Middletown transcript., 1914-10-17
alDDLErowN, DEL, OCT. 10, 1914
OUR FOOD WAR

a result of this colossal world war!
The grasping Predatory Trusts that
have for years been robbing the whole
American people, are seizing upon this
European war as a pretext for further
and greater robberies.
Foremost among these business pir-
ates is, as one would expect from its
Infamous past, that huge swindler, the
Sugar Trust.
Again and again has itbeen convicted
and fined for robbing the Federal Gov
ernment of millions of dollars stealing
three ways at once! Not content with
this shame, its head officials even fell so
low as to steal over 81, 200, 900 from the
city of New York by secretly tapping
the water mainsl
It was very fitting, therefore, that
this big business Thief, the Sugar
Trust, should be among the first to wage
this economic war that is adding so
largely to the living expenses of millions
Of people in this land.
It costs less than two cents to make
pound of sugar, and the profits of this
big Trust were enormous at 5 cents per.
pound
And yet with a greed nothing can ap-
pease that Sugar Trust has doubled even
this high price, and is making the
people of America, millions of them
poor folk, pay from 50 to 100 per cent
increase for sugar at q time when for
fruit canning purposes the demand is
greatest. for this staple food.
And the example Of this big sugar
thief was at once followed by all that
gang of scanps commonly styled "Big
till pretty nearly everything
the masses need, has been arbitrarily
hoist to a higher level than before
though high enough already Heaven
Knows!
Some Of these increased prices are in
the war conditions, but most
artificial, and brought about
gal combinations and agree
cen the big dealers in foods
rticles.
but truth to say that these
numerical tyrants have in no
asure transferred some of the
sufferings Of the war-cursed |
Europe, to our own shores,
be said we have food war
America.
i there have been pretended |
tons threats Of prosecutions
rascals, and so forth, but it |
nbug! The farce would be
were the issues not so serious.
ole power of the National |
Mt, and that of most of the |
unable to bring even the |
,rious of these rich malefactors
an abundance of machinery,
atutes, civil and criminal, to |
mothers son Of these con
scoundrels thus basely trading
necessities Of Gods poor; but |
ew shining exceptions like that
ct Attorney Whitman of New
here always has been and now
t of honest officers fearlessly |
enforcing the law against rich /
erful offenders.
eyes Of the law, as too often
ted by courts and judges, and
7 by prosecuting attorneys, /
is. SO sacred as PROPERTY! \
loly far than the peace and
of millions, nay, than their
or their lives!
SOfhe shameful sight. is. often seen
If judges and courts of last resort, |
even to the august Supreme Bench it.
'elf, apparently straining every point to
hamper or quite destroy some useful
statute enacted to protect the common
people from their oppressors- these
courts and judges to effect this end
even resorting to palpable quibbling,
lot to say worse.
So it has come to pass that the higher
courts, including we regret to say the
Supreme Court of the United States, is
~ thousands of intelligent good citizens
Of an overweening desire to
Freak the force of statutes passed to
;urb the expressions of Big Business.
Thus it is that about all the pretend
ID investigations of scores of illegal
combinations by the Trusts and the
to rob the public, come to
lothing; or if the farcial prosecutions
10 reach the point of indicting and
some big rascal, the higher