Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-08-09
WARRINGTON NEWS.
By Clyde H. TaVenner, Special wash
ingon Correspondent Of this Paper.

ingon Correspondent Of this Paper.
Washington, August 5.-A cam
paign fund contributed wholly BY
the people and Dntainted BY a sin
gle dollar Of contribution from iIle-
gal trusts and mOnopolies.
This is the watchword Of Hon. Jas.
T. Lloyd, chairman Of the Nataoua,
Democratic Congressional Committee
IN starting in to raise a campaign
fund to carry on necessary oreaniza.
tion and educational work looking
toward the election of Democrats 10
Congress this fan.
The work Of the committee In the
1910 campaign was something epor.
nous. Every Democratic candidate
for Congress in the United States
was given valuable assistance. and
millions upon millions OF speeches.
campaign books, etc, were cistribut.
ed, increasing the number of Demo
cratic workers everywhere and ere
atng a vast amount of Democratic
sentiment. The result was the cleo
ton Of a House of Representatives
Democratic by majority of S5.
This committee is confronted with
an even more important campaign,
and is today wholly without funds as
a result of its refusal to accept
easy" money from special Interests
which would be in a position to ex.
pect legislative fayors should their
contributions be accepted for cam
paign purposes.
Every reader Of this article cen
help the cause of Democracy and
good government by making a con-
tributiOn now while the committee is
badly in need Of funds. Whether
your contribution is large or small,
A. will be useful. Checks or curren-
cy should be sent direct to James T.
Lloyd, chairman, or H. D. Flood,
Treasurer, of he National Commit
tee, Washington, D. c. Contributions
made earlies. will do the most good.
PrHectionists Please Answer.
The Republican platform reluctant
ay admits that there has been an in
crease in the cost Of living in the
United States, but seeks to exoner-
ate our system Of excessive protec-
ton with the statement that prices
have increased all over the world.
This is true, but 1T is also true that
the increase has been more than
twice as great I'm this country, under
Payne-Aldrichism, than in free trade
Great Britain.
Here is a query that every protec-
Zionist in the land is invited to an
swer: The United States official re
ports show that the average Whole
sale price of sugar i'm London aver
aged two cents per pound less dur
ing the last two years than in New
York. The Payne-Ahrfch tax On SUI
gar Is approximately two cents per
pound In England, sugar goes un-
taxed. If the difference in price in
the two countries is not due to the
tariff on sugar, to what cause is it
due?
Why Brown Sugar Disappeared.
Perhaps you have noticed that the
old fashioned brown sugar like our
mothers used to cook with has prac-
tically disappeared fIom the market.
There is a reason. This reason
consists Of "joker' in the Payne
Aldrich tariff law, In the form of
color test known as Dutch Standard
No. Is. when this test was fixed
it meant the barring out Of the old
fashioned brown sugar, cheap and
good, and that is why this brand Of
sugar has disappeared from the mar
ket. Whenever a tariff bill is in the
making the agents of the sugar trust
are ON hand to see that the Dutch
Standard" is maintained, and they
had no difficulty in getting the max
ers Of the Payne-Aldrich law to &C
cede to their wishes.
Trusts Thrive Under Tariff.
John Moody, editor of Moody's
Magazine, and perhaps the greatest
financial authority in the country.
has prepared the following table
which shows how the trusts have in
ton under the present system Of ex-
cessive protection.
Close Of No. Of trusts Capitalization
1898 ........ 4S ......s1,67s, 5S2, 500
1900 ........ sS ...... S,24s, OO1 ,O61 |
1902 ........ 1856 -. 5,743,741 $50
1904 ........ 1873 ...... S,576,S18,5OO
1906 ........ 17S ...... 72S4,75O,7 $50