The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-08
WASHINGTON LETTER
BY CLYDE n. TAvENER

Washington, Aug. "a campaign
fund contributed wholly by the peo-
pie, aud untained by "a single dollar
OF contribution from illegal trusts
aud monopolies!
This Is the watchword OF Hon.
James T. Lloyd, chairman of the
National Democratic Congressional
Committee In starting In to raise
campaign fund TO carry on necessary
organization and educational work
looking toward the election of Dem
0crats to Congress this fall.
The work Of this committee in the
1910 campaign was something enorn-
Gus. Every Democratic candidate
for Congress In the United States
was given valuable assistance, and
millions upon millions of speeches,
campaign books, ETC., were distri-
buted, increasing the number of
Democratic workers everywhere and
/ creating u vast amount OF Demo-
cratic sentiment. The result was
the election of House OF Represen-
! tatives Democratic by a majority of
1 u.
! This committee IL confronted with
All even more important campaign,
and is today wholly without funds
AZ a result OF its refusal to accept
"easy" money from special interests
which would be In position to ex-
pect Legislative favOrs should their
contributions be accepted for cam
paign purposes.
Every reader of this article can
| help the cause of Democracy aud
good government by making q con
tribution now while the committee
IL badly in need of funds. Whether
your contribution is large or small,
IL will be useful. Checks or cur
rency should be sent direct to either
James I. Lloyd. chairman, or II. ID.
Flood, treasurer, Of the National
Democratic Congressional Commit
tee, Washington, ID. &. Contribu-
tions made earliest will do the most
good.
Protectionists Please Answer.
The Republican platform reluct-
antly admits that there has been an
increase 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 il Is also true that
the increase In prices has been more
than twice as great In this country,
under .Aldrichism, than IN
free-trade Great Britain.
Here Is II 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 In London aver
aged two cents per pound less dur
ing the last two years than in New
York. The Payne-Aldrich tax on
sugar is approximately two cents
pound. In England, sugar goes un-
taxed. II the difference In price in
the two countries Is not due to the
tariff on sugar, to what cause is il
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 from the market.
There Is reason. This reason
consists OF Joker" in the Payne
Aldrich tariff law, under what is
known as Clutch STANDARD No. III"
test. When this test was fixed 10
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
market. Whenever a tariff bill Is In
the making the agents of the sugar
trust are on the ground to see that
the" Dutch Standard" Is maintained.
They had no difficulty in getting the
makers of the Payne Aldrich tariff
to accede 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
creased In number and capitaliza-
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