The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-09


COST OF LIVING FOR ONE WEEK.
Vegetables Sl00Three and half
Meat LOO pounds sugar 81
Bread T0WoOd 20
Butter 5OCoal, 100 pounds IS
One pound tea 40 Extras, milk, etc. IS
Total ' '0' 10 $500
Another objection is the wife's having
to work out She need not. l know
plenty who help their husbands by do
ing crochet work and plain sewing at
home. After while they could take
rooms and keep few boarders. hope
that these few remarks will benefit some
of your readers, as they are from one
who has had experience in this line.
CGLEBS.
MARRIED AND HAPPY AT S12 A WEEK
To the Editor of the Sun-Sir: For
ty Years. politely says marriage is out
of the question for the poor of America"
He has careless way of handling the
truth. ''Yrneh'' advises young men to
celibacy simply because they cannot
earn more than SO per week. Another
mistake. If every person took this view
of the matter, where would be the ''rising
generation" and the ''bone and sinew
of our land?" l am earning $12 per
week, and find that [ can support my
wife and child comfortably. and save a
few dollars as well, and this without
stinting.
How do do it? l pay low rent, re-
and cigars, and keep a daily cash ac-
my. B.
OHIO.
To the Editor of the Sun-Sir: can
live in Cincinnati for about two-thirds
of the cost of living here. l married
two years ago, at the age of "a, and on
salary of $22 per week. OF this
amount allowed my wife S12 per week
for household expenses, including rent.
At the end of the first year she had
clothed herself and showed balance of
1926. 75-a saving of Sc per week. My
clothing and necessary expenses in the
meantime reached 500, making the total
amount of necessary expenses the first
year only S383.25.
For the second year allowed my wife
| 800 additional for clothing; my expen-
ses reached S75. OF her S1OO she saved
$40, and said she had plenty. The
second year closed on July q, and our
settlement showed an additional bal
ance in our favor of $40 from her allow
ance. | in the meantime had saved and
accumulated nearly 5000. So we put
our savings together, and last week we
moved into little house of our own,
which is all paid for except about $500.
| Never at any time have our total ex-
| nond;t,,res exceeded SS 40 ner week all
told. We think young couple who
cannot live on 80 per week would make
as great failure on 1922. l will add
that am a good liver, and our table
has always been amply supplied. One
thing | should mention, however, is that
l had bought nearly $500 worth of fur
niture just before our marriage.
| SCRIBENDI.
Springfield, O., Sept. %.
The refunding of the public debt al
three per cent. not only proves that the
United States can borrow all the money
it wishes at as low a rate rs Great
Britain, whose credit has heretofore
been the highest on the globe, but dem
onstrates the fact that by funding our
debt at three per cent, and disposine
of the new bonds at par, we really get =
lower rate than tho English govern
ment does. The British loan was dis
posed of at considerable figure below
par. This fact brings tho actual inter
cent The United States, therefore
enjoys better credit than any other
country in the world.