Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-10-20

( sleeping. working or pfaying, living
o. dying thee fila fr;ISt gets you in
( tie end II trust goods and grain had
advanced alize or in t,.e5same ratio t
yveuid net tike 80 per cent more
wheat TO buy Il stove' than it-did in
1886 hut does take THAT much. II
Areauires % per ceDt more corn to buy
a wagon than 1t did in 1895. Twice Is
much eer.i to buy a coil OF rope as it
\ did IN 1896. Forty per cent more grain
4 u buy a p.ow t "a in 1876. One humid
/ red Der eent more grain to buy a cop
per kettle. y set Of common wheels
1 that cost 81 in IS96npw cost SIP TIE
/ pr o nj farm mael tuery has gone
/ up in the same ratio. 1t requires ~
] per cent more grain 70 buy su1ar than
it dfa ia 1856 The prices Of oil, coat,
! Iumber. tools and harIware have gone
up from 10 20 I00.
/ And IN reply 70 this the Jewell
] Comfy Republican makes Il showing
which is Of pccuiJr INT err s.. for il
/ deals with conditions just a. they are
/ found: not only in Jewell county, but
4 at the homes and trading places Of ali
/ the farmers. Of Kansas. Taking the
/ hardware items in ttIe above list ti-e
editor of the Republican applied to
/ Democrat and a Republican, rival
4 dealers in his own town. aud got from
them the prices Of things botII-tA 1895
and 1900. with 4 result which is sci
forth as Follows:
The Advocate says it-talles 20 per
EFT more grain to buy cook stove
m,
hat Il heating stove that cost @I4 then
COST So now. y cock stove tratcoSf
/ $3.50 Il Ell costs SO now. Four yeai :
rye last week wheat was worth Il
.ents in Jewell City. Last weet, II
was worth 50 cents -Four yaarS-agu 1t
30 Id have required 314 bushels 81
vie a to Luy the heater. Now 2.5s
bushels buy t. \ saFiDG of64 bushels,
II $500 Cenc5 on Il heating stove. Corn
four years ago was worth IL cents in
Jewell City. Last week it WAS worth
accents Oh the same market. But as
Ye do not want to quote dry
weather prices we VIII 90 back to
Iune 10. when the crop outlook was
COED. Corn WIS tien worth % cents.
\ cook stove four year ago would
have cost 2S2 bushels OF corn. This
year the same steve can he bought for
/ I2I bush els of corn. Il saving of I62
.ushels worth slG9s
Nov take wagons The Advocate
says-tt takes 20 Der cent more corn IL
ny Il wagon now Than 1t did in 1896.
The dealers say Il wagon THAT cast
62.50in 1886 costs $3.50 now. People
}lo traded corn for Il Wcgon
orr wears aga> will remember
hat ii took 543 bushels to buy one.
7 Sow one can be bought for 232 buSh-
>l<.- Il swing of 3Il bushels, worth
500. 10. The AdFo ate says it require 5
. per cent more corn to l.uy Il wagon
now than it aid IN 1886. Does tfle Adj
scci think such talk toJewea coun-
~ farmers Will make Il, y votes?
Fake plows. \ walkingpl6w is 81
higher than it was inIS96 4 riding
plow that sold for so then sells for
$50 now The Advocate says. it takes
o per cent more grain to buy a pillow
fow than it did then. The figures
would be about the same as those
given ON a-wagon. How any paper
4 .In make such outrageous St t.ments
)asscs all comptroller sfon. unless it
links the fsrmers of Jewell county
re such fools that, having experience
"a the hard times of 1856 and the
good times lowing that date, they-
do not know which hey like the best
IT which is best for them. and if they
ire told that the former is better
Ian the latter. that theywill stra g II
way vote for some more Democratic
administration
-Four years ago-idst week hogs
we're worth $500 in Jewell Last
week they were s4.S5. In 1896 t would
have required 2.40o pounds Of pork to
buy the So wagon. Now it requires
only 400 pounds to buy the sG7 wa
Eon. a saving of LOCO pounds. worth
$3.50. -Four years ago top steers
were worth S4.S5 in Kansas City. now
they are $3.50. Oats were Sc in Jewell.
now poe Invoices STOW that coal oil
was precisely the same-prfce four year
4ago as now, Notwithstanding the
great advance in farm products Coal
I is just the same price. We paid SIO50
for our hard coal this year. We have
ipaid as high as s12 and seldom less
/ than SO. Colorado coal IS just about
where it always Is. The same amount
/ of staple farm products viii buy more
I lumber, more sugar, more merchaIl-
disc Of every description. pay mere
debts or leave Il bigger balance to in
! vest or deposit in the bank, than it