The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-22
WASHINGTON LETTER

~ CLYDE n. TANENEE.
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Washington Feb. ro.-Iudge Cary,
heal of the Steel Trust, attended q
banquet m New York. The food was
good the lights were bright. the silver
shimmrr,l; the wine spanked. the ci.
gar, added mai Completeness to the
haprincs, of MI present. When i,
came Judge Gary's turn 20 speak, his
mind was saturated with bcuel olcncc,
and his thoughts turned to- the welfare
of The republics, and the suneringy OF
working nlan. Listen to him:
Things are being said nowadays that
are closely akin to the things that were
said just prior to the French Revolu.
ton. Unless the great corporations,
capitalists, and men OF large wealth and
power take leading part in the amci-
Grafton OF conditions, there will be
changes made later by the mob.
The newspapers next day told the
story of the banquet, and OF Judge
Gary's speech and the same newspa.
pers chroniCled the testimony of wit
nesses before the Stanley committee
These witnesses told how the Steel
Trust forces men TO work "a hours
day, days a week, for wages which
compels them to live like swine-a con.
dition which Judge Gary could amelio.
ate with few strokes OF his pen.
The banquet hall is dark The din
ers are gone. The tables are stripped
OF their viands. And somewhere in
that deserted room, shrunken so small
that the servants failed to see it when
they swept ont the crumbs, is Judge
Cary's beautiful Altruism.
Roosevelt and the Tariff.
Just once in his life Theodore Roose-
Welt expressed an opinion on the tariff.
That is; he almost expressed an opin-
ion. In one Of his messages he wrote
this sentence.
I'm later message shall discuss
the tariff"
A preliminary draft Of this message
fell into the hands of Senators Aldrich
and Lodge and Speaker Cannon I'm.
they rushed to the White
House. Presto, when the message FIN.
ally was submitted to Congress, il con
tanned no reference to the tariff.
Aside from that, no living man can
that Mr.. Roosevelt ever expressed on
the tariff question.
A Standpatter's Wall.
The Senate was discussing a bill for
the establishment Of Children's Blu.
reau in the Department of Commerce
and Labor. Senator Borah, author Of
the bill had explained how the huge
fiFF m an ~ NVN1 N1.4
children, crushing them with hard toll, |
while they were yet Of tender years. He
explained that the bill contemplated no
with the proper relation of
parents toward their own children. and
that its purpose was merely to provide
for the collection of statistics and in
formation on which the separate states
and municipalities could base solu-
ton of the child welfare problem.
"In the great cities" concluded Sen
ator Borah little children tester and
.wcltor and starve and steal and die by
the thousands This bill is designed to
aid them.
Then up rose Senator Hepburn stand I
patter, and for two hours the Senate
listened to his complaints about the
uncomstitutiomality' OF the bill. His
final argument was that Abraham Lin.
cola was poor boy.
Some Bald Facts.
The Republican campaign fund in
1905 amounted to 81 ,65S SIS, p. The
Democratic fund was 5000, ol4.27. The
had more than million in
excess Of the Democrats.
The number who contributed to the
Republican fund was l2,25o. and to the
Democratic fund 7l,ooo. In other
words, the number of contributors to
the Democratic fuud was six times
greater and their contribution amount
ed to a millions dollars less. The con.
tributors to the Republican fund, as
rule. were interested in legislation, the
money coming from such men as ]
pierpont Morgan, Charles p. Taft, An
drew Carnegie, Charles NJ. Schaub,
John Jacob Aston and the heads of the
various WOODEN mills who desired the
passage OF the Payne ldrich law, to-
gether with donations from the Wall
street banks, railroad magnates, and in.
dividuals representing the tariff trusts.
The contributors TO the Democratic
fund were not personally interested in
legislation.
The contributions to the Republican
fund ranged from $4,000 downward,
while contributions to the Democratic
fund ranged from Is, 600 downward.
''Elevating" the Workingman.
President Mckinley. in one of his
speeches, said: 1T must be conceded
that the protective system has dignified
and elevated labor. We observe its
triumphs on every hand"
The industries most benefited by the
high protective policy are steel, wool
and cotton manufacturing, and we OBJ
serve the methods by which these trusts
have "dignifed and elevated" labor.
We observe one result of this "elevat.
ing process in the Lawrence, Mass,
strike. where whole regiments, with
drawn bayonets. are required to keep
order among men, women and children
Who are trying to retain their present
wages OF So, s. and IS a week, in which