The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-15
WASHINGTON LETTER


work hrcouse of IA strike to prevent
a cut In their SO, 81 and - 4 week
wages. Mrs. Evelyn Walsh Mclean,
mother -! the baby that Is heir I"
tiOO ,O0O, OUD, CAV" II SIJ,0Oo dinr"r I"
10 guests AT Washington, the ma
tiun's capitol.
The hostess at this banquet wore
diamonds that actually cost uuT"
than halt a million dollars. IN lrI
hair was displayed the "iamuu~'
Hope diamond, which cost SlNl,NuD
aud ut her throat another widely
celebrated gem, "Star Of th" Fast,
which was even larger t!un TIL"
Hope diamond.
Tn" cost per plate at the Mclean
.iuueI was 500. one lt"W in iH"'N.
rrnsr VA, ! ,O0n yellow lilies import
.d from abroad at cost Of - "HrD.
one of the highest paid mali work.
"r~ at Lawrence would hay" I" WORK
4 wears iu receive tn" cost OF That
uanqu" The earnings OF dozen
Lawrence workers tor half "a r'H-
'ury would not have purchased tn"
.,.ms worn by Mrs Mclean. y
Lawrence worker would have t" Ia.
hor ~ years tn pay tor the }"II""
titles alone.
The strike Of the men, women aud
children at Lawrence, and the 500
a plate diuurr IN Washington, Is a
striking example Of conditions "N.
isting under system Of "Nr"ssiN"
protection in the year of our Lord
1872. Neither the Lawrrnc" strIk"
nor the S3I 600 Mclean dinner are
Lttf
IT many similar illustrations which
could b" cited If space permitted.
Only recently, WIN. NJ. Wood, the
head of the WOODEN trust, whose em-
plOyos ar" now un strike at Law
renee, was arrested for Knocking
down ard running over "A pedestrian
with ms automobile When ar
Taigu"d in court he was asked how
many automobiles he owned, and he
replied he didn't know. Imagine "A
man So rich he doesn't know how
ualiy autos he has!
Fortunes which make II possible
for one woman to wear n hall mil
lion dollars worth Of diamonds mt
one time. and which enable man
10 possess So many automobiles he
cannot keep track Of them, neccs-
sarily come through the power to
place price on the things which the
common p"0pl" must hay" IN order
to live.
1t is significant, in this COuuoc-
liuu, that IN" tariff. tn" cost Of ltv-
ing, 500 plate dinners everything
hut tn" wurklngmau 5 wagCs-haVc
increased haud ia hand, revealing
III" intimate relationship OF on" To-
the other
The Story OF the Extra Session"
Congressman Ebrnczrr J HHI,
stauipat protrCtloulst 90 Cuunurti- I
cut, mad" a speech in the llOuS" re- .
Gently which IT." considered gem, ,
H." cNtuil"U tine Payne Aldrich law
to the skio., pruCIaImiug IN u loud .
vote" it had nothing To do with high
prices Mr.. Inn Thought 30 well of
his speech that lac named It THE
Story of the Extra session, nnd
sent IL broadcast among his cOuStl-
tucnts, asking them To read ii and
comment upon II. Some Of the com |
.IcutS. however, were not what Mr.. /
HIN expected. The following com /
mput sent IN from resident from .
Stratford, Conn, for instance, must |
have been severe JOLT to Mr.. Hill 5 |
standpat nerves;
my wife aud came to New /
York 10y steamer, having with us .
seven yards of serge cloth, which /
was to br made into dress for my |
wife. This cloth cost in London |
$50, and WAS declared dutiable by |
the customs officers ON those sew
en yards Of cloth | was obliged to |
pay "a double duty-u duty on the |
weight aud IA duty on the yalue-44
cents II pound and - per cent ad va
loren. Thcs" duties amounted to
Sg.24, making tho cost of The Sll.g0
article, s2ll4
"A tax like this * unjust and cN-
cessiye, and cannot b" defended. II |
this is II sample of the provisions of
the prescott tarltf law | am not sur
iriSrd at the universal dissatisfac-
ton that prevails with REGARD to it,
and hope the Democrats will sue
coed in changing this law with some
regard for the interest Of the con
sumer.'
Profits OF Beef Trust
The beef trust packers declare
that during the years 1900, 1905, 1903
and 1910 their net profits from fresh
meat were only one.eiEhth of one
cent IA pound.
In 1907 the retail price of fresh
meat was from ll.s to 1873 per cent
higher than in 1900, while the price
o:cattle declined in thatperiod from
'sg2. ~ tn $Sl 50. Aud while dressed
beef was half Il cent pound dearer
in 1910 than in 1909, the price of
oeeves was lower, declining from -
per hundred pounds in 1909 to $3.50
in 1910.