The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-05-06

port the present admins. ration: shall
We iudorss the new tafff law which. =
/ working wondrously we'll: shalt We
elect b Republican house to the Sixty.
second congress to enabtc Mr.. Taftl to
carry out still further the program
mapped out by him and leading R"pub-
licans, or shall we check present r----.
perity by a Democratic house that
will result in a do-nothing congress
and give anxiety to the business inter-
ests of the country, checking the pres
ent prosperity. decreasing employ
ment, reducing wages ard leading per-
haps to disaster and panicr All mfno-
questions and methods OF legislation
ind of personal ambition must sink
into insignificance as compared to
greater questions that the people must
decide ON next November, and con-
sidering that the Republican record Is
one Of progress. is one Of attainment.
is one OF almost unlimited advan-
tages to the people, while the Demo
cratic record has been and is and can
be absolutely nothing, It would seem
without doubt that the people in their
wisdom would return to the next con-
gress Republican majority in the
house of representatives as great, II
not greater. than that which we now
have.
"A Boston overcoat. g
We have heard so much about the
high cost of living in this country and
of the low cost in England, that we
cheerfully quote the testimony Of a
letter to the London Express, which
seems to prove that the contrary is
true. -lN ' h i. 's''''-'
The writer Of the letter, Edward
Fitzgerald, says that few years ago
he bought an overcoat in well-known
shop in Washington street. this city
"a shop which he names--for fS
which is approximately $25. 1T
certainly is good article" he
says, but what is more to the point
the coat would have cost just as much
in England If bought at shop of the
standing of the one in Washington
street. | .-.......f r.t. l..II-i
To emphasize the difference be.
tween the cost of living in England
and in this country still further, he
says that he could save more money
weekly in America than II ever
earned in England in a similar posi-.
ton in my profession"
There is no reason to doubt Mr..
Fitzgerald's conclusions. Our coun.
try, even with it's high tariff, is the
best in the world. High protection
cannot impede the enterprise of our
merchants and manufacturers. AS
for our workmen, their equals in eff
cheney do not exist. Both forces were
back OF Mr.. Fitzgerald's Boston over
coat.-Boston Globe. f' Htl Hl
A Keynote for the Democracy.
The recognized leader of Democ-
racy furnishes the party with its Is.
sue for the fall congressional cleo
tions. The free coinage of silver at
the sacrosanct ratio, of 16 to is the
platform upon which Democratic can
didates should be content to stand.
The country must no longer be cru.
Gifted upon a cross of gold; no longer
shall be pressed upon the brow of la
Dor this crown of thorns. '
The cause of high prices is. says
Mr.. Bryan, the heavy production OF
gold. The cumulative theory of
money is fully established. Mr.. Taft
concludes IT, Most men of intelli.
gence. we believe, admit along with
Mr.. Taft and Mr.. Bryan that the
greater the volume fgold in proportion
TO products of field and factory bought
and sold. the cheaper will be the price
of gold in terms of these products.
which is only another way of saying
that the prices of commodities will be
high. The Democratic nominees for
congress this fall while they will be
privileged to grow indignant over the
tariff and the trusts will keep in mind
that the keynote of their addresses.
vouchsafed to them by their last can.
didate for the presidency. must be
that high prices are due chiefly to the
unprecedented production of gold. "
AS further proof of the cumulative
theory of money the free coinage OF
silver and resultant increase in the
volume of currency would be most
convincing. But most of us, Repub-
licans and Democrats, hold that prices
are high enough now. Dr.
.... .-.... Postal Gains. .....
Basing his conclusions. on the au.
ditor's returns of postal receipts and
expenditures for the first half of the
current fiscal year and on preliminary
returns for the third quarter Of the
year. which closed on March 81, Post
master General Hitchcock predicts
that the first year of the present ad-
ministration will show a decrease Of
more than s1O.OOO,000 in the deficit of
$17,4S0,000, handed down. from the
preceding year The deficit for the
first half OF the current year is only
$4,072, 900, as against s10,2S5,000 for
the first half or last year, reduction
of more than s6,OO0,0O0 in six months.
The recent publication of the audi.
tors returns for the quarter ended De-
cember 81 disclosed the fact that the
service had, been conducted during
that period at an, actual profit of ST.;
$4,000, the largest surplus recorded