The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 22, 1912, Page 4

The Butler Weekly Times Printed on Thursday of each week J. D. ALLEN, ROBT, D, ALLE? “Entered at the Post Uftive of Butler, Mo.,as the convention a lively contest en- egcond:tlass'n)alll matier ies sued over the manner of naming the "PRICE, $1.00 PER YEAR delegates-at-large, the demonstrations were good natured, if a little tumul- two national political conventions to be held this year. Enthusiasm was at fever heat Proprietor United:States Senators William Joel Stone and James A. Reed, and Wil- liam S$. Cowherd, permanent chair- man of the convention, were punctu- ated with hand-clapping and cheers. A brass band, provided by the Commercial Club of Joplin, enlivened matters with trequent renditions of “Dixie,” the ‘“‘Houn’ Dawg’’ song, national airs and rag-time. Each time the Ozark ballad was struck up the convention joined in chorusing’ the doleful lines, while here and there many delegates mounted chairs. The morning session was opened by State Chairman Jos. B. Sharinon, who announced Ed M. Harber of Trenton as temporary chairman and Henry T. Lee of Columbia as tempo- rary secretary. In greeting the delegates Mr. Shan- non spoke of the success of the state committee in raising funds for the next campaign. He praised the ru- ral voters who contributed to the So Teddy Jr. is going to Wall Mini dele poviewed events cat tthe street! In the case of Teddy Sr., on last state campaign and reiterated the a certain famous occasion, Wall street charge that the abnormal Republican came to him.—Republic. vote in St. Louis was tainted with And found him, as ever, inarecep- fraud. tive mood. REPRESENTATIVE BASKERVILLE yw ater Township ALLIS TEWIS Of ‘eat Pont Towrship JUDGE SOUTHERN DISTRICT. J,W DARBY of Walout Township FRANK FIX Koekville Township SHERIFF J W. BAKER Of Osage Township. TREASURER, C.F. PERRY Of Ownage Townshtp, “Will you give to the conqueror of Kettle Hill the honor you withheld trom the hero of Appomatox?’’ W. 5S. Cowherd on the Roosevelt third term movement. Aimed at Republicans, : Se Some members of the St. Louis CONVENTION LARGEST IN delegation took exceptions to a part STATE’S HISTORY. of the chairman’s address, but he ex- plained later that he had not intended - " ; »,. to criticize any Democrat, but was Cockrell, Stone, Reed and Cowherd Ex- aimingane Share miiGoel Hadley rand other Republicans who had failed Joplin, Mo., Feb. 20.—-Missourians woefully in their promise of honest today gave substantial evidence of ' olections in the metropolis. the esteem in which they hold Champ permanent officers of the conven- Clark. ’ tion were: The Democratic- State Convention, William S. Cowherd of Kansas held in the ‘Town That Jack Built,’’ City, Chairman; Henry T. Lee of instructed its delegates to the National Columbia, secretary; J. F. Higgs, H. Convention in Baltimore, June 25, C. Shultz, Joseph Burnett, Edward solidly and unreservedly for the Pike Kelso and John Y. Patrick, assistant county statesman. secretaries, Clark sentiment prevailed in and . out of the convention to such an _un- mistakable extent that the recognized Clark leaders had little difficulty in putting their program into effect. Edward F. Goltra, of St. Louis, who announced his unqualified al- legiance to Speaker Clark’s candi- 4 dacy, was re-elected National Com- tol Missouri Presidential Candidate. Dickinson, Endorsed. The Henry County Convention en- dorses as follows the excellent record | of Hon. C. C. Dickinson. Resolved, That the Democracy of ‘Henry county congratulates the peo- ple of the Sixth Congressional District mitteeman without opposition and by ch Missouri Upon their member of the mato National House of Representatives, i y one of the cight delegates at the Hon. C. C. DickinSon. His strict | at large, thirty- attention to the arduous duties of the and alternates, office, his careful study and clear an- Hal alysis of public questions, his con- electors, and two electors at large, stant loyalty to Prepress Ve ideas and have enthusiastically aligned them- true Democracy, his faithful devo- selves with the presidential hopes of tion to the TAMGHUEHS of all the people | the Ninth District Congressman. cause us to take pride in his record, Senators Stone and Reed, former In the next congress, which will be “669 cis, Stephens and Dock- called upon to carry out the policies ery, Well) Kempen of Kansas. City, ofa Democratic president, there will Virgil Rule of St. Louis and Gilbert be need of men who have proven . themselves loyal to the people, and e—had—actual experience in| large, eight alternat: two district delegi as well as the sixteen presiden Barbee of Joplin are the delegates at jar; c ithe districts” the representation at either of the Editor and Maiager throughout, and while once during ANNOUNCEMENTS (siragnesh Ww i ke the following an- “f shes by Ini 3 acteafe authorize) to mal Dampers pemieny |. speeches by former United States ii of Bates County, August 39.2: Senator, Francis Marion Cockrell, 500 YARDS Foulard Silks on Sale Friday Morning, February 23 we will place on sale 500 yards of beautiful Foulard Silks in all the most stylish colors and designs—Tans, Dark Blue, Copenhagen Blue, Greens, etc. The designs are mostly small and neat, some medium stripes. As you know, Foulard silks will be one of the most used of silks this year, and a lady finds nothing more practical for general wear than these. Friday Morning we Place Them on Sale for See our East Show Window A&Sc Yard WALKER-McKIBBEN’S Butler, Mo. WASHINGTON LETTER. Special Washington Correspond- ent of The Times. By Clyde H. Tavenner. Washington, Feb. 12.