The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-06-14

trust bigger than the United States
government?
Made bold by its victory, after nine
years delay In the courts, in the fam
Gus "trust busting" suit started against
II by former President Roosevelt, this
trust has boosted meat prices to the
highest figure ever known In this coun-
Try, not even excepting war times. The
trust gives shortage In the supply
OF live stock" as its reason for this in.
creases in prices.
That this excuse is only subterfuge
Is shown by the last report of the gov
ernment bureau of statistics, which
shows that instead of shortage in
the live stock supply, there has been
steady increase.
'The supply of cattle that reached
the seven principal western markets in
April was greater than in any April OF
the last decade" the report says, The
number of cattle shipped to Chicago
last month was 13 per cent greater
than for the same month last year, and
40 ger cent greater than for April of
1910. There was proportionate In
crease In the supply of hogs and
sheep. also. and that the quality OF
these animals was fully up to the
standard of former years is indicated
that the supply OF dressed meat now
on hand In the packers warehouses IL
greatly In excess of the amount held
there last year"
This report shows that the beef trust
has made up It's mind to force the
consumer to pay the cost of the nine
years suit II has just won. All the big
fees paid out to lawyers for keeping
the packers out of the penitentiary
win be taken from the pockets of the
consumers. Nothing must interfere
with the trusts dividends!
A subcommittee of the Judiciary
Of Representatives has begun an In
yeAttgation of the beef trust, and it's
report will be an answer to the ques-
tion ~ to whether the beef barons are
more powerful than the United States
government.
Why Coffee Costs More
Within three or four years the price
II coffee has doubled along with near.
" everything else. Evidence has just
'c0me to light showing why the price
OF coffee has increased.
The remarkable feature of the situa.
iioa In that the increase Is not done to
Increased wages. This Is not only re.
msrkable. but phenomenal, especially
whom we consider that such things AZ
coal and railroad rates and many 9th,
en would never go up at all II II were
mot for the demands of the greedy la
borer.
Coffee has advanced in price, al
tAoagh production has doubled, be-
caasa the market supply has been arti-
aciaily restricted.
a Cost-of-living Secret
In cold storpge at Detroit, Mich, are
15,e0o quarts of fresh berries. They
aro held out of the market to keep the
prace high. Thus capital uses refrig-
erati0n. invented to benefit man, for
the purpose of exploiting man.
The Real Plunderers
Mr.. Roosevelt has repeatedly de-
nounced boss rule" during his cam
paign. He has held up to scorn the
rearoses. the Lorimers and the Cox.
~ and other bosses not for Roosevelt
~ typifying the evils of present day
politics.
Everyone admits that such men al
those shOuld be ousted from power.
hut are these men, after all, really
tha greatest danger TO this republic?
John ID. Rockefeller who has hoard.
~ up \ fortune OF 5000. .000, 900 through
.sharp practice and legislative favorit.
;tsm ts not a boss. Andrew Carnegie
u not = political boss. j. Pierpont
Morgan. who In no anxious to have
Roosevelt nominated, was never ac-
uussd Of being n political boss. George
W. Perkins, who organized the Illegal
harvester trust and Is financing Roose.
vsstS campaign according to sworn
statemonts Of the Roosevelt campaign
00unittees, is not u boss. The mil.
Itsnaire owners OF the woolen trust and
IL snEar trust and the steel trust
APe nOl "b0sses."
rAs boss Issue IL largely false is.
sUa. The men who are plundering the
psssae directly and making the com.
0sa eeople dissatisfied with the way
sAAnGs are going under this form of
government are chiefly the multi.mil.
usaAlro owners OF the tariff trusts, now
saGAeed In financing the Roosevelt
raAeaign. In order to return the col.
oasa % the White House no that he can
g1vo instructions to his attorney gen.
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