St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-08-04
Our Radix Letter.

Our Radix Letter.
THE STATI' SOFTIE METROPOLIS LIVING
EXPENSES -EDTCATIoN AND AMusE-
MENT> -GII.MoRE'S GARDEN LEVY
AND ARBUCKLE MATTERS AT rHILA-
DELpIIIA- SCHOOL RATES AN INGEN
lots CoNTHIyANCE MI MMIE> OF OLD
THE TRIBES OF THE IN"A>.
New York, July -, $50.
To the EditOr IF Hr tdIctiOnidn
Some rntcrpriSing reporter of II sta
ti>tical turn of mind has been drv"ting
himself to an investigation at the cost
of living in New York at the present
time in comparison with that of Il few
NeaIS since aud has presented the result
of his laborS in two columns of the
Iiibune. As Ia the details of his report
it need only he said that they are r"pl-
Gus. CAREFUL aud probably correct but
the writer's conclusions. which may he
briefly given, lr. interesting. He finds
that the New Yorker can now eat and
drink. and hr clothed and housed about
- pen cent cheaper than he paid fnl
corresponding commodities III l-I3; and
| presume the percentage of decline III
the ice OF absolute necessities through
ont the country has not been very diff
irrrmt. But oru >tatiStician fails t" sec
that our people generally have rcaIcd
ANY prnpnrl tomato advantage from this
fall. and concludes thcIrtlom that
Americans generally. and jewellers in
this city in particular. aIc impr"Ni drnt
and rN1IaNagamtlN inclined. He finds
10y actual inquiry that people VIII" in
prev InlI> Years bought ~ cent tea aud
ii dnllal flour and found them >aIi>iac-
tory. now >c"In Ia purchase the sam"
article at lis reduced price, and save the
difference. but insist on pay ing the old
figures t"I u better article. The same
principle i found to nun through the
whole list OF living rNpcm>c>. and thus
the charges of impr"\ idrmcr and luxury
ate sustained. The incomes of nearly
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