Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1912 — ONLY HOPE IS IN WILSON [ARTICLE]

ONLY HOPE IS IN WILSON

To Him Alone Can People Look for Serious Effort to Reduce Cost of Living. As the campaign progresses, it becomes plain that Gov. Wilson is the only presidential candidate to whom the can look for a serious effort to reduce the' high cost of living.

President Taft, who was born rich, approaches this question bnlv to explain why the high cost of living must remain high. He does not understand what high prices mean to poor people. and it is hopeless to try to teach him.

Mr. Roosevelt, who also was born rich, is interested in wars and rumors of wars, in grand stand plays, in spectacular denunciations, and most of all, in himself. If elected —which he will not be —he would probably raise the cost of living by his wide extravagance.

Governor Wilson alone has given careful thought to this most pressing problem of the day. Governor Wilson sees that needlessly high tariff duties raise the price of the articles on which they are levied by approximately the amount of the duty. He calls for a revision of the tariff downward, "steadily, and Unhesitatingly downward.” Governor Wilson sees that in the shade of the tariff the trusts gathered to exploit the people. He would not only cut down the trust protecting shade; but h<e would invoke the law, fearlessly and without favor, to break up the vast combinations which have assumed the right to fix the high cost of living “bv private agreement.” Only by the election of Governor Wilson and the triumph of the principles of which he Is the opponent, can the burden of high prices be lifted from the shoulders of the American people.