Smyrna times., 1882-11-22
Why Should tl4 Nc -ssar:es OF
Life Be Higher Now than
lbPy we're Twenty
FIVE Years Ago?

1u-J were "tutJ
five Years Ago?
\ correspondent thus writes to the
D}aru.c G5.e''e:-Thc time for speech
making i over. People everywhere
have returned - their business in
order to lay up something for the
Winter One thing I cannot under
stand, and statesmen Of every political
party have .ai!,d 10 inform the toiling
maS~cS-why i i that nearly every
thing We eat is sold at such an cxtrava-
CANT price: While our country is
ble>t with such an abundant harvest.
why * ii thar pork is sold At IS cents .
per pound. and Aoar At : per barrel
al, j. there scarcity Of these pro
ducts: No, the people answer from
thr North South, Fat and West. our
barns ave filled % ov,rnowing. we
hayt enoa4h and 10 pare" I have
alway- been tau@h, TIA, when an
article Is cA,.g. j, j. P,gn,y, and when
il i d4ar. j; j. because j. Is scarce.
We are told ly or statesman that We
have good government 10 live under,
. land If The free a..I the home Of
Tie o.ay" " tax on what We eat.
which : produced in the States All
iniy-tr.a. ys;ahli~hmcn, are busy. and
yet good prices f.r V hat they make for
sale. Bu, tuey pay small wages to a
laborcr; = To - per week will not
allow The poor man to eat beef at %
cent per pound ANA butter 20 cents per
pound, :or after he clothes his children
. pays q rent tha, j. % per cent. on the
capital invested by his landlord he
:. must live on corn cake and the tough
: ct ot meat. Now. these are facts and
cannot be denied | do not believe.
with all the LoI-; of freedom and Il
glorious constitution, that we are gov
, ernei wisely and for the benef, Of all.
| can SIC Sc'ii-hnc>s and selcinterest
lurking in the hearts Of those who
manage our Government and control
the great Money centres in orr cities
= Money is made rs the millions for tbs
y pockets Of those who do not need it
and the poor are reduced TO starvation
; wages ~ the greed Of the capitalists
twenty-five years ago pork brought t.
" this market from the far West was sol,
by the Wholesale dealer 1t S and i
cents Per pound. a; this time of tn
" year. when It was scarce. Corn wa
i, then 60 cents per bu~hcl. and flour fix
and hal! dollars per barred for tn
- best. and The bread made then was i
- .ood !: lot better than the boaste
:. patent ho1r- now sold at eight dollar,
:, Does it Coz. uS much now. to ship por
~ and -four from Chicago to Phildelphi
" a il did - years ago, with q
g., The vast Improvements in railrOading
answer 10, not by fifty per cen
:. Dyc- il cost Is much 10 Grind -four b
, the new process now used as it did b
~ the OH stone burrs? l say no. not /
ify per cent Do those engaged
business now have to pay higher ra
.. Df intercs: f9r the use of money tha
- they dil - years ago? No. money
plenty no"' q: tnIr and one-half an
ike per cent. on long time. In "a
- he government loans its money
- three and onr-half per cent. TWent
" i've years ago money was loaned
tx per cent. and was scarce at ths
' Our merchants made money the
- being con,en;el with small prof
=, Now, with the country full of all nee
" e | products. and money At a low "a
Of interest, and wiki all the improl
m Mt in railroads for shipping, al
manufacturers for maEin-. how is
-" tina, flour. beef an pork are sold
=, such enormous prices? I predict
- VII no, be l,a- before the oppress
''N' Will dvmau Of those who govern 4
'', cuntry an answer for this state
'''' affairs. Ta,s talk about freedom. a
''"" the home of tn. brave. AMI the =;
and strips. Will not huy bread fol
'0" poor mans chill Lei the goyernmt
b. 80 administered that the burd,
; o' will fall equally on all, then all Y
:" prosper and not I'll then.
Equality