The Butler weekly times., 1910-11-03

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Chicago, ILL.,, Oct. 31.-Indications
are that Democratic candidates in all
parts OF the United States will this
year sweep in a very large Republi-
can vote
Within the last six months the
writer has travelled from Maine to
California and back again, interview
ing scores of Republicans in all sec
tons. There is a dissatisfaction in
Republican ranks that has not been
so acute in many years.
The people blame the Republican
party principally for two things:
l. For permitting Joseph G. Can
non to be speaker of the house, and
for allowing Nelson w. Aldrich to
dominate the Senate.
2. For increasing the tariff, for
which there was no need.
That Democratic candidates will
profit from great silent vote is evil
dent A form reversal, from one
end of the country to the other, such
as occurred in Maine, New Hampshire,
New York and Missouri, should cause
no surprise to the Republicans.
Everywhere the signs of the times
are ominous to the Republicans.
Everywhere the Democrats are en-
couraged and aggressive, and in most
sections the Democrats are working
in perfect harmony.
A prominent retail merchant of
Rock Island, ILL.,, expressed the view
OF large element of the Republican
party in these words:
Although | am Republican, am
going to vote the Democratic ticket.
am going to do il for the good of
the dry goods business and the good
OF the people who buy dry goods.
We are getting tired of having to
meet woman in our store with the |
statement that the price of staple cot
tons has again gone up 2 cents yard. |
While cannot come out publicly
and take hand in politics for busi-
ness reasons, am advising all my
Republican friends to vote the Demo-
cratic ticket.
"Men who deal in dry goods,
groceries, hardware, ETC., regardless
OF whether they are Republicans or
Democrats, know well enough, de-
spite all arguments to the contrary,
that the increased prices are due to
the tariff. Ii this is not true, how
does it come that an advance in the
cost OF living has accompanied every
upward tariff revision in the history
OF the country.
''The increased tariff, for which
there was no need, and which was
passed by Republican President,
Republican Senate and Republican
stump speaker, has increased prices,
and every man who voted for that
bill ought to be defeated. And most
of them will. "
Tariff Is Far Reaching.
"lf the tariff is the cause of in
creased prices, " asks the Republican
stump speaker, chow does it come
that the price has advanced on things
on which the tariff was not touched?"
U. S. Senator Moses E. Clapp of
Minnesota, than whom there is no
truer progressive Republican, ans
wers the question. Here is his ans
Wer:
The effect of excessive tariff on
some things reaches all along the line. ,
You can't raise the cost of living to a
man who is producing something to
sell without forcing that man to raise I
correspondingly the price of what he T
has to sell. Think it overt
High Cost of Living Facts. v
The Republican party has been in G
complete control of every depart
ment of the government since 1888 :
President, Senate and Congress. y
They have given you government
ment of trusts-beef trust, sugar v
trust, flour trust, clothing trust and {
the daddy" of them all, the tariff =
trust. See the results below: :.
Two Weeks Store Bill y !
In 1900 1910 u
lbs. salt pork s .10$ .35 a
lbs. pork loin 80 100