—While 30,- 000 men, women and children mill workers at Lawrence, Mass., were out of work because of a strike to’ prevent a cut in their $6 and $7 and! $8 a week wages, Mrs. Evelyn Walsh McLean, mother of the baby that is heir to $100,000,000, gave a $35,000: dinner to 50 guests at Washington, the nation’s capital. The hostess at this banquet wore diamonds that actually cost more, than half a million dollars. In her hair was displayed the famous ‘“‘Hope”’ diamond, which cost $180,000, and at her throat another celebrated gem, “Star of the East,’ which is even larger than the Hope diamond. The cost per plate at the McLean dinner was $700. One item in the expense was for 4,000 yellow lillies imported from abroad at $2 each. One of the highest paid mill work- ers at Lawrence would have to work | 84 years to earn the cost of that ban- quet. The earning of a dozen mill- workers for half a century would not purchase the gems worn by Mrs. Mc- Lean. A Lawrence worker would have to labor twenty years to pay for the yellow lillies alone. The strike of the men, women and children at Lawrence and the $700a plate dinner at Washington is a strik- ing example of conditions existing under a system of excessive protec- tion in the year of our Lord 1912. Neither the Lawrence strike nor the McLean dinner are exceptions. They are but samples of many similar illus- trations which could be cited if space mitted. Only recently, Wm. M. Wood, the head of the woolen trust, whose employees are now on a strike at Lawrence, was arrested for knock- and-runnt over a pede: trian with his automobile. When ar- York by steamer, having with us seven yards of serge cloth, which was to be made intoa dress for my wife. This cloth cost in London $11.90, and was declared duitable. by the customs officers. On those seven yards of cloth I was obliged to pay a duty—a duty on the weight and a duty on the value—44 cents a pound and 55 per cent ad valorem. These duties amounted to $9.24. making the cost of the $11.90 article, $21.14. “A tax like this is unjust and ex- cessive, and cannot be defended. If this is a sample of the provisions of the present tariff law I am not sur- prised at the universal dissatisfaction that prevails with regard to it, and I hope the Democrats will succeed in, changing this law with some regard for the interest of the consumers.” Profits of Beef Trust. The beef trust packers declare that ‘during the years 1907, 1908, 1909 and 1910 their net profits from fresh meat were only one-eights of one cert a pound. = In 1907 the retail price of fresh meat was from 11.8 to 13.3 per gent higher than in 1900, while the price of cattle declined in that period from | $92.46 td $81.53.« And while dressed | beef was half a cent a pound dearer in 1910 than in 1909, the price of beeyes was lower, declining from $9 per hundred pounds in 1909 to $7.55 in 1910. Any self-respecting cow, says the New York World, has the right to wonder who got the extra difference between her price on the hoof and her price dressed. Tariff is a Tax. The word ‘‘tax”” should be substi- tuted for the word “tariff.” The! people would then understand the question better. Fewer people would then accept the protectionist theory that the way for them to increase their prosperity would be to increase the tax on everything they ez oruse. To use the word ‘‘tax’ tion which Judge Gary could amel- iorate with a stroke of his pen. The banquet hall is dark. The The tables are diners are gone. stripped of their linen and viands. And somewhere in that deserted room, | shrunken so small that the servants failed to see it when they swept out the crumbs, is Judge Gary’s Beauti- | ful Altruism. Roosevelt and the Tariff Once in his life Theodore Roosevelt | almost expressed an opinion on the tariffs question. came from the printer, was this sen- tence: “In a later message I shall discuss | the tariff.”’ Senators Aldrich and Lodge and Speaker Cannon saw that pregnant sentence, and immediately rushed to the White House. Presto! when the message was finally sub- mitted to Congress, there was no| reference to the tariff. Aside from that, no living man can | point to any written or spoken opin- | ion that Mr. Roosevelt ever expressed on the tariff question. A Standpatter’s Wail The Senate was discussing the bill for the establishment of a Children’s Bureau in the Department of Com- merce and Labor. Senator Borah, the author of the bill, had gone to great lengths to explain how the huge corporations were exploiting little children, crushing them, with hard toil, while they were yet of tender years. He explained that the bill con- templated no interference with the proper relation of parents toward their children, and that its purpose was merely to provide for the collection of | Statistics and information on which the separate states and municipalities might base a solution of the problem of,child welfare. “In the great cities,’ Borah, “‘lit ildr S welter and steal and starve and die. said Senator hild In a preliminary, draft of one of his messages, as it’ they | Saturday Special! All Men’s, Women’s, Children’s 10c cotton gloves, on sale for 6c pair Choice Stock of Walker's Spe- cials, Packard, Dr. Sawyer, Bus- ter Brown, Godman’s and Budd’s Shoes. WALKER-McKIBBEN’S ‘speeches, said: ‘It must be conceded that the protective system has digni- fied and elevated labor. We observe its triumphs on every hand.”’ The industries most benefitted by the high protective policy are steel, ‘wool and cotton manufacturing, and 'we observe the methods by which these trusts have ‘‘dignified and ele- ,vated’’ labor. We observe one re- _ sult of this “‘elevating”’ process in the | Lawrence, Mass., strike, where whole |Tegiments, with drawn bayonets, are 'Tequired too keep order among men, i women and children, who are trying to retain their present wages of $6, $7 and $8 a week, in which a cut has _ been threatened. ory “ ‘seen in the flower of its beauty and jtriumph, in the steel trusts’ mills, tne | ee eet at ; M es stead of “tariff” would be to make This bill is designed to aid them. each received 978 1-2 votes, as against eae Seagate | 237 1-2, thought J. T. Woodruff "1 Interests o} ae | i i z Ut Mts wena the nation would be served best by | ™40Y eubumislalcsacsiastl cael Hi) continuing him in the House, and we, reply was that he did not know. protection appear ridiculous to the| By this time Senator Heyburn was | where men are forced to labor 72 wage earner: Instead of saying the | tearing his hair. When Mr. Borah | hours a week for the same wages “tariff on wool,” it would be better | finished he rose in.his place and for | paid laborers for 56 hours work in of the “big eight.” \ oh | Imagine a man so rich that he doesn’t! to gay “4 d or «4 two hours complained of the “‘uncon-/|free trade England. Still another ‘ a ‘ . 4 . y “‘the wool tax,” or “‘the sugar |‘WO ours co : ne eg Alternates at large—J. T. Wood. ke pelted a know how many autos he has on tax,” or “the implement tax,” “tthe |stitutionality "of the bill. His final! evidence of the “elevating” effect of ruff, Springfield; Supreme Judge W. © y : Phd | hand! sewing machine tax,” etc. The word 2™gument was that Abraham Lincoln | protection on labor is seen in the em- raigned in court he was asked how of Springfield should be named one W. Graves, Jefferson City; Edward inson for renomination and _re-elec- Robb, Perryville; Font Rothwell, | #”- Columbia; J. N, Burrowes, Howell se arg county; Dr. John H. Simon, St.Louis; Oklahoma Vote is Halved. Oklahoma City, Ok., Feb. 18.— H. F. Staple, Rockport; Charles P.| Higgins, St. Louis. ' There will be a warm fight for con- National Committeeman—Edward | trol of the Democratic State Conven- F. Goltra, St. Louis, re-elected for | tion in Oklahoma City next Thursday. four years by acclamation. | With the delegates instructed for Delegates from Sixth District—Del- | Clark and Wilson about evenly di- egates, James W. Suddath, John W- | Vided and the balance of power rest- Jamison; alternates, F. F. Dade, F. |ing with the uninstructed delegations, M. Cockrell; elector, W. D. Sum- | the fight will center on the conver- fara: ision of these delegates fo the respec- - The platform adopted by the. con-|tive camps. : vention, highly lauditory of Speaker| Tonight the figures stand: For Wil- Clark’s official career, brought a tu-| 80M, 2291-2; for Clark, 2311-2 and mult of applause from the delegates | Six counties to hear from. and visitors. Mention of Clark’s| Both sides haye made a careful name was cheered to the echo in| Canvass of the uninstructed delegates every instance. The speakers heap-|and agree upon these figures. This ed encomiums upon him. leaves a total of 110 uninstructed del- Greatest State Gathering. egates whose frame of mind is not While a blizzard raged out-of-doors | known to either side. the convention was called to order.