The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-10-23

/ that in 1896 October galvanized
iron copper kettle sold for sI.I5,
today he is selling the same kettle
for 81 IS. At Ii cents per bushel
it would have taken 81 bushels of
corn to buy the kettle in 1896, 1t
would take 40 bushels today
The Bulletin said it would take
twice as much, the Bulletin lied a
little over IL bushels. Take the
Iexample in wheat; in October 1896
wheat was So cents, it would there
fore have required 216 bushels, to-
day wheat is 90 cents, the kettle
sI.25, and it would require 1-I2
bushels. The Bulletin said it
would take twice as much, the Bull
letin lied just IA bushels.
FALsEHooD NO. 4.
s'Itrequires twice as much corn to
buy coil of rope as in 1896"
Those who sell rope here tell us
that sisal rope sold for Ioc per lb.
in October, 1896 and that it sells
for the same price today, Manila
rope sells for 121a cents now and
sold for 10 cents in 1896. Let US
go back to our arithmetic. Ten
bushels of corn in 1896 would have
bought "A ponds of sisal or Ma
nilla rope, today ten bushels of
corn would buy 80 pounds of sisal
or "a pounds of Manila rope.
Question. How much did the
Bulletin lie about rope?
FALsEHoOD NO. S.
ut requires 40 per cent more grain
to buy a pillow than in 1885,"
A Denison implement dealer
tells ua that Standard 16 inch
pillow sells for SIG now and that it
sold for the same in 1896. Bring
on your figures. At SIG the pillow
cost a little more than us bushels
of corn in 1896. Today the same
pillow can be bought for less than
81 bushels. The Bulletin said it
would cost 40 per cent more. 40
per cent of IFS bushels is As bush
els, therefore the Bulliten's state
ment of the cost is 161 bushels.
The Bulletin lied 10Y bushels.
FALsEHooD NO. 8.
1T requires 10 per cent more grain
to buy hoe, rake or shovel than in
1896
Again we quote from Denison
dealer, in 1896 garden hoe sold
for IS cents or 21a bushels of corn.
In 1900 it sold for AS cents or ~
bushels of corn. How much did
the Bulletin lie about hoes? The
price of a garden rake is the same
as in 1896, rs cents in both cases.
1t took about IA bushels of corn
to buy one in 1896, it takes SO Of
bushel now. How much did the
Bulletin lie about rakes? a SHOW
ell cost about AS bushels in 1896,
it costs 2 SO bushels now How
much did the Bulletin lie about
shovels2
FALsEHooD NO. 7.
"A set OF common wheels that cost
81 in 1896 now cost sI2
An implement dealer tells US
that he never saw a set of wagon
wheels that were fit to use that
sold for 81. He declares that he
never knew of any being sold in
Denison for that price, He says
that set of wheels such as our
farmers use sold for from s14 to
SIG in 1896 and sell for the same
price now. 1t must have been the
wheels in the Bulletins head that
were worth but 81 in 1896.
FALsEHooD NO. s.
The price of cultivators and other
farm implements have gone up pro-
portionately I"
We have not inquired as to all
farm implements but here are the
facts about cultivators. In 1896
the standard cultivator Sc in
Denison for from SIC to ST., to
| day ID account of competition they
sell for SIS. 1t is true they cost
the dealer 81 more than in 1896
but that does not effect the farmer
who actually gets the same thing
for 81 to 81 less. You can figure
for yourselves how much the Bull
letin lied about this.
FALSEHOOD NO. 9.
The biggest whopper OF all.)
Galvanized barb wire costs from 81
to $3.50 per hundred MORE than in
| 1885,
Glidden galvanized barb wire is
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