Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-10-04
THE PRICE OF FOOD STUFFS

The price of all food stus is soaring and there seems
to be limit to its possible altitude Prices teegraphed
from New York and other of the larger cities tell
the story 1t is not alone bread that is taking unto itself
wings like other riches and flying away but the lowy
spud winkS Its muttudinouS eyes and climbs out of
sight The Succuent roasting puts itself to the
ground and satisfied with what it hears starts to keep
company with Standard Oil socks, The tomato not long
since known Jerusalem apples and kept for show has
increased in price in New York than 500 per cent
going up to s. the crate that sold year two ago at
fifty cents, and is getting back into the ornamental class
again. 1t is the same with about everything else that is
eaabe 1t strange in the face of these facts that
such should be made bread alone which shows
the least increase in price of all food stutfS The fight
against the raising the price of this commodity still
goes and the movement to have congress lay an en-
barge all beadstus in order to keep the price down
has not been abandoned though not much noise is be-
ing made rs a short time ago.
1t is quite natural for humanity to fight the things
that hurt it and directly visible, and to pay aten
ton to other things just hurtfu but not so evident
No objects United States Steel doubling in price
Bethlehem doing the same They do not object because
they do not see that affects them and does not direct
ly yet il has much to do with the high cost of living
Steel stocks 90 up because the demand for steel products
is excessive and prices consequently go up because the
demand outrlnS the supply, and a fictitious value is
created far above the cost of manufacture which permits
the cutting of large juicy melons and great dividends
The average does not stop to think that this Is
going to touch his pocketbook, but ii does }" E'no
machinery is higher all steel ~ 'ron " ~, .
and every factory ~ ri s'., .~HH s.. .- att-'.
has 10 y, ,et 1},.. t>-t e.
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tNpo rta's aeH g. s.a CONSUMES .le 1000
sluHs g8.eU osH r. -e4s0a0S loHs, 'N e Mcre.se
AGsh a.csssari'r h3rged anything
f3,s sa ihl cos. 81 t, '.iF - ,naI thing and
eeetqthue th7sas >vSt must eventually be borne
Nv bla 1u pace an embargo wheat it would be
oy ar do the by steel and every other product
for higher prices for any somewhere lick at the
consumers pocket 1t does not take any profound re-
search discover that the great mass of Americans are
paving their full share of the cost of the European
right now While we have been shipping stuff ont and
bringing in gold and redeemed securities up in the bill
lions the Increased cost of living has made the masses
contribute generally for the benefit of the few An IN
crease of twenty dollars year in cost Of living for each
person in this country means that the sum of S2OOOO00
600 has been taken from the consumer Where does it
go2 Well some of it goes back to the mine owner some
to the farmer and other producers but the lar
money kings the RockefellerS MorganS SchwabS, Car
negieS and that class Saturday it is estimated that
Rockefeller set aside some $OOO0 as his share of for
the days profits and many others earned vast sums in
the same way OF course Rockefeller does not keep 1t all
for are told he gave away seventeen brand new pen
neS that he had not carried over two months and this all
in one day. restoring the public and to circulation about
what he thought the balance Of mankind was entitled To-
1t is the class that takes in millions while passing out
few cents that is largely responsible for the high cost Of
living when il comes down 10 the final analysis,
The agony is over. and the pennant winners are
known Now the country settle down to business and
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