Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1892 — CALISLI ANSWERED. [ARTICLE]

CALISLI ANSWERED.

Law. Senator Carlisle’s ingenious but not entirely ingenuous argument, in which he attempted to show that the east of living had been increased by the McKinley tariff, has been ably answered by Senator Hiscock. 'That gentleman, in a speech in the senate on Aug. 1, completely swept away Senator Carlisle’s arguments. He showed that the only increase in the cost of living m the twenty-seven months covered by thesesate finance committee investigation was to prices of such articles of food as are produced by the farmers of this country. On the other hand, in articles which pertain to daily life, sneb as clothing, fuel, tools, lumber and building materials, house furnishing goods, drugs and everything of this character, there had been a decided reduction in cost The advance in prices of agricultural products are of course largely due to the increased demand abroad, and the increased amount that the people of this dbuntry must pay for food cannot properly be charged to the tariff. On the other hand, Senator Hiscock shows from Senator Carlisle’s own figures that there has been such a marked reduction in prices of other articles of daily use, and affected by the tariff, as to warrant the conclusion that the cost of living was reduced through thecaetion of the McKinley law in the sum of over $47,000,000 in the period between October, 1889, and September, 1891. Senator Hiscock’s speech on this subject has been printed in full by the Republican national committee. -* —"—*