Demon ican Bellefonte, Pa., October 28, 1910. Vast Expense of Living The Issue. Republican Policies Foster Trusts and In- crease Prices. The real issue in the pending cam: paign is the high cost of living Politi sal parties can’t control the sunshine snd the raip and party policies do not regulate the volume of the crops. But they have a lot to do with the distribu tion of the fruits of the soil and the rewards of labor, and those things ia large measure determine the prices of ‘Sommodities. The policies of the Re publican party have been and still are promotive of high prices, not for the Yenefit of the producer, but in the in terest of the distributor. That is what the people should oppose. In the natural course of commerce prices would Be determined by the cost of production and improved ma chinery, better understanding and en larged opportunities would decrease rather than increase prices. But the policies of the Republican party foster restraints in distribution, create mo- nopolies in the Handling of products and take toll merrily from both the producer and consumer iu order to swell the profits of. distribution. Tariff taxation is the main instrument for manipulating these elements to pro duce the evil results. Tariff taxation is the fundamental tenet of the Republi can party. Tariff taxation can't possibly in. crease the wages of labor, for the rea son that while the products of labor are taxed the labor itself it without protection. Nobody ever heard of a tariff schedule on bricklayers, machin ists, coal diggers or even farmers When laborers are scarce the employ- ors have the wide world from which to draw supplies. The working men can be drawn freely from Canada, Mexico, Italy or China, and the mo ment wage earners ask for high wages requisitions gc out to foreign labor markets. But the things that the mechanics use are all tariff taxed and the prices are regulated by the tariff schedules. Trusts are formed to regulate not only the prices that the producers of the commodities receive, but the prices which the consumers of the commodi- ties must pay. Thus they draw profits “coming and going” and find victims at both ends of their operations. By continuing the Republican party in power this injustice is prolonged. Without tariff taxes prices of some necessary articles might be high, but in that event the producer would get the benefit. Under existing conditions the only beneficiary is the trust. High tariff taxation necessarily puts fictitious values upon commodities be- | cause the amount of the tariff tax is added to the price to the consumer. | But even high tariff taxes can't do their worst unless assisted by trust manipulation or else the schedules are #0 high that they become prohibitive. For example, the Wilson tariff bill was a protective measure. As originally | presented by the house committee on | ways and means it was almost an ideal | measure. But it was manipulated in the senate, in which the Democratic majority was small, and distorted inte a protective law to a considerable ex | tent Nevertheless prices were noth ing like as hugh under the Wilson bill as they are under the Payne-Aldrich monstrosity, as the following quota tions prove: In 1896 you could buy two pounds of salt pork for 10 cents. Today the price is 34 cents. In 1896 you could buy five pounds of pork ribs for 30 cents. Today the price | is 90 cents. ! In 1896 you could buy four pounds of smoked shoulder for 28 cents. Today the price is 60 cents. In 1896 you could buy two pounds of | sausage for 14 cents. Today the price is 30 cents. In 1896 you could buy five pounds of lard for 25 cents. Today the price is 85 cents, In 1896 you could buy five pounds of corned beef for 25 cents. Today the price is 70 cents. In 1896 you could buy four pounds of butter for 64 cents. Today the price is $1.52—and you are not sure of get ting genuine butter at that. In 1896 you could buy two dozen egg: for 26 cents. Today the price is 64 cents—and packed eggs at that. In 1896 you could buy one pound of gheese for 13 cents. Today the price is 20 cents. In 1896 you could buy two quarts of beans for 8 cents. Today the price is 20 cents. In 1896 you could buy a barrel of fiour for $4. Today the price is $6.50. In 1896 you could buy four pounds of fowl for 48 cents Today the price is $1. In 1896 you could buy 21 pounds of sugar for $1. Today the price is $1.31. In 1896 you could buy two pounds of steak for 32 cents. Today the price is cents. 896 you could buy five pounds of beef for 66 cents. Today the is $1.25. 