The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-08-08
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

Reporter
Washington, Aug. "a campaign
fund contributed wholly by the
people, and untainted by a single
+ dollar of contribution from illegal
trusts and monopolies!
This is the watchword of Hon.
James II. 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 demo-
Gratis to congress this fall.
The work of this committee in the
1910 campaign was something enor-
nous. Every democratic candidate
for congress in the United State was
given valuable assistance, and mil
lions upon millions Of speeches, cam
paign books, ETC., were dlstrlDuted,
increasing the number of democratic
workers everywhere and creating
vast amount of democratic sentiment.
The result was the election OF
House of Representatives democrat
ic by majority of IS.
This committee is confronted with
an even more important campaign,
and is today wholly without funds as
a result of it's refusal to accept "easy
money from special interests which
would be in a position to expect
legislative favors should their con-
tributions be accepted for campaign
purposes.
Every reader of this article can
help the cause of democracy and
good government by making con-
tributiOn now while the committee is
badly in need of funds. Whether
your contribution is large or small,
it will be useful. Check or currency
should be sent direct to either James
T. Lloyd, chairman, or H. D. Flood,
treasurer, of the National Democrat
ic Committee, Washington, D. c.
Contributions made earliest will do
the most good.
ProtectiOnists Please Answer.
The republican platform reluc-
family admits there has been an in
crease in the cost of living in the
United States, but seek to exonerate
our system of excessive protection
with the statement that prices have
increased all over the world. This
is true, but it is also true that the
increase has been more than twice
as great in this country, under
Payne-Aldrichism, than in free trade
Great Britain.
Here is a query that every pro-
tectionist in the land is invited to
answer: The United States official
reports show that the average whole
sale price of sugar in London aver
aged two cents per pound less dur
ing the past two years than in New
York The Payne-Aldrich tax on
sugar is approximately two cents per
pound, in England, sugar goes UNI
taxed. If the difference in price in
the two countries is not due to the
tariff on sugar, to what cause is it
due?
Why Brown Sugar Disappeared.
Perhaps you have noticed that the
old fashioned brown sugar like our
tically disappeared from the market.
consists of a Joker" in the Payne
Aldrich tariff law, in the form of a
color test known as the Dutch Stand
fixed it 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 tariff bill is in
the making the agents of the sugar
trust are on hand to see that the
Dutch Standard" is maintained, and
they had no difficulty in getting the
makers of the Payne-Aldrich law to
accede to their wishes" LIZ
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-
ton under the present system Of
ovooccjvo nrofoofior.