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The Commoner.
VOLUME. 10, NUMBER2
HIGHEST IN THE WORM)
Philadelphia dispatch to tho Chat
tanooga, Tonn., Dally TImos: "It
coats moro to got tlio common nocon
cjltlca of lifo in tlio United States to
day than in any other country in tho
world,"
This startling statement was made
by James Wilson secretary of
agrjculturo, in an address delivered
beforo tho Manufacturers' club of
this city. Secretary Wilson discussed
"the present food crisis" in a way
that was original and forceful.
"Some pooplo," ho said, "tell us
that if we repeal tho present tariff
law to lot in foreign products free of
duty the present difficulty will cease.
I do not bolievo it. Eggs are 35
cents a dozen in Canadian cities and
CO cents a dozen in some American
cities. Tho duty is 3 cents a dozen.
What difference would it make
whether you took off that 3 cents or
not?"
Tho secretary further stated that
he believed, the American people are
suffering at present not so much from
tho high cost of living as from the
cost of high living, his statement
being:
"It has been said that an Ameri
can is best fed, best clothed, best
educated and "best housed man upon
tho earth. We shall have to acid
now that he is the most expensively
fed."
Secretary Wilson pointed out that
tho fundamental difficulty was that
tho people aro leaving the farms to
such an extent that there are not
enough remaining to produce the
food of tho increasing population.
The boys and girls of the farm, lxe
asserted, are being lured away to the
cities, to the factories and to the
mines, and to a great extent the agri
cultural regions of the country are
being neglected.
He said ho was, convinced that the
combinations of retailers, wholesalers
and the like were responsible In
great measure for the keeping up of
prices and that that same influence
would be sufficient to control the
prices of products brought from
other countries, even though tho
tariff were removed.
PART OP THE FUN
"I propose to open an exclusive
hotel; no room less than $20 per
day."
"Don't be too exclusive. You'll
find that the richer guests like to
have a few poor people around to
snub." Pittsburg Post.
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