Show monopoly and speculation now control As never before necessaries of lite life dy U S senator william E dorah of idaho there is ia scarcely tilt in article of food that goes into k the stomach tto mach or tin nn article of clothing that goes upon the alio lack back but is ia now under unde alio llio control of monopolistic speculative combinations there has never been a tims time when monopoly and speculation had such a finn and universal hold upon ilia necessaries of life and upon the tha things k with which wo we clothe ourselves as aa at tho ilia present time it does docs not need any commission sitting for leight or ten tell month 1 to ascertain ilia facts or place the responsibility lity for the extortion now practiced the facts are easil easily y accessible and could bo be secured by either ilia federal hado commission sion or ilia department of justice there is already sufficient law upon ilia statute books to tend send to the penitentiary ilia gentleman who says lio lie lias bas purchased a vast supply of tin nn article of food with a view of holding it for higher prices so long as aa men can say such things bilings and get away with it it is it a travesty upon common sense to talk about committees of inquiry find and timo to evoke ilia existing law in ilia premises premie cs rome omo in ilia alio zenith of her power had her experience with ilia hig high I 1 cost of living and england has twice in periods of great prosperity bad to deal with ilia question which is now agitating the public mind of the people of this republic in such times tho people livo live more extravagantly the alio luxuries of today becoming ilia necessities of tomorrow if wo we would stop and consider liow how wo we aro are living today as compared with ilia alio economy of living a few years ago we would havo have no trouble in locating one cause at least I 1 one powerful influence making for a tendency toward luxury and increased prices prices is ia tho ilia constant drift in our country from farm to city way life the result is obvious the consumers are arc increasing in in vastly greater numbers than alio producers millions of acres in ilia united states which were under cultivation forty years ago aro arc now abandoned A tow few years since binco vast areas of agricultural lands in tho ilia west vest were withdrawn from entry and settlement and production consequently halted |