Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-09-27

Gary and Mr.. Perkins and you will have
given a control in the market for labor
which will suit these gentlemen perfectly.
They don't want competitors in the market
for labor because new competitors will
mean new wage scales, and these are the
very men and almost the only men who
have successfully opposed union labor in
the United States and shut ii out of their
shops and bribed it to be content to the
shutOut by all sorts of benevolent schemes
Of profit sharing, which man would for
felt if he Joined a union.
when these gentlemen say that these
combinations are necessary for economy
and efficiency the only answer can think
Of that meets the situation is Rats Go
tell ii to the marines, but don't venture to
tell it to anybody who knows the circum-
stances by which these combinations were
made
Nov, the alternative is to regulate COM
petition, to say that to 60 into community
and sell below cost for no other purpose
for it can't be the purpose of profit than
to squeeze out competitor shall be an
offense against the criminal law of the
United States, and that anybody that at
tempts it will have to answer at the bar of
criminal tribunal
There are a great many legal things
that you can do now that will put the little
man out of business And that is the rea-
son want to change the law. not the law
yer. You can change the law, and then the
whole atmosphere will clear"
At Sioux City, in another speech Gov
emor Wilson made an attack on the Tariff
Board and warm defense of DR.. Wiley in
the pure food controversy
Twelve thousand persons cheered the
Democratic candidate at Sioux City as he
was publicly initiated a member of the
Tribe of the Sioux" Democratic oreani-
cation. In his speech in the Auditorium
he said
u suppose that most Of you know that
great controversy arose because Dr. Wiley,
who was in charge Of the pure food ad-
ministration, objected TO the use of ben
zoate OF soda in certain things that we're
sold to you, particularly in cans for food.
Now, very nice thing occurred. The
gentlemen who wanted to use benzoate of
soda persuaded the President, Mr.. Roose-
welt, that this was a scientific question,
and therefore he ought to have board of
chemists to determine it. And Mr.. Roose- !
welt picked out some of the most eminent
and honest chemists in this country, headed |
by personal friend of mine, the president
Of Johns Hopkins University, and sub
mitted to them this question: is benzoate
Of soda hurtfUl to the human stomach or
to the human digestion when taken in
ternally?'
observe that that was the only aues-
ion submitted to them, and that was ex-
lctly what the people who wanted to use
'enzoate of soda for wrong purposes wanted
o limit the inquiry to. These gentlemen
lad to say that benzoate of soda in itself
vas not harmful to the human system, as
believe it is not But they were not
sked this question: Can benzoate of soda
e used to conceal putrefaction-can it be
sed in things that have gone bad to con-
cal the fact that they have gone bad, and :
induce people to put them in their c
Lomachs after they had gone bad p !
They were not asked that question, be-
ause if they had been, they would have :
aid, Yes, it can be used in that way, and
n. Wiley knew that it was so used in that q
ray
Il want to warn the people of the coun-
" to beware of commissions of experts.
have lived with experts all my life, and
know that experts don't see anything
kept what is under their microscope,
nder the eye. They don't even perceive
hat is under their nose, and an expert
'els in honor bound to confine himself to I
lie particular question which you have ;
sked him. s
THE expert Tariff Board doesn't know !
hat we want to know. 1t knows what it
lquires into, but it does not answer this
uestion: Are the present tariff duties in
ne United States suitable to the present
usiness conditions in the United States ?
md when the third party proposes perma-
ent body of experts it proposes a perma-
ent postponement of tariff legislation"