Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-04-25 | Page 5 | Democratic Hypocrisy

I DEMOCRATIC HYPOCRISY I The Senate committee appointed to investigate the high prices of the necessaries necessaries saries sarles of life Ufe recently asked the Senate for an of o for the purpose of having the inquiry con continued continued during the summer months by nonpartisan civil service of the department of ot commerce and labor Such a plan if It carried out would re result result sult cult in all the facts being brought out That Is precisely what the Demo Democrats Democrats Democrats do not want Having made the bald assertion that the high prices were due to the tariff law they want to let it go at that as the real truth would prove proe highly embarrassing during the fall campaign Consequently they op oppose oppose pose the he appropriation and the project has been abandoned The Senate committee however will go ahead in the performance of its duty and make the best of the situa sUu situation tion The work has progressed far farenough farenough farenough enough to show that the tariff has nothing to do with the prices charged for food If It the reverse were true prices would not be falling at atthe the pres present ent time meat alone excepted The Democratic politicians know that per perfectly perfectly perfectly well but they are up a stump for campaign thunder and will con continue eon on the cry of ot the tariff t rIff did It After election el they the will probably probably I ably put the bla on Haneys comet I