96 you could sur « bag of corn for 65 cents. Today the price is $1.60. In 1896 you could buy a bushel of oats for 28 cents. Today the price is 68 sents. And so on through the entire list of tamily necessities. In other words, a two weeks’ store pill in 1896 amounted to $9.76. A twe weeks store bill today foots up $18.96. Prices have doubled or more than doubled since 1896, but wages have not correspondingly increased, | The stand-patters declare that the|- ‘ariff has nothing to do with increased prices; yet the fact is, the high prices became a fixed fact immediately afte: the adoption of the Dingley bill, and they mounted higher immediately af ter the passage of the Taft-Aldrich Cannon measure. It is well to bear these facts In mind. PHILOSOPHY OF MARKET BASKET 4 Wise Wife Points the Way For Her Husband. The head of a big manufacturing soncern in Long City said to his sookkeeper a few mornings ago: “Well, Franklin, | suppose you will as usual cast your vote for that grand 3ld party of yours in spite of my ef ‘orts to reform you." “No, not this year,” replied Frank: Hn “I'm with you this time. My wife has taken of my vote.” “Why, what does your wife know about politics?” “That's just what | asked her when she told me to vote for Mr. DDix. Her answer converted me. She sald: ‘I don’t know amything about politics, Henry, but | know all about the kitchen.” Berry Assumes Responsibility. if the failure of fusion results in the election of John K. Tener to the of fice of governor, the responsibility for that shame rests upon William H. Berry. Webster Grim was fairly nom: inated after an open and manly com petition by the Democratic state con vention as the candidate of his party. William H. Berry was defeated for the nomination by that result. There could be only one reason which would justify the refusal of Mr. Berry to ac quiesce in the judgment of the con vention. That is that the candidate is morally cr mentally unfit. That rea son has never been alleged by any man. It is universally admitted that Webster Grim is better equipped anda better qualified for the office than any other man nominated by any party. Notwithstanding this clear and just title to the nomination Senator Grim frankly and candidly offered to with. draw from the campaign if Mr. Berry would do the same in order that the voters who favor good government might unite upon a candidate. The Democratic executive committee offer. ed to nominate the former distinguish. ed and militantly honest mayor of Pittsburg, Hon. George W. Guthrie, as the candidate in the event that Mr. Berry and Mr. Grim would withdraw. But Mr. Berry refuses to open the way for the certain election of such a man to the office of governor for the same reason that he refused to ano quiesce in the nomination of Grim, namely because he has an abnormal and absurd ambition for office or else he is under contract with the Penrose machine to prevent a union of the forces in the electorate which are op posed to the Penrose machine. In either event "William H. Berry will be responsible for the election of John K. Tener {if that unfortunate thing occurs. He is thoroughly famil far with the charges that have been made and substantially proved against the Republican candidate. Yet for the reason that he has a prepos. terous hope that he might himself be elected to the office if he remains in the field he refuses to withdraw. A more complete expression of selfish and sorbid ambition has never been presented in this state. If Mr. Berry were qualified in every other respect, which he isn't, this action would = ve him unfit for the office of governo:. It shows beyond question that he con siders no interest except his own. Why Tener? [From the Philadelphia Record.) It was no compliment to John K. Tener when the Republican machine in Pennsylvania dictated his nomina tion for governor Under various pre. texts in the past ten years the cost of government in this state has been ad. vanced from $15,000,000 to $30,000,000 The cost of municipal rule in cities under machine control has more than kept pace with state expenditure. A very large part of this advanced cost goes to grease the wheels of the ma. chine Mr. Tener is selected to see to it that the supply of grease (or graft) is not diminished Late disclo- sures as to the past business activities of Mr. Tener serve to show that the machine has mada nn mistake in {ta man . Forewarned is forearmed. The voter who goes tn the polls in November and votes for Tener fo-mally indorses the wholesale grafting nf the machine and the lesser grafting of the candi date in his capacity of a promoter of speculative ventures. Let no such voter afterward complain of his tax rates, or of the hard times, or of the increased cost of living As long as we sent Teners to congress, or to our state legislatures, or elevate them to governorships or other positions of trust in the management of public af- fairs, there will be no balk or stop in the career of general plundering anc extravagance which has made our great republic the chief among spend. thrift nations. We now know what Colonel Roose- velt's “new nationalism” means. It means a Democratic congress and a lot of Democratic governors in Repub. lican states. Taft sticks to Ballinger probably because there is nothing else left of the Republican party for him to stick to. } § g | 3 3 i g 8g BF High felis ¢ ! i ; : . “1 noticed him yesterday, when that crowd of young fellows were getting the plano into the hall; he seemed to work hard- er than any of the others. It occurred to me he might like a bigger chance than he has here.” “M-m,” said the storekeeper. “Well, sow, I can't say as to that, of course, but as to his working harder than any of the other boys, I'll tell you what they say, and you can believe it or not, jest as you choose. “They all like Jimmy, for he’s first rate company, but the truth is that when it comes to lifting, or such work, Jimnmy’s all take holt and mighty lit- tle h'ist.”"