Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1891 — The Price of Beef. [ARTICLE]

The Price of Beef.

The wholesale price of b~ef in Chicago has advanced about 33}< per cent, within the last month. The cause of the advance is said to be the scarcity not only of good cattle but a general scarcity of all grades and the advance in price of corn. So far as known, not even the blindest protection journal has been so idiotic as to claim that this rise Is due to McKinley’s doubling the duty. He changed the duty from one cent per pound to two cent 9. The Treasury reports do not mention any tees among the imports into this country. But they show that last year wo exported more than 835,000,000 worth of live cattle and beef. McKinley’s tees duty was only made to foci the farmers. \ A smaix box filled with lime and p’aced on a shelf in the pantry or closet will absorb damp and keep the air dry and sweet Miss-portuxks come to some men when they get married, *u«l they don’t mind it a bit