Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-10-27
PAY TERRIBLE
PRICE FOR BLOOD
j SOAKED PROSPERITY
FOutSiUiiS Advancing at Un-
pTecedenied Rate.

Democratic pledge Of 1912 Was to
Decrease Cost Of LIving-Instead.
Families May Scarcely Subsist.
Nothing ls Cheap.
In 1912 the Democratic paramount
issue was the promise to decrease the
cost Of living.
Not only has this not been done,
but the increase in the cost of living
in this country in the past year, like
the extravagan of congress,
SMASHES ALL RECORDS, and is
BRINGING DSHIPS INTO
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
HOMES. Democrats cannot at once
claim credit for the prosperity" pro-
duced by the war and at the same time
escape responsibility for the increased
cost Of living by blaming that upon
the war. They should be compelled
to meet the issue which comes home
to every citizen Of this republic.
Commodity prices for 1916, says
Bradstreet's financial review, issued
September Goth in New York are go
ing up at an unprecedented rate. For
the whole country the price index
number arrived at by totaling the
prices per pound of SO articles of the
most common use, was 11.7863 for
September 1, 1916, as against 9.S034
for September 1, 1915 and 8.6566 for
August /, 1914. Practically the same
as on September l, 1912. In other
words commodities which cost 861a
cents In 1914 and SO cents in 1915,
now cost $1.1S. Bradstreets contin-
(. .ues:
"It II interesting to note that the
breadstuffs group shows a rise Of AZ
per cent over last year, provisions
have risen rs per cent, hide and leath-
cent"
Those who 20 to buy shoes this fall
hnd that shoes that sold last year
for $3.50 are now 1925 or more; $5
shoes are 81 or more. Clothing has
gone up 25 per cent, and merchants
are unable to get quotations on clothes
for delivery next spring, but another
hoist Of 25 per cent is expected.
Calico, linen, poplin, broadcloth, serg-
es, cambric, have gone up from 10 to
80 per cent in price.
The worst feature Of the foodstuff
situation is that there is NOTHING
CHEAP upon which the family may
subsist. Flour is from fifteen to
twenty per cent higher than at this
time last year. Dairy products are
up one third; potatoes are twice as
high In price as they we're last Sep
tember; neat is from 10 to 25 pei
cent higher; sugar is 25 per cent high.
er; -four 20 per cent higher than 9
year ago; beans have nearly doubled
In price; fish prices have increased
considerably; milk has been increased
In price in most communities; lard il
40 per cent higher than in September
1915.
The Cleveland Press, a Woodrow
Wilson organ says: "Prices on nearly
all common articles of food have beer
boosted in Cleveland this year all thu
way from An to 157 per cent ovel
last year. One Cleveland authorit!
Gays, "While it costs a family of fiv,
$1,000 to live last year, it will cos
81 500 this year, a fifty per cent in
crease, and most Of that higher cos
IL in food. The man who could las
year support a family on $500 yea
must earn from 81 100 to 81 200 t.
do it now. Experts of the Clevelan,
Federation for Charity and Philan
thropy estimate that the general in
crease in the cost Of living in the las
year has reached thirty per cent. Fig
ures gathered by The Press, an
printed in this article also show an av
ernge increase of about 80 per cent
This covers 81 articles. This mean
that where a man spent 81 year ag
he now must spend $1.30. This ap
plies not only to the man who support
q family, but to the bachelor or tn
single girl or woman, because the in
crease has been in the necessitie
which every individual requires neal
ly every day"
We are paying a terrible price fO
our bIOOdstained prosperity. In in
creased cost Of living the people q