—Youth's Companion, Dark Walls Best For Illumination. Some scientists who have been mak- ing investigations into the part played in the matter of illumination by light and dark walls have come to the con- clusion that the dark walls are better fitted for good Illumination than the light. In & room where the walls are dark and where the source of light Is entirely behind the reader’s field of vi- sion a person who reads is impressed with the idea that the room is excel- lently well flluminated, but if now an- tract, less light will enter them from the paper he reads, and the reader will be impressed with the idea that the 1l- lumination has been reduced and the paper is becoming darker. These sci- entists say that the experiments show that If the walls are light colored the efficiency of the illumination may actu- ally be diminished.—Pathfinder. The Picture In Disguise. Of the strange vicissitudes through which many of the world's famous pic- tures have passed perhaps none was odder than that of “The Picture In Disguise,” a magnificent painting that now adorns the residence of Lord Leigh in Warwickshire, England. This remarkable picture for many years ap- peared to be merely a painting of flow- ers. The floral study was, however, finally pronounced by an astute art dealer to be in reality a mask for an- other painting. With the permission of the owner he caused the painting «of flowers gradually to be removed, whereupon there was discovered un- derneath a very fne portrait of Charles 1. by Van Dyck. While no au- thentic record of this masterpiece has been found, it is supposed that the portrait was disguised by some royal ist in order to guard against its de- struction by Roundheads during the revolution.—Boston Post. Medical. Burdens Lifted FROM BELLEFONTE BACKS — RELIEF PROVED BY LAPSE OF TIME. Backache is a he: vy burden; ‘wears one out; urinary ills; 4 of kidney weakness. Rear Ee cause remains. Cure the kidneys and vou cure the Eames RE Bonheur’s Humor. Mlle. Rosa Bonheur (Rosa stood for Rosalle) was not without a sense of humor, so it is told of her that when presiding over a school of design in ‘Paris, the-puplis being girls, the artist was disgusted with the class because, imitative of their teacher, the young women had cut their balr short. “Goodness,” cried losa Bonheur, “how horrid you all look! This is not a class of boys. You silly creatures, let your bair alone and do your best so as to retain all the advantages of your sex.” Easy Cure. “There Is a man who is always look- ing for trouble.” “Well, it's easy enough to cure him of that habit.” “How? “Get him put on the police force.”— Exchange. Sarcastic. “Do you sleep with your mouth open?” inquired a doctor. “I've never noticed,” was the sarcas- tic reply. “but I'll look tonight when I'm asleep.” The Professor Remembers. Professor (as the company is break. ing up. missing one of his rubbers)— Has any of you gentlemen put on three rubbers by mistake?—Fliegende Blatter. The Slippery Top. Sillicus—We are told there is plenty of room at the top. | wonder why it fs. Cynicus—1 suppose most of the people who get there fall off.—Phila- delphia Record. 32.8 jrinlens 5n It is Pleasant. It as. nor It assimilates the Food, and I | In Use For Over 30 Years. 54-3621m i Fine job Printing. i _ o—A SPECIALTY—0 AT THE i WATCHMAN OFFICE | Tn A Rr BOOK WORK, FINE JOB PRINTING | bis and at consist se 88 of work. on or communicate this office. 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State College A Teacher A Lawyer A Physician A Journalist TUITION IS FREE IN ALL COURSES. Te so Creek SEPT. 1900, the General more a scone n Che, Cl Sgn! eck Mp Spe ne YOUNG WOMEN are admitted to all courses on the same terms as Young Men. 51 for catalogue giving full information respecting positions held by graduates, address. the purest syrups and properly carbonated. C. MOERSCHBACHER, 50-32-1y High St., Bellefonte, Pa. Get the Best Meats. a save Roching by buying poor. thin LARGEST AND FATTEST CATTLE and m with the fresh. £5 ie, ht sd mae SA Digher than poorer meats aie clsewhere, I alwavs have —— DRESSED POULTRY — Game in season, and any kinds of good meats you want. TRY MY SHOP. P. L. BEEZER, High Street. ~~ 4334ly. Bellefonte, Pa. Coal and Wood. EDWARD K. RHOADS Shipping and, Copumission ANTHRACITE ano BITUMINOUS COALS CORN EARS, SHELLED CORN, OATS and other grains. —— BALED HAY AND STRAW —— Builders’ and Plasterers’ Sand. 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