The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-02-22

ward IN the last ten years tcss not
need statistical proof C0mmnn cx.
perienCc IS enough for most OF us.
Yet The .gures are inicro3ilng For
Instance. take Whit ne bul'sllh "a tho
Labor bureau calls the "auhhal pep
anita Gosh Df The necca7lrles 81 dsilY
onNimpl.nn Il rose from S7d.al ln
1896 % Sif72G IN 1876, Caali Nhirh
cost $3.50 a ton ia 1896 coH $3.50 in
1904 Manufactured coi9inadilseh
aere ae per cent higher m f90G than
ten years before WHIST one called
raw commodities. 80 per cent higher
"All ccmmudili6ss averaged a6.A per
cent higher That vases have lit
creased largey ia many industries in
this decade Is equally true, bur that
they have increas eorrespondinRly
Ga any but the most favored ladusli.c .cG
those whore either The Unions exer
cised compelling powce OF inrse whore
ihp man gers Werc unusually enlight.
encd- is doubtful. Tho last gctern
nent bulletin on wages covers an Ia.
,csligaliOn into aburt f.000 establish
meais. employing 394e9o persons, EN-.
aged IN Misunderstanding and mechaai
al indnsIrles lhe kind of establish.
nenls Wteic, ui course, the l1rees
which raise wages arl most freely
md successfully chis bullrlin sh0ws
hat IN 1906 The weekiY wages ofs.bc
lSt,0s9 We're le.i per cent higher than
n lSDG--vhilo as soid. Zee edsl of I'll
e0mmndlties was 50 per cent higher
Wages Increased B 9 aer cent n 1905
,yer 1909, while ne cosl % eommoi!.
ias Increased 5.9 per cent. Nuw what
does this mcaag Why simply this
that time when wealth Is ronins
lp as never before tihls couairy iu-
creased rs wgilth between 1900 and
1909 b. about twenty bllloas Of dol.
'arSl yagi humber 81 narl-woFklns
teonle Ia fSis country are really haY.
Ing more diflcult iime making ends
meet than they have ever he'd before
Z also means thar IN q erot nuahe7
ef other hardwcfkins families lho .h-
creesc in wpgea has boon 10 liitls in
excess of the incielse IN lhe cost cl
LIVING that Il may be almos said to
] % dlscoufagHment insteah q. 2 c9'A.
fort by intenslfying The common CON
ulciion thst no matter hcw much ne
enras Bo Wili still huye lc spend it
all in the same hard struggle % got
ln mat there IS no such ching for
him as getting ahead
There is no escaping the seriouenea
'rauch situation as this The an,
'hance Of peace and Of pefmaneuc2
IN Gals country l.es in scouting GOV
me laburiug cl sscs an lncrcaaing
share Of increasing wealth y q 40,
enough chat ihe wages oi men keen
% With lheif forced expenditures
hey must SO beyond. mhore muh, Jc
4 growing mergm between the two
8 nafgln wi enouea Ter tac lnh8ref
70 see il and De aole q draw hepe
ud announcement from H. When
ne msren has shrunk oe not vlsihly
lncrea ed unrest and dlsccatagement
must follow
There Is no doubt al an hal that
reai number Of employers IN this
country recognize this principle ana
thousands Of them are struggling TO
meet Il hg increasing wages But
there Is another problem faf MS and
hat Is % keep down tho eos OF liz.
ns rs q posMhiei are the causea 10
.he lncrease deiermin DE aad eura
ble2
4hafe are undoubtedly several ele
ncuis contributing TO Che genoi1 rise
n prices. but We have To 10 with Bot
jnp 81 them here, 0na ihe Il our ssg
em 81 taNing ourselves ie help man
iiaelulcrs meet f0reian competition
We all un ersiand Whal lhla syslem
lpcs. g makes tho article protected
by ? dutg cost MUGS mor Cham &.
would otherwise H9e much more d
g hard 10 sgy Probably Ne Incleasc
Is rarely the lull amount of thc duifI
fur our present nueuaao an iiat %
necessary 20 know E lhal il adds
something cent 3 fraction Of j eeat
"a enc cost
The shoemaker's Bill
Take a few simple articles which
Nobody can 10 without mo mcmhpf
81 out 100000 American flmiiic on
Incomes Of $500 yeaf-no one of auf
shop girls on So or IS week and
see how The duties affect them Take
.hces fcr Instance FL onee h Mrs.
lcre's budgoia figures q family 81
our persons, respecia5e. Aard.Wofk
ng ANA anSious 10 ge ahsad lhalr
0tal inc0me was sGlD Tho" took
IRE 1 iItAfaNt Ia fha nNeYiaatinn snd
'sllmaiet lhrlf accounts down to the
ast cent These four passeas kent
themselves neat and clcann on $40
' wear cut Of CHS $40, sllSi 5rt
ivef hnefourih ef The total. went llr
shoes and mendIng ehoas
III another budget Of largef am1ani
lSeall a6i24 was nen lof clofilng
h 9 tamHs pi eight naisofa aud ell
" tlf.s SIS Wea faf fhlss faf l'e
.al.g stel iir the mother s3 iG i1i
l'e w g esca. on ki7as pf NV
ilY atae1gigiSa io9 clans san
il the ,e of Ms Nt..ts
slrsp gi's- lliese pef
lsW Nlseh Costs more snNti.y ltan
Wa AZ We me HhNyia
~ ir'.t t~ an l'aes se-i
rs iiuus q hefa nf ~ sb
neal ,e li' II Y4t sna rfrf
nul 1it. % safs Tbne ssrad m