| In this calculation the Oklahoma The storm, which Joplin people say | County delegation is conceded to Wil- is the worst experienced in the min-| son, although delegates were not in- ing district in years, seemed to deter| structed. Of the uninstructed dele- no one. The Auditorium, which|gates these counties are known to seats 3,000 comfortably, was packed | stand as follows: 1s to the doors. Every corner of the| Craig, Clark 4, Wilson 4;-Choctaw, ~ state was represented. Never in the|Clark 3, Wilson; Grady, Clark and ; history of the party has such a state convention been held in the state of Missouri. The number of delegates to the|1; Pawnee, Clark 4, Wilson 3; Pitts- convention was larger than will be burg, 7 1-2, and Payne, 4 each. |ficial price on the things which the; Foitunes which make it possible! | for one woman to wear half a million! know what tax is. " |dollars’ worth of diamonds at one’ pay it themselves. | |time, and which enable a man to own |has a certain ring to it that sounds| 1908 ‘ammounted to $1,665,518.27. | |so many automobiles he is unable to like it was paid by some third party. keep track of them, necessarily come | | through the power to place an artifi- | common people must have in order | to live. It is significant, in this connection, that the tariff, the cost of living, $700 a plate dinner—everything but the working man’s wages—have increas- ed hand in hand, revealing the inti- mate relationship of one to the other. . “The Story of the Extra Session.” Congressman Ebenezer J. Hill, standpat protectionist of Connecticut, made a speech in the House recently which he considered a gem. He ex- tolled the Payne-Aldrich law to the skies, proclaiming ina loud voice it had nothing to do with high prices. Mr. Hill thought so well of his speech that he named it “The Story of the Extra Session’’ and sent it broadcast among his constituents, asking them to read it and to comment upon it. Some of the comments, however, were not what Mr. Hill expected. The to Mr. Hill’s standpat nerves: tariff isa deceiver. But the people| They know they! A Good Dinner | Judge Gary, head of the Steel Trust, | attended a banquet in New York. | The food was good; the lights. were; bright; the silver shimmered; the wine sparkled; the cigars added a final completeness to the happiness of everybody present. When it came Judge Gary’s turn to speak: his mind was saturated with benevolence, and his thoughts turned to the welfare of the. republic, the sufferings of the workingmen. Listen to him: “Things are being said at the pres- ent time akin to the things that were said just prior to the French Revolu- tion, and in my opinion there is danger ahead—unless capitalists, corpora- tions, and men of great wealth take ¢ leading part in the amelioration of conditions, there will be changes made later by the mob.” . The same newspapers which told the story of the banquet, and of Judge Gary’s speech, also chronicled the ‘of witnesses before the testimony Wilson each 7 1-2; Kiowa, Clark 4, | following comment sent in from a| Stanley committee. These witnesses Wilson 6; Le Flore, Clark 3 1-2, Wil-| resident. of Stratford, Conn., for in-| told how the Steel Trust forces men son 5 1-2; Okfuskee, Clark 4, Wilson | stance, must have been a severe jolt| to Jabor twelve hours a day, seven days a week, for wages which com-| “My wife and I came to New| pel them to live like swine—a condi- | was a poor boy: Some Bald Facts. The word tariff} The Republican campaign fund in| The Democratic fund was $620,664.27. The Republicans had more than a million in excess of the Democrats. The number who contributed to the Republican fund was 12,230, and to the Democratic fund 74,000. In other words, the number of contribu- tors to the Democratic fund was six times greater, and their contributions amounted to a million dollars less. The contributors to the Republican fund, as a rule, were interested in legislation, the money coming from such men as J. Pierpont Morgan, Charles P. Taft, Andrew Carnegie, Charles M. Schaub, John Jacob Astor and the heads of the various woolen mills who desired the passage of the Payne-Aldrich law, together with do- nations from the Wall street banks, railroad magnates and individuals representing the tariff trusts. The contributors to the Democratic fund were not personally interested in legislation. iti oe The contributors to the Republican fund ranged from $110,000 down- ward, while contributions to the fund from $5,000 “Elevating” the Workingman. - - President McKinley, in one of his ' ployment, by the trusts, of thousands ; of children. A Big Difference. “Millions for defense; not one cent i for tribute.” The American Woolen Mills com- |pany, the woolen trust, spent hun- dreds of thousands of dollars in mag- azine advertising, the purpose of which was to “educate” the people into seeing the justice of Schedule “K,” and the way it was making sheep raisers rich by paying a big Price for wool, and the way it was selling good cloth to the American people for less than they really ought to pay. And then, when the workers in its mills objected toa cit in the $6 a week wages they were getting, the woolen company employed an army of guards to protect its mills. When the state shortened the hours of labor, of course wages had to come down. Of course that patriotic company wouldn’t pay 22 cents per week’to its Operatives in order that they might —— hours and still get $6 a