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Show Out of Their Surplus. Tho coal shortage has brought forth Its perrcnial legislative investigation, inves-tigation, and It Is now in ordor for some member of tho leglslaturo to rlso up and say there must bo a minimum rato on coal, and In doing so he will relato how tho coal barons ba-rons have made millions while tho people have permitted them to mako their own rates. All right glvo us a minimum rato, but when doing so don't be partial, glvo us a minimum rato on Hugar, butter, chceso and eggs. Sugar companies aro continually contin-ually building new factories "out of their surplus," and wo aro now Informed In-formed that tho Utah Condensed Milk company is building a plant at Sacramento "out of Its surplus," having made so much money that It cannot find room to invest in Utah. And eggs liavo gono so high that In that respect alono tho chicken mnn has a keen monopoly. Whllo nt It level nil ranks and "lay tho shep-ards shep-ards crook beside tho sceptre." |