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.
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. “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
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Backache is a he: vy burden;
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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.
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