The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-10-30
WHO KNOWS BEST?
Business Men or Politicians,
About the Effect of the
Mckinley Bill?

The business men OF the country con-
Time to give the lie to the politicians.
While the latter are trying to convince
the voters that the Mckinley bill does
not increase prices the business men, in
the plainest possible manner, are telling
the people that it does.
MessrS. Reed and Davis and all the
smaller fry are getting red in the face
crying that the bill makes no increase
in the cost of the neceSSaries of life and
every day. over their counters and in
their advertisements, the men whose
trade it is to buy and sell goods, say to
their customers that it does.
Even those whose partisan bias leads
them to try and soften to their party the
effects of the law, say that while it will
not advance prices of goods in stock, 1t
must on goods bought when these are
sold.
Let us see what some of these have
said since our last issue.
Donaldson, of the great Glass Block
in Minneapolis, published thrce-cclumn
advertisement in The Tribune Of that
city in which he said:
Don't be fooled by mislea ding news
paper editorials or silver-tonsued pOlit-
ical orators who have an object in view
in explaining away the Mckinley bill.
The cold fact remains that many lines
of dry goods will be materially advanced
in price Us soon rs present stocks are
closed out. Wehave carefully prepared
the following list taken from the Nc
kinley bill which can be relied on as
absolutely correct"
Aud then follows two double-column
list of goods with :he present prices and
what they will be when duplicated
under the Mckinley bill. We regret
that we have not space for it.
0. S. Paulson, buyer for the SedrC
Mercantile company, adds his testimony,
He says:
Il have just returned from a week in
Chicago with the wholesale houses OF
that city. spent three day with Mar.
shall Field & Co, and they have marked
all their prices up in consequence Of the
Mckinley bill. / had also been in New
| York and found the same condition
there but had an idea that the western
dealers had not yet forced up their
prices, so came back to Chicago to
buy, and wanted to buy in large
quantities for we have three houses on
the coast. In Chicago found the same
rise and / had to succumb. The result
was telegraphed home to mark every
thing up about 80 per cent. Ginghamf
have advanced alarmingly in price.
That is staple article used by every
body and l was much amused when ]
read Senator Davis claim that none OF
the necessaries of life had been increased
! It is, as u matter Of fact, the things We
can do without that have not been in
| creased"
He said further that he had recently
visited Norway. his native country, and
Iastanced the fact that American bind.
ers sell there for $1S5.
Then Mr.. Brown, a merchant tailor
of the same city, says:
~ beaght yesterday an invoice OF
goods amounting to $1,000. 1t was an
exact duplicate of one bought one
year ago and it cost me $500 more than
that one did. 1t has been said that there
is no increase in the price of goods made
in this country but any tailor will dis
prove that story"
Then Mr.. Max Segelbaum, of Segel-
baum Bros, says:
1T is the sheerest folly to undertake
to dodge the facts. There is an increase
on the necessaries of life and the ulti-
/. matum must be a general rise in prices
| to the consumers"