Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1912 — WHAT REPUBLICAN PROSPERITY IS. [ARTICLE]

WHAT REPUBLICAN PROSPERITY IS.

What has the result been? Prosperity? Yes; if by prosperity you rrtean vast wealth, no matter how distributed or whether distributed at all or not; if you mean vast ente«g>rises built up to be presently concentrated under the control of comparatively small bodies of men, who can determine almost at pleasure whether there shall be competition or not. The nation as a nation has grown immensely rich. - She is justly proud of her industries and of the genius of her men of affairs. They can master anything they set their mfnd to, and we have been greatly stimulated under their leadership and command. Their laurels are many and very green. We must accord them the great honors that are their due, and we must preserve what they have built up for us. But what of the other side of the picture? it is not easy for us to live as it used to be. Our money will not buy as much. High wages, even when we can get them, yield us no great comfort. We used » be better off with less, because a dollar could buy so much more. The majority of us have been disturbed to find ourselves growing poorer, even though our earnings were slowly increasing. Prices climb faster than we can push our earnings up.— From Woodrow Wilson's speech accepting the Democratic nomination.