Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 222, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1910 — On Prices. [ARTICLE]

On Prices.

Warren County Review. In 1896 we were told by Democrats that prices were too low. That was true at the time. Everyone agreed. There was a difference of opinion as to what ought to be done to increase the prices of commodities. W. J. Bryan told us in 1896 we must increase the volume of money. Republicans held that economic adjustments, restored confidence, and renewed industry would create payrolls,' and put idle millions at work, earning and eating. The people adopted the Republican idea. Five millions and more went back to honest tasks and began to be useful citizens once more. The millions began to draw wages and to buy commodities, necessities, books and the products the farmer had for sale. Demand gained. Prices went up. The era of low prices, idleness and famine passed. The solution of the problem of 1896 came with Republican legislation and Republican management. Now that we have prices which the farmer is glad to call “fair,” Democrats are saying we must go back to the low price era.

Democrats ask too much. The demagogue taxes the voters’ credulity too heavily.. It is difficult to believe that the same men who shouted for good prices in 1896 are clamoring today for low prices. Yet that is the condition. It is to laugh.