Show High Cost of Campaigns T i 4 The investigation investigation- laut launched ched by Senator Reed of Missouri Into the campaign expenses In the Vare- Vare Pe Pepper Pinchot pp r-Pinchot r primary election In Pennsylvania may not nat uncover any of the exciting things that the amiable hopes hapes for for b but t It will at le least st serve to bring home forcibly the fact that even the kind of ot a campaign now naw costs a sum so appalling that no candidate of ot average means can pa pay his own expenses M Mr 11 Reed is shocked horrified and grieved by bythe bythe bythe the r report port that a recent contest In Illinois cost cast one senatorial aspirant and he fears that something of af the same kind occurred In the Vare- Vare Pepper case Of course we do not know how haw Mr 11 Vare Mr Pepper or Mr l Pinchot spent their money If they had any to spend spen or ar whether they sent any letters letter to voters It costs about 8 cents apiece for far printing add addressing sing folding sealing seating and mailing aletter a aletter letter with Since there were more than voters vaters In Pennsylvania in 1924 It would cost to send out one letter Jim Reed who lives In Missouri lIs url where there are only anly voters ma may n not t quite realize the high cost of addressing ad dressing voters in Pennsylvania A very few fe letters would use up a large sum Eum without any corruption yet vet it is quite possible that there was waft some sone of af that too An election without any corruption could hardly hardly hardly hard hard- ly be called an election in Pennsylvania |