Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-15

- N1PPiSsA AuAuHtSINUAS 4PASSSc@ < VI
myrtle for the establishment of royal
bridal houauets
TRUTH ABOUT HIGH PRICES.
Albany Jolirnal.l
The Bryan takers. in attributing
high prices to the trusts, are going
back on their old friend the tariff. It's
not the proper way to treat an issue
tina has done such yeonan service in
democratic campaigns High prices, un-s
III the trusts came in, We're laid 10 the
tariff. If trusts had not been ,rgan-S
lzetti the gold standard would have had
TO bear the trouble. But why don't the
Bryan people say frankly and honestly
that high prices are owing to prosper
ity, to expansive trade conditions, to-
greater demand for goods and to the
afliuent circumstances in which tine
laborer, the farmer and the merchant
lind themselves2
High prices areno more due to trusts
lthanto a Texas blizzard. And there is
less sense in saying that the tariff is
the cause of trusts. Every one admits
that the tariff has no effect on oil, cof-
fee and cotton, for coffee is on the free
list and cotton and oil we produce for
export. Yet coffee has advanced in
price as much as cotton and oil and
coffee and cotton. which are not under
trust influence, have advanced as
muchas oil, which is held to be a trust
staple.
Wool. iron and paper are protected
by the tariff, but WOOL a commodity
outside the trust, has gone up as much
as cotton or coffee, and all have adj
vaneed more than common printing pa
per, which is supposed TO be Under
trust organization.
Tbs babble of The Bryanites has it
that the oil trust IS robbing the people
by a cent and a half or two cents al
gallon because the price of the refined
product has risen that much more than
I the price of the crtltiesout of which 1t is
made. The babblers jump at conclu-s
SONS. leap over ineontrovertible facts.
They fail to see the Items of expense.
in the marketing Of the refined oil,
which do not enter intoSthe cost of the
crude. The refined has to be put in
barrels for shipment. The wood. iron
and labor in the manufacture Of con-
ltaillers have increased since the middle
| Of April, 1897, something like As cents a
barrel of forty-two gallons. which alone
accounts for an increase of over one
lscent a gallon. Chemicals, labor and
| freight have Increased and alltk ase are
Items in the marketing which do not
| entar into the cost OF thescruae oil. The.
tendency Of the trust thru it's effective.
land economic administration. is toward.
| a reduction in prices. But 50 long as
| there are small tetiners who arr. able
| to compete with the trust. prices will.
lremain where the small producers can
get profitable returns I is simple
rule Of trade that the price is set by
| the greatest cost Of production.
The rise in the price of Wool cannot
Ibe laid to trust. as wool is not under,
| trust organization. The overstocking
lof the domestic markets With foreign.
WOOL just prior 10 the passage Of the.
Dinghy act left the country with more
wool On hand than he necessities of
trade demanded The ovei.pius affected
the Wool markets Of the whole World
Last spring when Wool merchants
found they had orersstimated the sup
iapiy. prices took an abnormal jump, but
fell again in April IN the normal. pro-
tective level of 1880 Ohio Xxx Wool
| was 33is cents IN July. 1900, and New
/ 7 u ~ = '3 ~ LOT
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y /. = u = lflls
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= = y e
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me - 'l'ssl' l's t sctsa'ile. was re-
i't'tSsa ~ siif is'ii's ies af' N iss' ana
9 E ~ y y ana
! a5s'il'!.eislss l'e hs laflH ms pre-
tsataelnt of the duty.
Let US next "a Ike the case tf iron
/ With 'hiss commodity we changst:. #un-5
/ der, protective tariff, from an import
ling To- an exporting country. W. inl-
I port nov soily those grades when are
used III the last stages Of Bessen,4rt
iSstesl manufacture and which carnot be.
found in sufficient quantities IN this
country. Thelssf tariff on pig iron Mas
20 a an prf.se ~ S;E n fhse ;, ,,,., IL,