The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-10-05
HIGH PRICES
AS AN ISSUE
Republican Arguments Believed
| to Be Having an Effect
STILL GREAT DISSATISFACTION
People Are Comparing Low Prices
- Paid Farmers With High Cost to
I nsunnsrs-Another Of Willis L.
Moore's Prophecies Goes Wrong.
Campaign Heads Good Forsetters.

Moore's Prophecies Goes Wrong.
Campaign Heads Good Forssttsrs.
| BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Washington, Oct. 3.-[Special.l-It Is
to be doubted whether the high cost
of living will figure as prominently in
| the election this year as it did in the
congressional campaign two years ago.
OF course there Is still great deal Of
! complaint about the high prices, but
there is not quite such strong dispo.
sition to load the blame upon the party
in power and its tariff legislation.
Gradually the Republican speakers
and the literary bureaus are getting be-
fore the people their side of the ques-
ton and trying to prove that high
prices prevail everywhere. They are
backing these statements with reports
from foreign countries, the United
States cOnsuls having been particularly
active in sending such reports to the
government here.
At the same time there is a great
deal Of complaint heard among city
people about the continued increase In
cost of articles which they have had
to buy, more especially meats. 1t
would not be surprising to see strong
effort made this winter to put all kinds
of meat products on the free list, as 1t
is claimed there would be a reduction
In price in that event. s..
7 The Farmers Part.
Cattle raisers WILL of course, object
to free meat and free cattle, and those
who talk for the farmers will say they
ought not to suffer because the price
of meat is so high. Curiously enough,
the prices Of food products do not
come down, even with the enormous
crops, and yet it is asserted that the
farmers are not getting very good
prices for their products in comparison
with the prices which city consumers
are paying.
Out in the country it is said that
many kinds Of fruit are rotting on the
ground because the growers cannot get
enough money to pay for picking II
and bringing it to market, while the
people in the cities are paying a very
good price for fruit. The old question
of the middleman taking too much be-
tween the producer and consumer
comes into play in regard to the prices
which the farmer gets. for his products
and what the householder pays in the
markets.
. Makes Discomfort.
These conditions make people dis
contented, and they may show it in
their votes in November, just as they
showed it two years ago. The party
in power suffers when people are dis
satisfied. That has always been the
case. Naturally the question arises as
to how far the dissatisfaction extends
and whether there has not been de-
cided change in this respect within the
past year. r.
| One of Moorss Troubles.
/ Once in awhile Professor Willis L.
Moore says or does something that
haunts him for months. Two predic-
tions with reference to Inauguration
day which went wrong pursued him
ever after. Not long ago he remarked
that there was no such thing as an
equinoctial storm. Beginning on the
23d Of September and lasting for sew
eral days there was a storm of such
magnitude In this region as to cause
comment. Ct,
! The people who are weather wise
went for Moore and his weather bu-
reau. Right on the heels Of his state
ment came the storm. OF course 1t
was "the equinoctial." 1t couldn't be
anything else. They had considerable
fun with Moore about 1t, as he is some
what sensitive on such subjects.
! Learning to Forget.
It appears from the investigation in
progress now that many campaign
managers and their assistants have
been learning to forget as rapidly as
they can since the elections. That Is
one excellent thing about campaign
managers. They forget all about the
money collected and how 1t was spent.
Billy Hughes to the Front.
When William Hughes came to con-
gress from the Sixth New Jersey dis
trict he gave no promise that he would
In time become such a prominent fig
ure In New Jersey politics. BILLY"
Hughes was good natured, boyish
sort Of fellow, one Of the men who
was everlastingly working In the in
terests Of labor, but no one guessed he
was Of senatorial size.