Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1892 — Under Harrison’s Administration. [ARTICLE]

Under Harrison’s Administration.

Wages have increased; cost of living decreased; the price of manufactured products in the United States decreased. The list of articles admitted free of duty or tax has been increased until more goods are admitted free of duty than those on which a tax is levied. Exports have increased. Imports of merchandise have decreased. The balance of trade is in our favor by more than $200,000,000. Exports of farm products have increased and imports of the same from other countries have decreased. Trade with South American countries is rapidly growing. Farm products are in better demand and bring higher prices. The price of agricultural lands in many of the States of the West has Increased from $5 to $lO per acre. More of the necessaries of life can be purchased for less money than ever before in the history of the country. Better let well enough alone, and keep this prosperity going, rather than experiment in some new direction.