Show I 4 14 11 i I j WILY UNCLE JOE yi q To hear h ear him talk about the t h e tariff j ud oUd think Uncle Joe Cannon was one oneat on l iJ at of t the original revisionists anxious anxious 1 I only to serve the dear deai public and al almost t most tearing his hili clothes for tor a chance to toI 4 I Carry dArry arT out the pledges of ot the Chicago 0 I iii platform pl as JUI Interpreted by Mr Taft TaCt j tt tL To Ta be sure lIure h he lights light In Washington running for tor reelection as s speaker and 11 I I j there havn havA been rumors of or opposition I f to t him If Jf he shows any an signs sig s of ot being i stubborn tb rn on the tariff question but no noone noone noone one would suspect him of tf r being in influenced J by auch lIuch grossly material in influences 1 as a desire for to the t all Jl iI he lives for Is III the welfare of ot the i people and It cuts him to the heart to toi i have hav folks say ay he has ha been the willing I servant senant of the trusts and monopolies I L v In congress i 1 I I Still It Is h difficult to foget such t 1 ri records as Uncle Joes and believe that t he te had hail been led to see the error of his Ills I j w y C over night so 50 to speak The cold J t unpleasant truth Is that Speaker Can Cannon CanI I F non has been ben almost overanxious to tom m t l how his zeal in tr il behalf of the trusts i r C At A the last session he blocked every move to secure s cure even a discussion of or the ij i schedules C to him entirely was due the thet t Successful effort of the paper trust to 4 prevent the removal of the duty fluty on onI ona I a news ws print punt paper and wood pulp when f 4 a t large lar e majority of ot congressmen congressmen had hall ii ft Signed a pledge to vote for tor that re reduction II if It the bill could be brought to toa toI 1 11 I a I vote Not only did he prevent con j of the bill he appointed a ap Jf p special committee to Investigate the thet H t question qu a committee so framed as to tod toLi d Li stifle further tarther agitation and thus thul Insure i I j the usual campaign contribution from fromi i the paper trust The rhe sequel affords a perfect example t tJ OJ trust methods method The paper paper manu manufacturers J li shut down don their mills mill osten ostensibly ostensibly sibly to meet a strike actually actual to re reduce red n duce dE d e production and establish a lower II wage vage scale seale This was done now the thet t price rIce of news print paper has been raised enormously and announcement Ii Is made that it Is III due to a water famine i In the mill mIU country which prevents the manufacturers from operating to full tull capacity The ultimate result will be a Ii demand for tor the retention of the duty on j paper so the trust may perpetuate Its I ii monopoly of the American market and andi t I II i continue Its It II dividends on watered se lIe securities sec I c at the expense of or the pub publishers ii i ushers lishers lI S and newspaper patrons t Mr r Cannon may ma mean It when hen he heays het t says ays u s he favors an honest revision of the tariff but If he does doe it ft Is a case ii t of compulsory honesty honest because he hei i has hils never neer been known before to give 1 I the t e American n people p a square quare deal on anything where the trusts were ere Inter Interested 11 t ested jated ted and he now unless he heU i 1 U sere re afraid to follow his hill natural n In Inclinations InI I I 2 j I I I |