Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1897 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

The Dingley lunacy elevates prices, but i_ot wages. » »- i » 3 L resident McKinley went to Ohio partly to rest from the rest he had m New York. Twenty-five dollars seems to have been the uniform ‘loan’ made to the Ohio Popuhsi delegates by Marcus Alonzo Manna. The glass trust has increased the price of window glass five per cent, but the glass makers are forced to be content with a reduction of ten per cent in their wages. Governor Mount is of the opinion tnat Indiana coal miners base been receiving starvation wages. He appeals to the people to aid the miners in their strike for better wages.

“No man in public office owes the public anything.”—Marcus Alonzo Hanna. Marcus entertains the sentiment in common with the Vanderbilts —“the public be d —d!”

The price of wheat is not steady. It wi’.l require a little time yet to ascertain exactly the footing on which the boom was started. Thus far, when wheat soars to a dollar the bulls are the beneficiaries.

Prosperity has come, ejaculated Pillsebury, when he cleared $500,* 000 in one day in the Big Bucketshop at Chicago, on wheat that he had paid the farmers 45c for.— Republican please copy.

Just cleared a cool million on 45 and 50c wheat.— J. Pierepont Morgan. Journal please copy, and furnish names of Jasper county farm, era who have receiv d one dollar per bushel for their wheat.

Col. Conger, of Akron, Ohio, who was a member of the Republican National committee from that state in 1892, has come out strongly against the re election cf Mark Hanna for senator. Conger accuses Hanna of being a boodler.

It is the plan of gold conspirators to beat the price of silver down with a view of making its use for money seem preposterous. Our country loses more than any other by the constant depreciation in silver, because this is a silver producing country.

Funny, Is It Not? When the republican papers of this city, declare that “prosperity” is on, they piess to the frontmilliona’re railroad owners like Chauncey Depew, of the Vanderbilt system: President Thomas, of the Monon, to give evidence as to increase of earnings on -their lines, but they are never questioned with] reference to increase in number of employes or increase of wages.

ihe mine owners should nothesitate to pay the wage scale demanded by the min?rs. The duty on coal was inc eased 27 cents per ton which should certainly enable the mine owners to pay higher wages. The Asserted theory of the protectiionist is that a tariff must be lev ied to insure high wages. Why then don’t the mine owners, whose business is protected by a tariff of 67 cents per ton, pay at least living wages to the men who produce their wealth.

An exchange calls attention to the profits made through the in* crease in the price of wheat by certain well-known farmers, as follows: Farmer Joseph Leiter has made $500,000. Farmer Charles Pillsbury has made $500,000. Farmer William T. Faker has made $350,000. Farmer D. R. Francis has made $300,000. Farmer George B, French lias made $200,000. Farmer J; Perpont Morgan has made $1,000,000. These profits were made on wheat for which our farmers were paid 40c and 50c per bushel, and our neighbors of the Senior and Junior aro extravagant in their an* nouncements of this evidence of prosperity,