Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1906 — PEOPLE OF THE DAY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PEOPLE OF THE DAY

The Standard Oil Investigation. Ab a result of a recent decision of the supreme court of Missouri it is believed by Attorney General Herbert S. Hadley that the New York supreme court will order H. H. Rogers to answer certain questions put to him by Mr. Hadley at the recent oil hearings in New York city, when Rogers declined to answer on advice of counsel. The decision of the Missouri supreme court is sweeping in its nature. In

substance the court says that when corporations come into Missouri to do business they Impliedly agree to obey the laws of the state, and they must obey them. In his conduct of the Standard OH investigation Mr. Hadley, who is but thirty-four years of age, has shown himself to be a man of great force and ability. Before his election to the office of attorney general of Missouri he practiced law in Kansas City. Nasses That Don’t Fit. There are two men In congress, one In the senate and the other In the house, who might be pardoned for going into court and asking to have their names changed. They are Senator Dick of Ohio and Representative Schneebeli of Pennsylvania. Dick Is not thick, as his name says; but, on the contrary, he is very thin. Mr. SchneebeH'sename signifies a “little beak’’—that is, a diminutive nose. Schneebeli is the affectionate diminutive of the word meaning beak, so the name was not given bis ancestors in a mean spirit His nose is one of the large ones to be found among members of the house. Senator Long of Kansas fits his name, but Representative Kline of Pennsylvania, the only Democrat from .the commonwealth. Is not little, his name to the contrary notwithstanding.—Pittsburg Dispatch.

Raw Beef For Invalids. Raw beef proves of great benefit to persons of frail constitution and to those suffering from consumption. It is chopped fine, seasoned with salt and heated by placing it in a dish of hot water. It assimilates rapidly and affords the best nourishment. THE BRICK COMBINE. Tariff Enables It to Charge Exorbitant Proffts. The Chicago brick trust has been convicted in the Illinois state courts “for conspiracy to do an illegal act, to prevent competition and to restrict the production and sale of brick in the Chicago market.’* Seven officials of the companies composing the trust were fined |2,000 each, and the fines were I paid. As common brick is taxed under the tariff 25 per cent ad valorem and fancy brick much higher, there is no competition, to prevent the trust from charging exorbitant profits, so the trust tias comparatively po competitors, since the brick companies formed the combine. If bricks were admitted free of tariff tax Canadian brick could come by ship to Chicago and compete with the trust. The tariff is the mother of trusts, and the Democratic policy of reducing the tariff is the only plan to protect the people from trust extortion. When a trust or combination has been proved the protection that the tariff gives such trust should be abolished, except a small per cent, enough to run the government

HERBERT S. HADLEY.