Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-13

simplest forms was IN min dHo 10 I'LL
shaken to this day. Doubt seems never
to have dwelt in him, as is the Case
with many men. His participation III
church work and life does not suHel
vacation moods. He gives tenth OF
his income to the work OF the KING
dom. He has probably given more
money, quietly and without special
urging. to church building enterprises
in the city of Lincoln than any other
citizen. He has done this in way
That has kept the fact from public
knowledge.
TT is with undisguised pride that he
will tell YOU that he holds the mem
bership of longest continuous stand
inp in the local Y. NJ. c. A. He keeps
in the building a room which he uses
very occasionally and which he pro-
yides as guest room at the disposal
NJ the association. Not only have
great number of the religious organi-
cations benefited by his generosity.
but every public enterprise OF impor-
+ance aupeals first to Mr.. Bryan.
RELIGION, Charity and Crops.
"The recent message from the secre-
tary of agriculture stating that the
producer and the consumer must pc
brought together and thereby reduce
the cost Of living is a move In the rght
direction. The high cost OF living pre-
vents many from giving to WORKS OF
mercy and charity and from properly
supporting the church of their choice,
as all their income is used for the pare
necessities Of life. leaving mere pit
lance for the development OF their
spiritual nature.
ITO those familiar with existing con-
ditions it is an old story that farm ,'ro-
ducts rot in the fields for lack OF pur-
chasers at a fair price, while those hv-
ing in our large cities are paying an
extraya CANT price for them. Last fall
the Michigan farmer so:1 his potatoes
for % cents a bushel and the con-
sumner in Chicago paid from IS cents to
81 per bushel. The producer received
s175 a bushel for beans and the con-
sumner paid from $3.50 to So for the
same. Apples were sold in the or
chards for so cents bushel and then
retailed to the consumer for $1.25. The
industrial commission reported that
the retail customers were paying $50
per cent more than the farmers re-
ceiyed for onions, 1875 per cent more
for cabbages, 400 per cent more Tor
oranges, 80 per cent more for apples by
the barrel, so per cent more for po-
tatoes By the bushel, SO per cent more
for no,,ltry, and so on thruout long
list OF provisions
Farmers in certain parts OF the
country were feeding choice varieties
of apples to their cattle, because 1t
did not pay to market them; others
were feeding their milk to the hogs
rather than sell it at the prevailing
prices: yet the consumer has to pay
& or 8 cents a quart for milk
The principle of social organization
demands the curbing of this arbitrary
selfishness on the part OF those who,
nv corrupt methods. rob both the pro-
ducer and the consumer. While it is
true that nearly everybody has some
net theory about the cause of the high
cost of living, the fact remains that
the producer gets very little for the
prod ucts of the farm and that they
cost the consumer from 100 to 400 per
cent more.
LAS individuals, the producer and
consumer can do little, but by CO.
operation they can increase their
bower in a compound ratio. In this
way they can secure justice and pre-
vent the strong from expressing the
weak BY cooperation the producer
and the consumer will be brought to-
gether and will put an end to that
system of exploitation that is fattening
upon the hard earnings of both of
them"