Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-05-22
q cause or enhanced prices"
Prices That Do Not Need 'sRestoring.s

the latest edition iIs94, at page All. !! find the |
Pre cents of e ssa s Sc at In %
Butter in is52 is given at H.. cents in 1889 At
for the same dates are sSs cents IN isas s
cents in 1854. and 232 cents in 1892, Other great
nrmness- The prices Of these articles don't
seem to need any .'rsstoring," ,,,, ,,,a
to apply their .!restorer'' to the price Of re-
1 only s
would like to relieve the poor, suffering oil
oenss sson n 1gs and Sad to So
cents in 1882; It may be that their tender r. sym
iron ~ whose Prod 90 oom 1aoa s"6S ton
In asb ana t Gniy don W lS Door men to be
squandering their substance in building homes:
nails whose price M
., key in 1879 to $40 IN 1894 and Of window
f.7o in. 1891. And possibly their philosophic
oe s oda idea OF
ssmptson By @ the prizes from +, 1s7 g
Then. if the poor fellow in whose interest they
are worlsing is not completely aaapPy, they
dress from cents yard in 1892 to Il cents. as
And while they are in the restoring business
they might come to the rescue Of the poor
manufacturer Of steel rails. whose product be-
gan se be ns hsre n SEA ae
but In 1Se4 had fallen to s24 ton. This would
foa
Ss Of one cent Per ton per mile + in lsed the
ne the s old Sc tSaa 'I in
1873 Nor would these restorers of prices over
haul wheat BY lake and canal frasn chic5go to
New York at a profit for IA cents per bushel.
snasei II ' iss habit of cents per
Here is revealed. Mr.. Chairman. the delu-
ages." It fails to discriminate the individual
facts that go to make up the average.
The Increase In Wages.
There is another serious omission in my col
leagues allegations of fact. There is one com
q
have ignored it. a commodity which is the
cred. surprising in this respect wheat or cot
ton. iron or copper, silver or gold, and that Is
nso bnd to the
1t is exhibited in one of the tables to which he
the average largely increased in the last third
sh of c S those of 1879
50 per cent in money and ~ per cent in pur-
In 1892 days work OF skilled labor would
buy more of any staple commodity OF human
clothing, more and better transportation, more
and better tools and machinery. more and bet
ter heat and light, more comforts and lVTuries
of every kind, more silver and more gold than
at any time before 1873 in the history of the
Any honest and intelligent man who has the
prices GOVERNS, the last 20 years will fad that
the prices of those things in the production of
must be expended have held their own or have
increased, while things. and these are very
ing inventions and machinery have been intro
du9nd have tS sre att fan IN pcs hiI
which SO much has been said
the things which ought to have ieen reduced
In price since 1873 have been reduced. while
the things that ought to have increased in
Mr. MeClesry of Minnesota-sfy friend from
Illinois has, with his usual clearness. stated
the tersely and well.
cost @ 1oweT br is NON na the 1ne
evidence that the so called decentralization
sure proof is that the reduction of cost OF pro-
duct1on has been accom- panled by an increase
in the wages of the producer
The Cause and Result of Lower Prices.
The great staples of the world are cheaper
because it takes less human labor to Produce
them every rev railroad and ste;.,1l boat.
every labor saving machine and improved proc-
ess of manufacturing. increases the grasp which
And thus we see, MIR. Chairman, that the
great fall ip prices of manufactured articles
! during the last third of century has been in
! innate result will be most beneficent. Taken
| in connection with the rise In wages, 1t meas
ures mans vastly increased command over IKE
These wonderful results have come as the
in devising labor saving machinery, OF the
marvellous new forces which men are harness
ing for the service of the human family, of the
remarkable Improvement in modern facilities
for transorta TAFT and OF the f ssoppae OF the
What will days work produced This is tbs
With f 6s rsw.rd Of
condition Of the people is elevated. This is
! process of natural law and phase CT evOlu
tion. Men struggle against it only because
they do not understand it. Like all move
ments onward, it brings temporary hardship
to individuals here and there. But for the vas
from Want and the promise Of that oi len fu
ture when a minimum of time will be required
! to provide for the necessities that simply
physical and TEN poral, thus leaving time ant
opportunity for the cultivation of those ele
ments in our nature that spiritual anC
eternal
PRODUCTION OF GOLD AND SILVER IN TIL
WORLD SINCE THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA
from 1893 to 1855 is from . table of acreage
compiled by DR.. Adolph Soetbeer. For tn
years 1886 to 1874 the production is the annua
estimate of the bureau of the mint.
@GOID--@ -SILVER---
Annual average Annual average
for period. for period
Ounces, Ounces, Coming
fine. fine value
l4s915oO. . S6.470 1,511,O5O s1,e54. 90
/ l52l-I5A $500. .. q. 1914 $3.50 $50 3749. 0O
/ l545-lJSO 21s,506 1901, $40 1882. &C
| l5sI-lSSO -. 2Ia,IO6 9,62S o25 r. 40, gu
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