The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-10-28
TELLS or COST or LIVING.
'ohn w. Kern Shows ~Mary" Paying
Tribute to G. o. p. Trusts.

John w. Kern. Democratic nominee
for United States Senator. 10 now de-
voting himself In his speeches to
discussion OF the high cost Of living
a condition which has grown up un-
der and been fostered by the Repub-
hcan party. aided by Theodore Rooss.
Welt and Senator Beveridgs.
Mr.. Kern Is still making good use
OF Senator Beveridges unfortunate
slip about Mary OF the vine-Clad Cot
tage." and he uses Mary as the CEN
tral figure In showing that the people
pay tribute TO trusts and combinations
almost every time they turn around.
Said Mr.. Kern:
Marys Of the vine-ciad cottages
are confronted every day With an eco
nomic question which will not down.
and that ;s the high cost OF living.
II is fact known and felt By all wage
earners and salary earners. thar the
wages OF the man who wins bread for
Mary OF the vine-clad cottage gnd
Mary's children are no longer sufi-
cient to maintain Mary and the chill,
dren In the comfortable style TO which
they have been accustomed.
"Under the operation Of the tai on
woolen goods Gxed by the wooden
schedule of the DingIey tariff bill.
which Senator Beveridge supported
for ten years, and which Is contianed
In force by the Payne-Aldrich tariff
bill. the wooden trust has been en-
abled, according 10 Senator Bever-
idge's confession. to increase the price
and reduce the weight Of the peoples
clothing. and thereby add materially
TO the coat of living. for every t.
Mary makes a purchase -
for her. children. os Of clothing
~eds. she nav blankets for their
4st dip q little deeper
into ner husbands wages than II
this Infamous tariff tar were net lev.
led for the benefit Of the trust
Trvsts Always ssnsnt.
"And 90 OF nearly every<hins that
Mary is compelled 10 buy CO.. ths CON-
fort and hsahA Of her eAildrsn and
the msintsnanss OF her humble homa
When she buys Q dollars worth Of
sugar. Q part Of her HUSBANDS earn
ings 20 TO the sugar trust When she
bays hominy. Q little money 70 sb-
sorbed by the hominy trust. with .
purchase Of salt. she must pay out OF
her husbands wages . little tribute
TO the salt trust. and q very large
part of the earnings OF the patient
toilsr who 10 her hslpmate is absorbed
annually by the meat trust. and goes
to swell the dividends ON the watered
stock Of the great meat packing es-
tablishments- When she buys = set
OF tumblefs or other needed glassware
her little stock OF money 10 eaten into
by the glass trust. and with every
|, purchase OF crockery she makes her
husband pay tribute to the pottery
trust
Roossveits Pet rrvst.
Z But the greatest absorber OF the
peoples eaPings In America ,s the
Roosevelt favorite. the great United
States Steel Corporation. which draws
heavily on the wages Of Mary's hus-
band every time she buys q tin pan.
or q fruit can. or O tin cup. or any
other article OF household necessity
into the composition Of which tn or
steel or iron enter In any form. And
Mary's husband. II he buys q toci to
work with, must make Q contribution
to this gigantic monopoly. and which
goes tc-swell the fortunes OF the null
timilliousires who are behind It.
J And II the poor man buys lumber
for q henhouse he must pay something
to the lumber trust. and II he nnds
It necessary to use paint for any pur-
poses, lead and oil trusts Intercept
part OF his earnings. And % on. and
on. and on, the drug trust and chem
ical trust levying tribute whe- sick
ness comes. the coffin trust when death
invades the household. and the marble
trust when q tombstone IL bought TO
marx the resting place OF the deaf.
} Grew Under ssserIdes.
! "Of the hundreds Of trusts now
/. preyins on the earnings Of the pso-
pia. and holding out their greedy
hands for tribute on the occasion OF
almost every purchase made for house
hold use, nine-tenths have been organ
lied In violation Of law. since the pas
cage Of the DiEgley tartn bill, which
raised the tax rate 90 high ~ 70 En-
clude foreign competition. sad made
possible this Wholesale stihins Of 90
. msstIc competition. Ninstsnths q
| these lawless and Law dsfying eois'
hnations have bean organised aimee
. Senator Bsvsridge entered the senate.
Instead OF demanding that the
eslrn,pals who thus banded themselves
, together to rob the people be prose
outsd % common criminals. and put
In stripes forstheiY gross outrases up
ON the public. he has contented him.
|, self with pointing out how benenoens
were their operations. and how greatly
they contributed 10 the development
of The eowuy."
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