Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 185, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1910 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

The Republican has not defended bridge graft nor bridge grafting. It has aimed to be fair to Mr. Bader and has thought that if there was a means by which the county could be reimbursed in the sum it "seems to have been defrauded of, it would be better than sending Bader to the penitentiary, ftowever, personally or politically, it makes no matter how quickly Bader is f unished. We believe that graft should be punished wherever found, but that the circumstances that surround it should be taken into consideration. It is a lie to say that the Republican has defended any kind of graft and while It is not in the habit of indulging in spectacular and vainglorious efforts to appear as the only tried and true friend of the taxpayer, it has never supported a measure to the disadvantage of the man who pays the expenses through the tax collector. The barbers have as good a right to raise their scqle of prices as had the doctors, and some think a lot better, but no one can recall that the Democrat raised a big howl about the doctors. Neither did the Democrat make a big fuss about the raise of the price at the shelter barns. The Demcorat has not howled because milk prices raised from 5 to 6% and 8 1-3 cents. The consistency that is so admirable a quality in any argument, seems to have deserted the trustbuster at the Democrat office, and his assault is made solely on the barbers. So far as we are able to see, ft would matter not what the barbers in other towns were receiving. The barbers here have decided that the needs of their business demand a raise in price, and we know that they feel the same way in other towns. The writer was shaved at a leading shop in Monticello' last Thursday and the barber stated that it required the greatest sort of economy for him to meet his bills and make a living. He said that it was coming to the 15-cent point In Monticello. An industrious man Is entitled to an opportunity to lay something aside and we believe that the barber should have 16 cents for his shave. We favor good wages, good prices, better conditions, and believe that the barber shonld be encouraged in this advance in price. • r'n* **'

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