The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-06-13
Congressman Hensley One OF Most
Trusted Men in House Beet Trust
Making People Pay. etc.
ny CLYDE II. TAVENER

Republican, all from States west OF
the Mississippi River. Chairman
Hensley is Democrat of pro.
nounced convictions and since be
coming a member OF Congress he
has assumed n high place In the
councils Of the leading Democrats
His earnestness aud overwhelming
desire to serve his fellow men, coup.
led with an integrity unshakable
has made him one of the most popu.
lar rs well as one OF the most trust.
ed men In the House.
People Pay Cost OF Beef Trust Suit.
Is the Beef Trust bigger than the
United States government? Made
bold by its victory, after II nine
years delay In the courts, In the IA
nous trust bustingn suit started
againstitb by former President Roose-
welt, this trust has boosted meat
prices to the highest figure ever
known in this country, not even ex.
ceptlng war times. The trust gives
n shortage in the live stock supply
as Its reason for increasing prices
That this excuse is only subter-
fuge is shown by the last report OF
the government bureau of statistics
which shows that instead of a short
age In the live stock supply, there
has been steady increase,
"The supply Of cattle at the seven
nFlnRInal unEtnrn al -,
was greater than In any April IN the
last decade, this report says. THE
number Of cattle shipped to these
markets last month was greater than
for the same month "A year ago by II
per cent, and greater than the same
period for 1910 by 40 per cent. There
was a prOportiOnate increase in the
supply of hogs and sheep, also, and
that the weight of these animals was
up to the standard OF former years
is indicated by the fact that the sup
ply OF dressed meat now on hand in
the packers warehouses Is greatly
in excess of the amount held there
last year.
MS report shows that the beef
trust has made up its mind to tQlvv
the consumer to pay the cost OF the
nine years suit II has Just won. Al
the big fees paid out to lRwynrs iur
keeping the trust magnates nut Of
the penitentiary viii be taken from
the purses OF the con Snmprs. Moth
ing must Interfere with the trust :
dividends!
A sub comndttc'e OF the judiciary
Committee 81 The Democratic House
of Representative has just started
an Investigation of the beef trust,
and It's report will be an answer Ia
the question ms to whether the
beef barOns are more powerful than
the United States government.
Why Coffee Costs More.
Within three or four years the
price of coffee has doubled, along
with everything else. Evidence has
just come to light showing why the
price of coffee has increased.
The remarkable feature of the sit,
uation is that, for once, the increas,
is not due to increased wages, which
is the stock excuse the multi mil
| lionaire owners of the industrial
trusts hand out every time they
make up their minds to increase theil
dividends at the expense Of the con.
sumner.
Coffee has increased In price, al
though production has doubled, be
cause the market supply has beer
artificially restricted
Rockefeller's Income.
Administration of the government
by Republicans Is "A good thing fol
John ID. Rockefeller. Through tn,
collection of rebates from railroads
! Il practice that his competitors were
not allowed to indulge in, and aided
by IA tariff wall which enabled him
to build up monopoly without feal
of competition from abroad. he has
built up a $500, 900 900 fortune. From
the oil industry, and subsidiary IN
dustries, which the high tariff advo
, Gates still refer to as Infants" YET
in need of protective tariff, Mr.
Rockefeller derives an income of ap
proXimately s. a second. The Rock
efeller income at the present time
as near as financial experts hav,
been able To estimate ii, Is SOC, 900 ,00t
year, $1,000, 900 a month, 81, 1913, Sit
week, Sl64,73i day, S6,S63 al
hour, Slli a minute, or $3.50 "A sec
ond.
A girl working In store for 50 1
week would have to labor 4, 43S year,
to earn as much ms the unequal, un
fair and unjust laws Of this nation
permit Rockefeller to draw dowr
every week.
William Wood, president of tn,
wooden trust, testified in court no.
long ago that he had no idea as t.
the number of automobiles h,
owned. J. p. Morgan, 1t was recent
ly announced, now has an art col
lection worth 60,000,000. Andrew
Carnegie, II is well known, hal
lost all track of his wealth.
These are the plunderers OF Amer
lea. In order that they and tn,
horde of lesser millionaires who en-
joy their privileges under the law
may pile up such fortunes, ever,
reader of this article must pay tri
butte In the form of unnecessarily
high prices for life's necessities.