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Show THE CITIZEN 4 There has been a meat fight between American and Brit There is an undercurrent of unrest among the people. We must not depend upon Senator Reed Smoot to carry the entire load with tercsls in England. As a result of this fight, meat prices have1, 0 jj the expectation of having the Senator pull over the entire ticket this cut down more than half. As a result of this fight niillinn-- of pcuc shipped to England and what thcfrom fall. The Senator has a big fight on his hands this fall to elect him- of American meat has are going to do with this great excess of meat is a problem. self and he will find little consolation in a split party in this county. Our advice is to forget yesterday and get together today and dig ably most of it will be dumped with the garbage. auj be will Now the what the if Atlantic? has this side of that so on breastworks enemy happened our trenches and throw up our j who The know what has meat trusts field. the purchase happened. arelrfver swept from should the what the has and risen have, to prohimiJ ing up they Instead of trying to dictate to the people people price of meats obprices. There is no question that the big loss in England is tad U let us instead ask the people what they want. If there are laws noxious to the people, let us repeal them. It is going to make a dif- passed along to the people of this country who are being forty ference this year what you put in the platform. In past years it was pay the big prices, while our politicians are drawing their faster a common saying that a political platform was only made to stand on, aries and doing nothing for the people. What we need in this country is a law prohibiting price but people wont take that any longer. The people want to know where and how you stand and if you are a fence straddler you may prohibiting cheaper foreign prices than are requested in ourMt be left home, just like some of the big men who were defeated in re- country, and a penalty of wasting food products to bolster up: g prices. cent primary elections in the east. jure Our laws have allowed a free hand to corporations that maf acc late food prices as never in our history. ie p NON PARTISAN COMMISSIONER Is some one getting a rake off? rfvin The farmer and producer is not getting the money. I After a month of sparring for points the City Commission In fact, combination interests today make the farmer setlled, finally selected Charles N. Fehr from among over fifty applicants lief to fill the vacant position caused by the death of Herman H. Green. what they care to pay. The sheepmen have been cheated out of millions of dollarsjces As there are no Fehr says that he is political parties in the state or national politics we take it that year the buying interests divided territory into certain districts nd pin Fehr has never voted for a governor or for a president, unless he only certain buyers of wool could enter. The result was that unsheepmen had to sell at the price offered or take nothing. Thostid A flipped a coin to see which one he would vote for. We cannot but guess it can be done held off for bigger prices lost money and later found that they c derstand how anyone can be because there are a few who claim they belong to no party. How not sell their wool to anyone except to the prescribed buyer pble to in their territory. such make their choice in voting, we know not. iy n This not only eliminates competition but the sheep interestir, b After some balloting, Mayor Neslen took the commissioners ke c behind closed doors and it did not take the mayor long to secure held by the throat by the manipulators. Do you know that potatoes which are purchased for about 9 dri a decision for the man he nominated. Under such conditions it bushel are sold for 848 per bushel as potato chips? nooi might be that Fehr is a Democrat. Republicans appear not to Do you know that farmers are paid from $10 to $12 a tor ma know Fehr politically, so both parties can claim him and the new commissioner can claim both major parties without any embarass-ment- . tomatoes, but the commission men make the consumer pay 15 limit cents per pound for the fresh tomato? Bacon is selling for 50 and 60 cents per pound. In Enghe mi Fehr will take over finance and public affairs, the office in is selling, or was selling a short time ago for about 10 cents charge of the late Commissioner Green. pound. Our present food prices will not stand a just investigation. CHINESE FUED The politicians sent up a big howl when English rubber inte A Chinese war, without the sanction of Uncle Sam, loomed for held us up in rubber prices. These same politicians, however, reir a time on the Pacific coast, and the members of the Hoo Sings and at the control of our food prices. Within the past few days the milk trust boosted the price of?ar Bing Kongs living in this city became greatly perturbed regarding two cents, now collecting 12 cents per quart. It is well known a future results. milk. Hay is going to waste all S h The two organizations in this city have been very friendly, and there is good profit in the country. they want peace. In fact the Bing Kongs, which appears to be the Has the mayor or city commission raised a word of pr rj stronger organization here, have made overtures for guaranteed against such manipulation? They have not. In fact it is being-peace, but the Hop Sings would not negotiate at this time. Neither organization knows when a gunman may be sent in, on the streets that the board of health is going to make it so hot the independent milkmen, those who refused to go into the com! by headquarters of one or the other organization located in San i Francisco, and only when the gunman arrives and shoots down his that they will be put out of business. Where does such talk from? victim would the locals know. Is the milk trust dictating to departments under our t ity S These Chinese organizations work upon the plan of the survival l of the fittest. The more members that are killed in an organization, missioners? Farmers report that butter fat prices have been low'redw the weaker it gets. As a result and fearing an unsuspected gunman, the farmers have not raised their price of milk. They have mree the Chinese have been under cover for several days now and probin the price of milk. They can take an offered price or k ept8 & ably will remain so until peace is declared. milk at home. No trouble is looked for between the local Chinamen; the trounnj i It appears that there is a movement to prohibit the 3or ble will have to come from the outside, but if it should come there is no telling what might happen after that because life is nothing to from saving any money. The interests want every dime e and close tab is being kept on his wages, and apparently pi ices1 a Chinaman when he goes out to defend a principle. The Chinamen are so friendly here that it is to be hoped that no ulated accordingly. Mr. Consumer, do you know that thousands of gallon? of troublemaker will be sent in from the outside. The police are keephas been dumped into our sewers? ing strict tab on all visiting Chinamen. s H , non-partisa- non-partisa- n. non-partisa- n n, 5 5-ce- nt 1 c 1 $ $ $ $ T'OGD PRICE FI BERS LAWLESS DRIVERS ENCOURAGED ss , ! wn The American people are being held v.p in pri:3 on food stuffs in the most outrageous manner in the history of th' country. We expect to hear of few automobile accidents in Mexico I future. The new law provides drastic penalties. The careh ss d;eas |