The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1912-09-03
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Bye. II. Tavenncr.

! anu SltiS WORN Tor d., Do. ana 81.
a week, and father and mother
work long hours for So, So. and
81. a week full time, AZ out of
every 100 deaths are those of
children under 5 years of age!
And of these AZ children, 80 are
under one year Of agel The
doctors declare that the big ma
jority of these children perish
because their mothers labor such
long hours, under such unsani-
tary conditions, in the wooden
mills.
But mark the percentage of
child deaths in Lawrence particu-
larly: Forty-seven out Of every
100 persons that die in Lawrence
are children under 5 years of age.
Now compare this with Seattle,
Wash. There, out of every 100
persons who die, but 10 are child
rem under years of age.
The average for the whole
country is q children under 5
years of age instead of AZ as in
Lawrence, and for the whole
country 10 out of every 100 deaths
are Of children under ] year Of
age, instead of 80 as in Lawrence.
In Fall River, Mass, where the
wooden trust also operates, 80
Of every 100 persons that die, are
children under 3 years, At New
Bedford, Mass, another wooden
mill town, 40 out Of every 100
persons that die, are under five
years, and a great majority Of
the 40 are babes!
These people who work in the
wooden mills are protected"
That is, the multi-millioniare
wooden trust magnates who
come to Washington for excess
i've protection, say that the sole
reason they desire tariff rates
which give them a monopoly on
American markets and permit
them to charge double the val
ue for wool clothing, is that they
are protecting" their employ
ees.
In addition to making this
plea, the trust magnates, of
course, make liberal contribu-
tons Of money to campaign
fluids of the party of protection.
The result is such bills as Sched-
ule X of the Payne-Aldrich law.
Here is a plain question for the
American people to ask them
selves: Why should they longer
permit a comparative handful of
millionaires to force them to pay
exorbitant prices for every arti-
Gle of wooden clothing they wear,
on pretext of those rich men that
they are protecting" their en-
ployees, when these employees
are not only not being protec ted,
but are being paid such low wag-
es that they are practically com
PEELED to live like cattle?
HAVE YOU SENT FOR CAMPAIGN
BOOK?
Every Democrat who is work
ing for the success of the ticket
this fall, should send some money
to Hon. James T. Lloyd, Chair
man, National Congressional
Committee, Washington, d. c.,
for copy Of the new Democrat
ic campaign book. Whatever
amount sent for the book will
be used toward carrying on the
campaign, without the aid of
trusts or special privilege. The
committee is in need Of funds.
no CHEAPER SUGAR.
The price of sugar is not to be
reduced two cents a pound not.
at least, as long as the present
Republican president and Senate
remain in business at Washing
ton.
The Democratic House of Rep
resentatives. it will be recalled.
passed a bill placing sugar on the
| free list. ltwas estimated this
would reduce the the price ap.
proximately two cents a pound.
/ Another bill was passed placing
a tax on incomes above S.. 600
This would have meant. i'm few
words, tho transfer of a portion
of the burden of taxation from
I the breakfast table to wealth
But the Republican senate object
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