Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1904 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

People with limited incomes find their expenses have increased while their revenues are stationary. All these people ate inquiring why the trusts should be protected by the tariff in selling their products at the highest possible prices here and a much lower price in foreign countries. Many of the voters have discovered that the tariff prevents competition and fosters monopoly, and that the increased cost for their products that the monopolists charge is a much greater tax than the government receives. Judge Parker's declaration that If elected November, he will not be a candidate again, is causing the Republicans a great deal of uneasiness. President Roosevelt’s known ambition to succeed himself four years hence if elected this fall has had the effect of calling public attention to the importance of limiting the Presidency to one term, and sentiment in favor of it is constantly growing. 'Judge Parker recognizes the wholesomeness of this sentiment and, in common with many thinking men, declares that one term is enough. The trusts have decreased the proflits of the small storekeepers, while rents and household expenses are higher than ever before, and the opportunities for increased business are monopolized by the great department stores, who can purchase of the trusts at much than the small storekeeper has to pay. Wages are being reduced and strikes are numerous, and the cost of living is still advancing, which does not inspire confidence in the economic policies of the Republican party of those who are suffering from loss of wages and increased cost of food.