The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-06-05
FOUR YEARS MORE?
SHALL THE PARTY OF moNoPo.
~ BE KEPT IN POWER?
Time Now for the Voters 20 Determine
to Put an End to LOCALIZED
Robbery by Tarin-Pro-
tected Trusts.

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bread are costing more. with man,
people out Of work, IT is time 10 tax.
stock and reckon how TO provide 10,
the future. The panic n present
business depression have demolished
the Republican theory that the tariff
which protects the trusts produces
prosperity. The high prices the trusts
have charged for their products was
n OF the chief causes OF the anic
n although the trusts made money
other people had to pay II as long as
they could. but even the game OF
boosting prices cannot prevail indef-
nitely, n the inevitable collapse
came, much 10 the confusion Of the Re.
publican politicians. What is called
business a adapt itself TO almost anr
political conditions or laws. but il re-
quires time TO r%ecuperate from a
breakdown OF confidence. and conf
dence cannot be restored until the
business world begins TO make money
again and has surplus profits to invest
In new undertakings. That the cost
OF living still remains so near the high
point shows the absolute control OF the
trusts OF most OF the necessities OF
life. After former panics there has al.
ways been a period Of low prices.
which compensated for reduced
wages and smaller incomes. and I'm.
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 charg.
ing the same high prices for their pro-
ducts as before the panic. The rail-
road trust, indeed. has already deter
mined to advance freight rates. which
VIII naturally compel merchants to
add to the price Of the goods they sell.
and groceries and provisions befns
heavy goods. will be the first to suffer.
Freight on dry goods and clothing. al
though very high. does not add so
much TO their cost. Over-stocked mer-
are selling better bargains in
dry goods and ready-made clothing.
but families with reduced Incomes can
$500 t1h duNduAdSt Vi IL.
Monopoly and tariff protection. upon +,
which the Republican party Is stand.
ng pat, allows these things TO be. and t,
competition. which has always been
'eIied upon to regulate prices accord
TO supply and demand, is hardly
onger among the forces TO be reck. -.
with. II mount TO very much
suspending the force Of grayita. :
and expecting things to keep in +,
heir right places. '
conditions are aggravated by pri- n
ate monopoly In conjunction with the Il
oVernment tariff favoritism. Cold y
trusts and milk trusts all keen =
p prices. In spite OF the law private =
lines and refrigerator car com. l.
still tax the consumer. and the A
roducers and growers do not get any :,
I the benefit.
Many people have regarded the pres n,
Mt administration as reformers. Rut ~
hat has been done TO relieve the peo- p;
Ie from trust and corporation Mum. y
Has anything been made
reaper or better or more lasting from b.
Ie laws that have been enacted? The 70
lief cause OF high prices-the tariff q
not been touched. The same per. %
'ntage OF extra tariff profit is still tt
ing collected by the trusts and com. 70
mes, and the Republican congress Dc
III stands pat. and no prodding from es
q White House on the tariff issue. C.
her than on wood pulp and paper. ga
RS II TO action. g
The nomination of a president and co
ngressmen is now taking place. and IN,
less there is a new deal the same or,
!. p%retense OF doing things" and vet
inding pat will be continued for the
xt four years. You may adapt your
cumstances to the present unsatis-
tory conditions. as the business of -,
country undoubtedly will. but why "a
/ persist in reforms that you know ~
! VIII benefit by? Are you willing Ia
be p~lundered forever by the tariff '
'tected trusts? 80