The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-10-17

people,
The people of the United States
consumed : So, 900 900 pounds Of SUI
gar last year. The tariff tax was
| = cents per pound. Upon this one
article of daily necessity, the Amer
| lean people paid into the Golfers OF
the sugar trust in single year the
sum of $4,000, 900. Does this hit
you?
Government statistics show that
the protective tariff EFFORTS from the
| American consumer two billion,
five hundred and seventy million
dollars per year; and the Republican
party, In nation aud State, is still
pledged to the protective tariff. Are
you?
Missouri's first Republican gov
ernor in forty years finds, at the
close of his administration, two Re.
publican candidates for president,
and frankly recognizes his inability
to endorse either of them.
OF the eight billion of American
trust capital, Moody's Magazine
says that only two billion is II cash
investment, while the other SIX bill
lion represented watercd stock
based on the privileges granted by
the protective tariff.
According tn the State Auditor
books, the salaries aud expenses ~
the state Game Department undel
the present administration have 1t
amounted to S23l 1922, which is cx
actly sl64 ,36O.9O moro than this de
partment ever cost under any ID,
murratic administration. Was !
worth the difference in the cost
b Can Missouri afford any more luxu
tries like Hadley's man Tulertou
II you don't think so, then YOU,
better vote the Democratic tickc
this year.
Secretary of State Cornelius Ruacl
! alton fees than were collected hl
his Republican predecessor, and h,
has done so at an expense Of JUS
-, 2.lS.62 less than the amount eN
D pended by his predecessor. Roach
) Official record exemplifies efficiency
. economy and integrity in the public
\ service.
D 1t requires nerve of superhumal
D magnitude, as we'll as n marvelou
acreage of cheek, to enable tina
: grand old stand-I atter, John G.. Nc
Kinley, to face IA Missouri audieuc
= and talk about Democratic gerry
4 mander and Acknowledgement,
I while at the same time Mr.. McKinle,
- aud his party are seeking through
the extraordinary process Of iujunc
ton to disfranchise all the third
l party voters In this State.
Speaker John II. Barker, the Dem
: ocratic nominee for Attorney-Cien
b. eral introduced bill to provide assis
lance for country agricultural fairs
= The Democratic Legislature passed
= the III. Governor Hadley vetoed il
s But, in the face of that veto, tn
n State Republican candidates nov
say Speaking through their plat
> form that they favor the devcloj
ment of our agricultural interests
, Will any Missouri farmer believ
them?
a If John L. Mckinley is so anxiUu
to provide cheap school books 70
u the children, why doesn't he advocat
# "A reduction in the prohibitive tart
a on book paper and printing materials
!. Does he want these trusts to get "A
additional graft out of the Stat
through that convict labor printin
q plant?
}. The average tariff tax on cotto
. stocking is Ito per cent, which 20
must pay, or let your children &
Q barefooted. And you are payin
n this tax, not To the Government, bu
Il to Senator H. +. Dippitt OF Rhod
!. Island, who is in the Senate for tn
;. Bull Moosers should remember tina
the Democratic party is OH recor
i.,Y 1.,t,