The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-11-02


The Carroll. Ohio, Chronicle of last
week, oct. Goth, gives the following
valuable experience of Mr.. Marshall, a
farmer in that county, which shows the
effect of trust monopoly under Dingley
protection robbery
Mr.. Marshall brought from pocket a
little book saying Il built house on
my farm five years ago before trusts
were organized, and built abarnFthis
year after they organized, and l want
to give you some figures. / kept an ac-
curate account of all prices of material
and know TO within dollar what the
two buildings cost me.
''The lime on the house cost me Coo
barrel and the lime used on the barn
cost me $1.10. - ',
''The linseed oil for the house. cost me
40c and for the barn soc.
. The nails for the house cost me $1.25
a keg, and for the barn $3.50. These
We're average prices for what l used.
Lumber cost s12 per 1000 for the house
and the same kind used in the barn cost
s2S per 1000
"Lath were $3.50. No lath were used
in the barn, but the price a few weeks
ago was s5.
THE slate on the house, with nails
furnished and slate drove on, cost 81
per square less than the naked slate
alone did for the barn.
"Now that isn't all. Five years ago
sold my wool in Bergholz at Ice. 1t
was too low. / always sell early; some
of my neighbors sold a few weeks later
and got 1Sc and 19c, and later in the
winter the remaining few got zoe. The
day 1 sold l got so pounds of sugar
at 4c a pound, and now sugar is 7c;
bought barrels of salt at 60c, and now
it Is $1.25 to s1.35; and 600 pounds of fence
wire at $l.40, and last spring inquired
the price of the same dealer in Bergholz
and he said s4.2O-just three times as
did not buy any nor did
put up rod of fence"
Mr.. Marshall had other figures in his
little book along the same line but the
above are sufficient.
Understanding that Republican speak
ers In some parts Of the county are tell
ing false tales in order to relieve this
extravagant administra-
ton we give a few figures and facts
that may be relied upon. The ordinary
annual expenditures of the government
averaged in President Harrison's term
1851, ,291, 1928.
In President Cleveland's second term
they averaged $3.50, ,41S,546. They have
averaged in Presidents McKinley's
.erm $514, ,4s0,254. This shows an increase
Of nearly $154,000.000 year since Mr..
was inaugurated and this does
not include the war expenditures, but
the ordinary expenditures" The out
lay for war is a separate matter, and
has already increased the public debt by
300, 100000. and the end Is not yet, but
will add several hundred millions more.
is expensive and leads to
and this is our experience
thus far, as we have seen In Cuba,
Porto Rico and the Philippines. Let us
have peace" Our annual shortage in
Cuba alone Is s64O, 900, which comes out
of the United States treasury,
During Cleveland's time the national
iebt was increased $500, ,000. 900. but when
Harrison toow charge, March ~. 1889,
here was in the treasury some two hum
lred millions. When Cleveland succeed
ID March 4th, 1888, the treasury was
Try. The Mckinley tariff was failure
as to revenue, and utterly failed az to
Improving the times as was found In
1892. 'ss and "a. The Dingley tariff IL