Bisbee daily review., 1910-05-25
THE HIGH COST
OF LIVING.

. W. fffOfN WI
OF LIVING.
Nobody can deny the sincerity and
fierce Of Bryan's democracy. Il 1904
tbs Parkerites nominated their man
and the Nebraska statesman was
thought by his enemies 20 be relegat-
ed TO the position Of an unsuccessful
party leader. But in 1908 the rank
and file Of the democratic voters
made his nomination uncontestable.
Although another candidate should be
nominated in 1912. s.nce one thrice de-
feated cannot hope to win in that
election. full credit should be given
Mr.. Bryan for the splendid fight he
makes for democratic principles in
his public actresses and his articles
in the Commoner.
Recently he has taken up the sub
ject of the high cost of living. The
republican regime. heralded through
out the country for many campaigns
as a producer OF prosperity, has
groun the faces of the poor and
ground the faces of the poor and
do. The problem of making both
ends meet has become a pressing
one. Mr.. Bryan does not publish
what might be charged to be 4 parti-
san view. but sums up the high cost
Of living question in a compendium of
the views OF distinguished citizens
beginning with the president of the
United States.
President Taft. at the Lincoln din
ner said that the rise in the cost Of
necessities can easily be traced to
the increase in cur measure OF val
ues. the precious metal gold. and
possibly in some cases to the combi-
nations in restraint Of trade"
Our food products are being sold
abroad cheaper than in the United
States. declares James Wilson. secre-
AIRY OF agriculture. he says he is
getting the proof. and that the cause
IS not the excess of production over
but at is due to the
the trusts"
You can eliminate the packers en-
tirely from the situation and high
prices viii remain" says J. Ogden
Armor. He attributes the high prices
to natural laws and declares the way
to make them fall is to increase pro
ducton.
The high cost Of living is due to
the cost of living high says James
J. Hill.
There is a widespread belief"
says Governor Judson Harmon. that
among the causes Of the high cost Of
living combinations and conspiracies
to sdae competition and advance
prices figure largely"
1T cost me more to keep my fam
lly than it did three years ago. The
cost Of living has been gong up
steadily for fifteen years. and # is
The ma,-administration Of the repub-
Ivan party that is to be blamed"
said Representative Fitzgerald Of
New York.
7 60 not know how fa- trusts and
nonopolies have caused the hlghe.
cost of living but that feature Of the
problem should be carefully scruti-
nized. The exact extent to which
they have added 70 the peoples d's-
tress and embarrassment should be
determined" said United States Sen
ator Elkins Of West Virginia
The people Of the West know
where to place the blame for the
present high cost of living. They
know the republican party broke faith
with them when It promised a down
ward revision Of the tariff and then
revised it upward" sad Norman
Mack. chairman Of the Democratic
national committee.
These opinions show that the trusts
are to blame. It Is to be noted that
while some democrats are quoted in
the above symposium, President Taft,
Secretary Wilson and Senator EIlklns
are leading republicans. When they
arc frank, all our statesmen. even
the most partisan republicans. admit
that the trusts are to blame. Every
citizen who thinks knows that the
republican party is to blame for the