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Show The Butchers and the Tariff. "A fow days ago tho butchers, In convention assembled, declared In favor of abolishing tho tariff on cattle and meat to tho end that this aup-poBod aup-poBod sholter for tho alleged meat trust might be removed; but I am disposed dis-posed to think tho good farmers of my stato would vote unanimously against such an experiment. By tho trend of tho speeches made at the butchers' convention I discover a sentiment woll nigh universally ox-pressed ox-pressed there that meat Is being monopolized by tho great packers. But I happon to havo a tenant out In Iowa who has a flno bunch of cattle, on which no packer holda a Hen of any kind, nnd ho writes mo that ho Is willing to sell them to butchers If thoy will pay as much as tho packers pack-ers offer. I am qulto euro tho pooplo would us soon buy this ment of tho butchers ns of tho packers. Thus there la afforded a splondld opportunity oppor-tunity for any ono to mako all kinda of monoy If ho will but glvo tho farmer na much money for his bcoves and glvo tho peoplo ns much beef for their money." Secretary Shaw, at Morrisvlllo, Vt., Aug. 10, 1002. |