The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-09-21
PROSECUTION
BEEF TRUST IS
MIGHTY SLOW
STARTED IN MAY OF 1909, THERE
HAVE ALREADY BEEN FORTY.
THREE PosTPoNEMENTs WITH
MANY MORE IN PROSPECT.
BY C. n. Tavenner.

Jay OF May ASVSs the government
fled a petition for an Injunction
against the beef trust in the federal
court at Chicago. On July 9Th, 1911,
the packers, after having obtained
forty-two delays and postponenents
in the intervening nine years, again
pleaded not guilty, and for the forty
third time their trial was postponed,
this time until November Goth Of this
year.
The status of the beef trust prose-
cution, therefore, is exactly where it
was the day the first papers were
filed nearly a decade ago. The much
heralded prosecution" Of this gigantic
trust-a prosecution which has been
directed by one Republican attorney
general after another-has amounted
to nothing.
Every man, woman and child in the
country is convinced that the trust
operates in violation of the laws, both
statute and moral and yet nothing
has been accomplished in the alleged
campaign to stop these violations ex-
cept the disbursement of thousands of
dollars In fees for special trust bust
ing" attorneys.
HBig Stick in New Role.
What the people of Arizona really
have to do to obtain statehood is a
story that the American people have
never fully heard. Information has
gone out over the wires from Wash
ington that President TAFT will permit
Arizona to enter the union by simply
striking the recall of the judiciary
provision from its constitution.
But only when the following facts
are considered can the full signifi-
canoe Of the presidents action be
grasped.
First. that the people of Arizona by
a vote of three to one declared in
!. favor of the recall.
Second, that In order to obtain
statehood the people Of Arizona must
go back to the polls and vote aginst
a principle of government which they
have already voted in favor of, and
which they believe to be right.
BY thus, coercing the people to vote
against a thing which their best judg-
} ment tells them to be wise, threaten
J ing to withhold from that people unv
less they vote as the chief executive
! dictates, rights to which they are
Justly entitled under the constitution.
President Taft has committed him.
} self to an action which is without
precedent In the history OF the Ameri-
can government.
The president has said to the people
Of Arizona, in effect: mo matter
whether the majority believe that the
recall Of judges is wise or not; unless
that majority goes to the polls and
lpretends that 1t is against the re-
call, I will deprive the people of Ari-
prive the people Of Arizona of state
hood whether they are entitled to it
under the constitution or not, unless
they vote not the way they may de-
sire, but as I command them to
vote"
While this method Of forcing the
people to vote against their will may
workings of an executive with a
judicial temperament" isn't II after
all making a farce out Of representa-
tive government?
President Makes Another Mistake.
It is difficult to see how the presi-
dents swing around the circle can
end in anything but a sorry spectacle
for himself.
II he tells the people the truth about
how he vetoed the honest attempt Of
both branches Of congress to reduce
the high cost of living In this coun-
. try; how, on taking office, he filed his
cabinet with men connected with the
} law breaking trusts. and how he tried
and almost succeeded in giving Alaska
J awy to the land grabbers, he will dis
credit himself.
If Mr.. Taft juggles the facts in
the slightest degree, the Insurgents,
swinging along in his wake" will
point out his Misrepresentation with
such truth and logic that the presi-
dent win find himself more discredit-
ed than If he had remained at home.
The record of the Taft admins
tration is one that cannot be de-
, bated with any credit to the presi-
dent. For this Mr.. Taft has only him.
self to blame, because he listened to
the advice of men like Aldrich, Pen
rose, Guggenheim and Lodge, to the
exclusion of all others.
Shoddy WooIens.
The wool trusts practice Of lower
ing the quality Of its products, while
at the same time maintaining prices
at the highest level ever known in
this country, has drawn the fire of
the medical journals all over the
country, Through these journals the
physicians of the nation are protest
ing against the lack Of warm and en-
during underclothing. fact to which
they attribute the spread Of many in
furious diseases which affect women
and children particularly. The medi-
cal journals are demanding q repeal
> of the high tariff-amounting to 1OO
per cent on the commoner grades OF
cIoth-recognizing in these duties the
source Of the evil Of which they COM
plain
See Taffs Defeat.
President Taft has declined 3
chance to greatly cheaper the cost OF
living, and in so doing has defended
a practice which he himself denounced
as indefensfble. The presidents We
:. toes of the tariff bill will make ii
, dificult for him to be renominated
| and will practically insure his defeat
If he is renominated."
] This is an extract from the weekly
} market letter sent out by the Com
soli6ated Stock Exchange firm of w
w. Erwin & Co. It shows that the
New York business interests and Wall
street have concluded that he cannot
. be reelected, and are preparing to
) throw him over.
Suggestion to Senator 6ristow.
In the September issue Of the Co
lumbar Magazine Senator Bristow OF
! Kansas has an article on How the
J Interests Control America While
this is a good article, and one that
, everybody should read, a great many
, people would enjoy an article from
Senator Bristow on How I Blocked
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