The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-01-04
WASHINGTON LETTER
BY CLYDE II. TAVENER.

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redurrd - two. Early In January.
it is said, the steel mills all over
the country will bo working up 10 "
per cent of capacity. Blast fur.
uaCes, long idle, have resumed opor'
atoms, and the steel corporation
confidently expects lDl2 to be the
banner year Of its history.
The same story Of increased ac-
tivity is told by the railroads. inu
New York, New Haven and Hart
ford, which last spring laid of sew
eral thousand men, lately has taken
them all back, and many more be
sides. The shops at Hartford, the
company officials say, will be buster
during the coming year than they
have been for four years back. All
the hig railroads have placed large
orders for new equipment, = recent
order of the New York Central alone
calling for an expenditure Of S23,
0D0,0O0. All Of them IRE working
their men to capacity.
Republican orators who expect To
fool the voters with the old scar"
about democratic success meaning
business depression are going To
''"' ..'' '.,''''n WV - u''' '''" '''
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women manufacturers "l any l''lIs
axe taxing alFahthR' "' nl-i' '"'iH
rates l" advance prices ne BOAR"
report W'"lu lllaNe u appear 'u"'
the WOODEN trust ""u'uil d" Huth
thlhE'
But the report 'Sn "'t1E"lh't
useless, nechuse u proves hrE"hd
successful cohtrauittiohs'
FIRST nat ScheduIr Is Ilid"'
iehslbir; IL proves thiS c"h'IusINc'
~ ana inT an Tune.
Second-it confirms prhcticaliE
very charge maze hRalnst tle woo" m'
II sciIouuie ny Doiil"c'd'S an" 'I"'
y o., =, .-...t
lpiIu IT Pt"'eH tn"' ~ H'l!G''
can people are victims Oh eNl"Tt'"h
from "o"l ti'aiiuihc'urerSi
fourth Anu t'lal freSiueht nv
Eeto OF the uhuer"oou-L La oii, ,n
nniiii was aSal'S' '''e INTERESTS u w.,
Ooo,Vuo c"n"uiIlers "l "uoieBiS; '!la'
was apSoluteiy uHIuStil'eu, WI
necessary anu ''ereiore "hiorE'N
ipie'
Tariff Protects Trusts ONLY.
T,uis u nroruais tbe fnmnus
pnstnn I,wvnr whn Innks nrts
walks and talks like Abraham Lin.
coin, while testifying before the
Senate trust investigating commit
tee, showed how the trusts receiving
the greatest protection have de-
stroyed trades unionism, reduced
wages, increased working hours,
aud driven Americans out and
brought foreign emigrant labor into
their mills.
He exposed the injustice and tu'
tility of the Tobacco Trust settle
ment, effected ny the supreme
Court, ana SAID the rule laid down
;,Iaoailv ioinod toy.thnr in, M
court put asunder."
In contrast with the treatment the