, wih the aid
andconnivance,o OF q republican admin
istration ostensibly to prevent q panic
but actually to strife it's main COM
petitor. 1t was further brought out
that men were acting as counsel for
steel trust whAereceiving money rom
the government as ''tr1st bust !" v
The probe OF the State Department
revealed that money expended Tor
one thing and charged TO another,
while the committee on expendi tures
in the navy department afscovered
that more than three mil ion
dollars worth Of supplies wer; taken
from the Washington navy yard with
out an accounting, and that the book
keeping system in use there is at
solutely ridiculous. -
These are but few Of the many
Illustrations that could be given e
show the value OF honest investiga-
tions.
81 am surprised" says the Attor-
ney General Wickersham. that the
slsiness men. Of thia country
ave not taken more advantage OF
hat section Of the law which permits
the collection Of three fold damages
when they have. been injured by
Crust That section is powerful
lever, and would maka those who
are illegally organized have more
respect for the law.
Likewise, the people are surprised
that Mr.. Wickersham, as attorney
general, does not take advantage
Of the law which makes It possi-
BILE to send guilty trust magnets to
jail. They bbelieyve Il would be an
even more powerful lever @
a STARVING INDUSTRY
The wooden trust Is the most insi t
ent of all its trusts In tts demand
for high tariff. This trust still calls
itself an infant dustry," and it's a.
gents told the members Of the Ways
and Means committee that the trus
would starve to death II the tariff
were taken off OF the wool.
At Boston, on October is, William
Wood, President OF the woollen tr:st J,
was witness in a suit filed against
him by a man whom he had knocked
down and run over him. The judge
asked Wood how many automobiles
he owned. s
II don't know Wood replied.
a How many chauffeurs do you en-
ploy?" asked the. court.
II never tried to keep. track IT thel
Wood answered.
Imagine man so rich he can net
keep track OF the number o. auto
mobiles he owns. Then reflect on
how many workingmen wlh:' purcha se
Mr., Woods highly pr.teeted Ir-duc.s
are unable to keep track of the mum
Der of woollen suits their children
own.
Protection Helps Foreigners.
The Stanley Steel investigat .ng
has made public the ex-
port prices OF steel trust products.
This is a very important piece OF
news, inasmuch as it shows great
in prices in favor OF for
dgners, and therefore probably wild
'esult in great reduction, IL rot
he removal, OF all tariff duty ON
steel.
The figures given out show that
he trust charges American con-
umers $32.97 per gross ton tor
'teel plates, while supplying the iden-
ical article to- foreigners at s29.04.
The unprotected foreigner thus re-
eives an advantage ct $500 over the
protected American consumer. The
dvantage given the foreigner in
teel rails is 1884 per ton; in tin
late, $12..54. and in structural steel,
4.5O.
Query: If the steel trust sells it's
PRODUCTS cheaper to foreigners than
o home consumers who is the act
al beneficiary of the. American pro-
ective system? The foreigner or the
Ome consumer.
Morgan Crowd Wanted Hughes.
In recent speech in New Yor
'eorge W. Perkins, late partner of J.
;. Morgan, said that Gov. Hughes i
'as put forward in 1908 by Wall /
treet to represent the republican I
arty's position on the trrst ques- {
ion,and that Gov. Hughes, in the 6
peech at Youngstown, o., construed (
he republican promise to amend the
ntitrust law as follows:
In our progress we must avoid :
Use steps. Ours must be the rule
reason" etc.
Congress refused to lesaliae '.rea-