The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-23
ENGLISH AND AMERrCAN PRICES.
Another susse~iser On the Relative Ccss 90
Livtng In the TIVE Countries.


To TuE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Your
correspondent signing himself y. W." says
that sl.75 has not purchasing power In Eng
land equal to $3.50 In this country. Now.
don't think that he Ia in a position to make thss
assertion. havo been through the mill both II
England and America. and | say conscien-
tiousy that can get as much for seven shil-
ings in England as can In America for %. So
and more comfort with II. think am as good
a Judge rs -. W." OF the difference having
worked hard and raised family Of eight chill
dren In London, and now have them TO feed
here.
Let me take seven shilings to n London gro
GERS and 1850 TO one Of tho stores here. think
y j. W." would open his eyes when he saw the
purchases. Why. tho difference in the cofoe.
tea and sugar is something remarkable. You
can get as good coffee in London for ono shil-
ling fourpenco per pound IA you can get hero
for 45 cents. just ~ cents d ference. And he
doesn't eay one word about that great article OF
CONSUMPTION, sugar. which, next To- bread. %
th" IuOst important. Since Mr. Gladstone took
the duties on sugar YOU can get the best Of
sugar for cents per pound whereas here Il
months consumptioni a. Tor tea, have never
had Tin all Of the five years have been in this
country any tea worth drinking under 81 per
pound. don't say but what there are good
tens here. but they have not the art of blending
In The second place. he says. hour ls q. so per
barrel here IL is. for good -four, $ll.50. He
says that meat is much higher IN England than
hsr rso and see by the sSed MaEet press
that meat is selling at Cad. and I'd. per pound;
whereas | cannot buy nny here worth eating
under 49,, 49,. and 90. per pound. Next
comes tho potato. don't know where " j.
W." gets his Information from, Tor when he
saws tho universal potato rarely gets below
tl.25 per bushel, he IL ut sea. for nowhere in
anyOithe large markets. Covont G0rdsu. Spittlo
Fields. or the BOro Market. or the great potato
mart IN ToOley street. are rotatoes sold by the
bushcl; they are sold by weght-by tho hun
dred weight or tOn-and rctailed out to the pub
10y tens Of thousands of the working classes
SEQ quoted nj Gi lbs. per ton. which would DO
sold by the pound for 2c. and have paid here
this year sl.7O per bushe. which IL 81. per
pound. as bushel OF potatoes weighs %
In the next place. want to know how
j. W. or any ono else can call 1000
pounds ton. know It is called so here, and
consider it is one Of the greatest frauds that
ever wis perpetrated. Now. I'm London Goals
are sold by the ton or hundredweigh t-the good
old avOird upois ll2 pounds TO the hundred
weight And an act OF Parliament compels
every tsanster that takes out Goals tn carry his
weights and scaies with him. SO that the pur-
Every person that purchases ton OF Goals hero
il actually defraudcd out OF 24O pounds.
SEQ good Walls End Goals are selling ut 81
per ton. which Is about the same price az they
pare tho price OF coal In Ohio at the pits mouth
lS per tom, 10 the prices Ut London. when tho
| Goals have 10 be carried 300 ~ 800 miles from
| the coiery. Let him take a trip down to the
| northern districts md see what they are selling
| Goals for tnere. Why. you can buy as many as
| you want at 10 shillngs per ton-and that il
| little lower than his ONO prices.
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