The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-06-12
FOUR YEARS MORE?
SHALL THe PARTY or moNoPo-
~ Be KEPT m PowERi
Time Nov Tor the Voters 20 Determine
20 Put an End 20 LegaliEed
Robbery BY Tarin-Pro-
tected Trusts.

As wages are falling and meat and
bread are costing more. with many
people out OF work. Il IL time TO take
stock and reckon how % provide Tor
the future The panic and present
business depression have demolished
the Republican theory that the tarin
which protects the trusts produces
prosperity. The high prices the trusts
have charged for their products was
one 81 the chief causes OF the panic,
and although the trusts made money
other people had 10 pay u as Ions as
they could. but even the game OF
boosting prices cannot prevail linden.
nitely. and the inevitable collapse
came. much 10 the confusion OF the Ike
publican politicians What ia called
business can adapt Itself TO almost any
political conditions or laws. but u 20
auires time 10 rccuperatc from a
breakdown Of confidence. and conn.
dencc cannot be restored until the
business world begins 90 make money
again and has surplus profits TO inVesi
IN new undertakings. That the cost
Of living still remains 80 near the high
point shows the absolute control OF the
trusts OF most 81 the necessities Of
life After former panlcs there has al
ways been a period % low prices.
which compensated for reduced
wages and smaller incomes. aud In.
creased consumption. though cheaper
goods set the wheels Of industry again
turning.
The steel trust, the beef trust the
sugar trust. the agricultural machinery
trust. the coal trust. the paper trust.
and many other trusts are still chars
ing the same hlgh prices Tor their pro
ducts a. before the panic. The rail-
road trust. indeed. has already deter.
mined 20 advance freight rates. which
will naturally sompcl merchants 20
add 10 the price ~ the goods they sell.
and groceries and provisions beins
heavy goods. viii b. the FIRST 20 suffer
Freight on dry goods and cioihing. al
though very high. does not add 90
much 10 their cost. over stocked mer.
chants are selling better bargains IN
dry goods and ready made clothing.
but families with reduced incomes can
hardly take advantage Of d.
Monopoly and tariff protection. upon
which the Republican party Is stand
ing pat. allows these things % be. and
competition. which has always been
relied upon 20 regulate prices accord
Ing 10 supply and demand. h hardly
longer among the forces 90 be reck
oned with. ~ amounts 10 very much
like suspendinE the force Of Eravita
ton and expecting things TO keep In
their right places.
Conditions are aggravated BY pr
vate monopoly In conjunction with the
government tarin favoritism. Cold
storage trusts and milk trusts an keep
up prices. Ia spite % the law private
car lines and refrigerator car com
hines siill tar the consumo-. and the
producers and growers DO not ct any
OF the benefit
The nomination % a president and
congressman Il now taking place. and
unless there 10 new deal the same
old pretense % doing things" and yet
standing pat viii b. continued for the
next four years. You may adapt your
Circumstances 20 the present unsatis-
factory conditions. a. the business %
the country undoubtedly will. but why
not persist In reforms that you know
you will benefit by Are you willing
to b. plundered forever BY the tariff
protected trEts7