Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1894 — Economy Has Begun. [ARTICLE]

Economy Has Begun.

When people were prospering under protection they had money to spend. In 1867 every person in the country consumed: 24.1 pounds of sugar and In 1891 each* person used 66.1 pounds, an increase es forty-two pounds for every one of us. But that free trade threat brought it down to 63.4 pounds in 1893, or nearly three pounds less ' per person.’ The people had to be economical last year because they were not earning so much money.