West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-10-04
HIGH COST OF LIVING
Increase Due 70 the Dingley
Law Schedules.
AMERICAN PEOPLE PLUsDBRED

Has Your Income Increased as Much
as Your xpensesf-rn~estignte the
Tarin aud Trust Issue and Decide
IL You VIII Vote 20 Continue Pres
ent Condition.
III you find the grocery bills have In
creased inordlnately don't blame the
grocer. but investigate the tariff tax.
and you will find that Il Is the chief
reason for the Increase If your cloth
ing Is costing more and most OF what
you buy does not wear well don't
blame the dry goods ana clothing mer-
chants, for the tariff tax Is the cause
OF the high prices and shoddy goods
II your hardware bin Is higher and
tho kitchen and other utensils do not
wear as we'll as they used TO don't
blame the hardware merchant He
has 10 buy what the trasts sell him,
and the tariff protects those corpora
lions and allows them 20 Increase the
prices for their products II your rent
has been raised don't blame the land
lord, for the tarin has raised the price
OF building materials. so that 70 costs
nearly 90 per cent more 90 build
house now than 1t did before the pres
ent tariff law was passed in 1907 II
furniture costs more than II did, and
the cheaper kind Is made OF green
lumber and soon goes % pieces, the
tariff on lumber aud nails and vurn.sh
and all the material that is used In its
construction Is the cause 0f the aG-
vance. and the attempt to make cheap
furniture with dear materials ls the
cause OF its poor quality.
The average Increased cost az ala the
articles that IL tGkes TO keep house Is
AZ per cent since 1907. th2 year this
prosperity breeding Dinglcy law was
placed upon the statute books by The
Republican leaders.
Housewives who 10 The marketing
for the family now require nearly half
as much again TO provide thc food and
the clothing for themselves uAd the
children as was needed before this
trust fostering tariff law went into ef-
feet That IS, II your income was 50
n week in 1897 Il must now he S3875
TO buy the same necessities on the av,
eragc. Some few things like tea and
coffee have not Increased In price-ln
fact, those articles are cheaper. but
there is no tariG tax on them, and they
nre about the oniy things you can cat
drink or wear that are moi taxed and
that some trust or combine does not
control and has not raised the price Of.
The important question is, Has your
Income increased as fast as your out
go? That must be answered by each
individual.
If you do not Ike to keep asking
your husband for more money 10 run
the house you had better talk over the
trust and tarli question with him. and
If he Investigates hc viii see mt once
that prices have advanced and that
you reed nearly half ns much again
as you did In 1897.
Dun's Mercantile agency. that sup
plies information about business af-
fairs TO all the wide awake business
men. keeps Il careful accoun. each
month of the rise and fail Of prices Of
nll articles that 20 Into general coI-
sumption The figures of Ualt great
agency show that on The average prices
have Increased 81 por cent f-om Jt.-.
1897, TO July, 1906 You cnl hl .ui.c
OF Dun's AGENTS Ia my city and thcy
Will tell you so. or you can 20 90 The
library In your tawn ana call Cor yuu's
review, which is published tu,1.Gy.
and see for yourself II DuA etcg
Is moi on file ask FOR the Sf rl Al-
stract OF the United Stet ~ 1905.
and on page 5fl YOU ".l GlI tbe "a.
bic Of Dmi's index nuIber. for tla gov
ernment hus ado. ted IL as an entirely
reliable and not TO hc qucsHoged nu-
thorlty on thst subject IN tac Ia
column OH the PAGE mend 4pJ yeu wIl
see the total for each year t,!c figures
given being the average per capita TO-
tai cost Of all necessary articles OF dai
ly consumption for the year
July. 1897. shows $T24J5. and 1906
shows S1O44Gl. Takm- 40 account of
the odd decimal, this shows an ln.
crease Of S3301. or over SO per cont, on
the S72.45. which was the cost lu 1891
Since January Of this y"ar prices have
still further advanced. so That on July
] the increase wds.47 per cent.
If space permitted. the detail of th.s
pluudenng Of the American people
through the protection granted the
trusts I'm the tariff law could be Given
But If you arc interested 10 know more
about 90 ask or write TO the Democrat.
ic candidate FOR congress ln your dis
trict 10 send yoH the three great tariff
speeches Of Hon John Sharp Will
liams made IN the house Of represent.
atives during the last session OF con.
gress. ard you VIII be surprised 20 iiud
what fund Of evidence and iuf1rm1
tiOn they contain ON this important
subject to the American people And
after you have Investigated The tariff
and trust issue make zap your mind if
Il Is 60 your advantage to- continue tbis
system Of protection hy taking tho adj
vice OF the Republicans to stand pat
and voting to re elect Republican can-
didote5 for congress. who have refused
To revise the tarlf. although many Of
them promised their constituents O. do
SO
trust Wins Both Ways.