The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1912-08-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.
BY c. II. Tavenner.

a single dollar of contribution
from illegal trust and monopolies
This is the watchword of Hon
James T. Lloyd, chairman of the
National Democratic Committee
in starting in to raise fund t
carry on necessary organization
and educational work looking to-
ward the election of Democrats
to Congress this fall.
The work of this committee in
the 1910 campaign was some
thing enormous. Every Demo
cratic candidate for Congress in
the United States was given val
liable assistance, and millions up
on millions of speeches, campaign
books, etc., were distributed, in
creasing the number of Demo-
cratic workers everywhere and
creating vast amount of Demo-
cratic sentiment. The result was
the election of House of Repre-
senatives Democratic by a ma
jority of 65.
This committee is confronted
with an even more important
campaign, and is today wholly
without funds as a result of its
refusal to accept easy" money
from special interests which
would be in a position to expect
legislative favors should their
contributions be accepted for
campaign purposes.
Every reader of this article can
help the cause of Democracy and
good government by making a
contribution now while the COM
mittee 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 Demo-
cratic Congressional Committee,
Washington, d. c.. Contribu-
lions made earliest will do the
most good.
PROTECTIONISTS PLEASE ANSWER.
The Republican platform reluc-
family admits that there has been
an increase in the cost of living
in the United States, but seek to
exonerate our system of exces-
sive protection with the state
ment that prices have increased
all over the world. This is true.
but it is alo true that the in
crease has been more than twice
as great in this country, under
Payne-Aldrichism, that in free
trade Great Britain.
Here is a query that every pro-
tectionist in the land is invited
to answer:
The United States official re-
ports show that the average
wholesale price of sugar in Lon
don averaged two cents per pound
less during the last two years
than in New York. The Payne
Aldrich tax on sugar is approx
motely two cents per pound.
In England sugar goes untaxed.
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 mothers used to cook
with, has practically disappeared
from the market.
There is a reason. This reason
consists of a Joker" in the
Payne-Aldrich tariff law, in the
form of a color test known as
Dutch Standard No IS. When
this test was 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 a 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 nc
difficulty, in getting the makers
of the Payne-Aldrich law to &C.
code to their wishes.
a HUMAN DYNAMO.