Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 246, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1919 — The Uplift. [ARTICLE]

The Uplift.

A senator, apropos of tlie huge quantity of army meat which It was proposed should be sold to the packers for less than half the price paid them by the government, said r “Why sell this meat to the packers? Would it not be better to sell it to consumers direct and thud aid In reducing the eost of living?” The senator added bitterly: “The high coat of living ! We heard a lot about the uplift movement to be expected as the result of the war, but we didn't expect the* uplift to he eea centra ted on price*. ”