Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-08-15
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

A campaign Iund contributed wholly
by the people, and untainted by sin
gle dollar of contribution from illegal
trusts and monopolies!
This is the wachword of Hon. James
T. Lloyd, chairman of the National
Democratic Congressional Committee
in starting in to raise a campaign
fund to carry on necessary organiza-
tion and educational work leading to-
wards the election of Democrats to
Congress this fall
The work of this committee in the
1910 campaign was something enor-
NOUS Every Democratic candidate
for Congress in the United States was
given valuable assistance, and millions
upon millions upon millions of
speeches, campaign books, etc, were
distributed, increasing the number Of
Democratic workers everywhere and
creating vast amount of Democratic
sentiment. The result was the cleo
tion of a House of Representatives
Democratic by a majority of So.
This committee is confronted with
an even more important campaign, and
is today wholly without funds as a
result of it's refusal to accept easy
money from special interests which
would be in a position to except legis-
lative favors should their contribu-
tions be accepted for campaign pur>
poses.
Every reader of this article can help
the cause of Democracy and good
government by making a contribution
now while the committee is badly in
s0f f11nd DE- fr,.
button is large or small, it will be
useful. Checks or currency should be
sent direct to either James T. Lloyd,
chairman, or H. D. Flood, treasurer,
of the National Democratic Committee,
Washington, D. C. Contributions made
earliest will do the most good.
PrOtecti0nists Please Answer.
The Republican platform reluctant
ly admits that there has beeen an in
crease in the cost of living in the
United States, but seek to exonerate
our system of excessive protection
with the statement that prices have
increased ali over the world. This
is true, but it is also true that the
increase has been more than twice as
Aldrichism, that in free trade Great
Britain
Here is a query that every protec-
Zionist in the land is invited to answer:
The United States official reports
show that the average wholesale price
of sugar in London averaged two cents
per pound less, during the last two
years, than in New York The Payne
Aldrich tax on sugar is approximately
two cents per pound. In England,
sugar gots 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 prac-
ticaIly disappeared from the market.
There is a reason This reason con-
sists of a Joker" in the Payne-Al-
drich tariff law, in the form of a color
test known as Dutch Standard No. .16.
When this test was fixed it meant the
barring out of the old-faSiioned brown
sugar, cheap and good, and that is
why this brand of sugar has dissa-
peared 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 no difficulty
in getting the makers of the Payne
A1drich law to accede to their wishes.
Trusts Thrive Under Tariff.
John Moody, editor of Moody's mag
azine and perhaps the greatest finan-
cial authority in the country, has pre-
pared the following table which shows
how the trusts have increased in num-
ber and capitalization under the pre-
sent system of excessive protection;
At the Number Capitalization
close Of of trusts
1898. AS 81 ,679, ,532, 500
1900 ....... 50. ...... 3,249,0 ,061
1902. ..... 1876. ....... 5,743,741, $50
/ 9O4 153 6.576. .912. 500