Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-11-02

building was 16 28, two stories high.
The construction of this house cost
hin $3Ss.ss. It was recently des-
trsysd BY FIRE and he is now building
another home on the same plan with
the exception that it Is two feet larg-
er 81 the foundation, or IS 80. He
tells Ne that the contract price for
this hssse which he is now building
is $S45.ss. Now whs is paying this
difference in cost and who is receiv-
the mason who does the work, net
the planning mill men who furnish
the lumber, but the timber trust that
owns the timber from which the house
is built. The building and ownership
Of homes in America, has done more
towards making us q world power
than the building of battleships and
the little homes which cost from Ave
to eight hundred dollars is just as
dear to the family that occupies it
and has ssst more in honest effort
and personal privation perhaps than
some of our mansions that have cost
a hundred times as much money.
Uniform Conditions for Wage Garner
and Producer.
Any condition which impoverishes
the individual workingman is a condi-
tion which works harm to all 9th
ers and even though you may never
never ewn a home, you are contribut-
ing indirectly your share to this
Three Hundred and Fifty Millions Of
Dollars being distracted from the
pockets of the people by the timber
trust every year. When the farmer
or miner or wage Garner offers to
sell his labor or the products of his
labor, he must always take the price
that somebody else offers him; when
he buys an article for his farm or
household use, he must also pay the
price that somebody else demands.
In no instance is he permitted to fix
the price of that which he has to sell
or that which he is compelled to buy
so that any form of private monopoly
or a government monopoly in the
forM Of a special tax which prevents
the farmer and wage Garner from buy
ing his goods in any market where
you can buy them cheapest is un-
American, unpatriotic and unfair. If
the farmer and wage Garner must
meet open competition and be govern
ed in their earnings by the law of
supply and demand, then if we are
sincere in our plea for a square deal
the timber trust and it's allied inter
ests and the manufacturer should al
so be obliged to meet the farmer and
the wage Garner upon the same level
and by the same law Of competition.
Under the present order of trust man
agement and tariff manipulation, the
wage earners dollar is decreasing IN
value because of the fact that he is
obliged to pay a fictitious value upon
nearly everything "ul1n ne 10 o'.'e-
ea 10 o"y WINE d. '"e ,.L'1 Inc --''
earning c'p'c''y - oo.'''''o" ~ u ''o.
uca''y ln7 7"'"o ''''''" II "''' W."
year ago.
Class Legislation.
The working man to whom I have
lust referred is wcr.ir. q. .1'~Hry
days labor and is r1ce...r-
physical energy which j..
for erarv day of 10 hours
against SI.25 which he receive. ..-Ne
years aao. or less than an advance
of one percent. per day per year dur
inc these past twelve years. Granting
that this man can save 25 cents on
every DAYS work after maintaining
his home and supporting his family,
il would require five years Of con.
gtaut toll to pay the increased cost
in the construction of his home over