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Show A SILENCE THAT CONCEALS MUCH With patience that Is highly crcd- ltablo tho public has been waiting 'over since tho Undorwood Tariff bo- camo offcctlvo for prices of necessities necessi-ties to drop in rosponso to tho low. ored ralos. Nobody need bo told tho watching baa beuu in vain or Hint thero is any longer hopo that tho cost of living will bo reduced by tho Democratic measure. Spokesmen for tho administration havo been significantly silent on tho continued high prices. When Republicans Re-publicans wore In power Democrats novor ceased to deo'iare that a high Tariff mado living costly. To tholr own satisfaction thoy proved tho claim with llguros, but now thoy aro worried and puzzled to understand why tholr theory has not been demonstrated. dem-onstrated. H is n BUbJect thoy aro compelled by political considerations to let alono. And a correlated matter Is tho do-grco do-grco of unemployment. A slumped business, together with continued high cost of living, requires moro ox. plnnatlon than tho nvorago Democrat Is anxious to glvo when tho Undor-wood Undor-wood Tnrlff Is mentioned. Brooklyn Stnndnrd Union. |