Show PRESS PARAGRAPHS Tho The newspaper newspaper- seem to bo generally leveled at ot the tho increased cost of living lhing Tho New York Journal of Commerce ays It it It is a 3 time of increased production production tion as is well veIl as increased cons consumption increased supply of most things as is wel well yell is ns increased demand And yet ct prices and tho the cost of living go up p. p One Ono r reason rca rea a ason son appears to be that as tho the capacity to consume or ability to buy hui increases I those who with control of c capital and tho means of or production purvey forthe for tho the wants of the tho cor community tako take ft full l advantage antaJo of it to got ct all tho the profit tho tra lc will bear Largo Large control of pr production pro pro- trusts and combinations associations associations associations as as- of sellers do what hat they canto canto can cati to restrain competition and selling seIling and put lUt prices up while buyers for consumption consumption consumption tion cannot combine combino or associate but compote compete without restraint to supply their own wants and pa pay what tho they have o to The only alternative e they thoy have have- haveis is to curtail their consumption I Star U An An inquiry just car carried on by tho the New York into tho the underlying cause of the increased increased in in- er creased and ond increasing cost of livin living in inthis inthis this tins country confirms tho the position that we wo have ha taken in this connection from timo time to time If tho the advance in prices were confined to those thom products and foodstuffs that are arc known wn or supposed to be bo controlled by br monopolies it would bo be no difficult matter mattor to place pIneo tho the re ro- ro But th the tho conclusion to be drawn from investigations carried on not only in New York but in all other large largo cities and not only in tho the r h. larger r hut but in tho the smaller communities is that the hi high h prices are aro due neither to monopoly nor to centralization but to tho the failure of production to keep pace with consumption Newburg Daily Journal Journal u A A recent tudy of the standard of living Ji in New Now NewYork NewYork York Cit City made under the tho Sa Sago Sage e foundation foundation foun foun- dation led to o tho the conclusion that it was impossible for a n f family of f average size ize five oh or i six to maintain a normal standard standard stan stan- dard of living lhing or an nn in income como under a n year says tho Now York Association far for Improving the tho Condition of of- the Poor This conclusion h ha has i be been ll ii sub sub- ta by an investigation r in of I tho the federal bureau of labor It is the greatest problem of the tho day in the judgment of the Boston Herald The Tho The c economic pr problem blem of paramount importance in the United States today is th the constant increase in the tho cost of Jiin living Without consulting the statisticians statistician's s 's comparison of commodity prices the tho consumer knows that tho the cost of Ji in living is increasing n 11 pays more for tho the same sarno quality or if ho ho he cant can't pay more he ho gets poorer quality What nr are arc the factors responsible for forthe forthe forthe the increased cost o of in living iving i Will President Taft t direct dired competent experts to seek secK the tho answer In a ague n way the tho Philadelphia Record mixes the question up with the The Tho advocates of tariff It says says Tho protective o tariff taxes s in Great Britain who arc nrc trying to convince working workingmen orkin mon men that a R chan change e in the revenue ro system SS tern tem would be he for their benefit are arc confronted confronted con fronted with sonic some baffling fi figures ures There i is h heavy customs in Gr Great Groat at Britain on tea a t tobacco b cc coffee and sugar But a n comparison of the rates on these arti articles les with the tho rates rates' imposed in Germany is is as follows follOws' ws' ws II i S I Great Britain Germany Lb I Lb Tea Ten l J. fd d Tobacco Cs Gs Sd Bel 38 C Coffee o d S' S Sugar u r 1 i 9 91 1 01 VI d The Tho Tho G German taxes are arc by far the heavier ier on coffee and sugar But But upon uron th the moro more imp important food which would bo be subject to taxation if Great Groat i Britain should a again iD go JO back to the of tho the day of of- thc the corn corn leorn laws the Uw comparison with conditions in protected Germany is ii still more moro suggestive as ns follows t Great Germany Britain LI Lb Lb 5 Wheat hea t r r d n Free Beef Deef d Free Mutton l Id d Fr Free Bacon con a f. f 2 1 Free J 1 Free FreeTo FreeTo FreeTo To working men in the United Stales States where here the cost cast of living b by rea reason rca rea son eon of protective legislation has been licen made greater than in ither Great Britain Brit Brit- ain amer or Germany the th thures figures ures above presented pro pre s seated are aro full fun of suggestion |