The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-08-22
TUESDAY. August FL. 1894.
REPUBLICAN TICKET.


few days ago. says tie Lancaster
New Era, the ordinary family brand OF
gheat flour was sold in the st. Louis
market at S2.75 per barrel and corn-l
meal at S3 per barrel 1t was the first
time In the history OF the grain trade
~ that city that cornmeal cold for
more than good -four When we come
TO think over the price of flour there,
Ind contrast 1t with the price OF sklll
ID labor, another curious fact 10 de.
Feloped. The daily wages of snchI
craftsmen as bricklayers. irongorkers
and many more will suiflce to pur-
chase barrel OF flour. Now, barref
Of flour can be made into at least
three hundred pounds OF good bread,
and that quantity issufllclent for an
prdlnary.sized family for a period OF
fifty days. At this rate such men can
Barn enough In seven days to supply
their families with bread an entire
year. 1t may be doubted whether
such thing has been possible in any
country in the world during the chris
lian era.
1t svery true that many wage ear.
ners do not get more than half the
above sum for their daily labor, but
even then the earnings OF fortnight,
devoted to the purchase of Hour at the
price named, would buy enough
bead to maintain family of five OF
six an entire year. 1t is true, men can.
not live by bread alone. and that 4
~ - taI
in family, but bread is the III ost i'm
portant factor and goes a good way in
feeding the family. But then the fact
must not be overlooked that the sum
allotted for bread in tine above calcu-
latlon is less than one.twentleth Of tn Q
total earnings of the bread winner. /
must be further borne IN mind tina
Hour Is not the only kind of food tina
is very cheap cheaper than 1t eve
was before. Sugar, salt, rice. cheese
molasses and most OF the articles that
coupon the table every day are cor
respondiEgly low. 1t will be seen
therefore, sit Is possible for the aver
nge skilled tradesman 10 support his
family as comfortably to day as al
my previous period. il he cares TO dc
1t.
The trouble ls with the most people
that owing to the large wages paid il
kulb COuulIy, Hltn VI oN@y kluut HuNt
been led to indulge in the luxuries oil
life. many OF which they would be bet
ter of without and many OF which
are needless They have these luXuriet
not at long intervals nor even occasi
onally, but they have them every day
and are not satisfied unless they d(
have them. Here IL where the trouble
begins. There ia extravaganza al
around US. The well.to.do set this OK
ample and the rest follow. whethe
their means justify the additional ex
penses or not. In this way the ma
jority lives up to Its earnings au(
there Is nothing left for rainy day
It remains poor, although 1t take
pride in the reflection that it has live,
we'll. Along with unnecessary eX
travagance goes waste.
We are the most waateful people Il
the world, which still further compl
Gates the situation. he averng
American resentc any and all advice a
to how he shall live. lie consider
himself as good as any other nlan an
~ ready &c demonstrate the fact b
his style of living. These. however
are some of the thlngs which In thes
days prevent SO many bread winner
from accommodating property. The
set up style Of living that meets thei
views of how an American should live
but II leaves him without a penny Q
1t may DO hi debt. Fifty years a.,
wages were less than now and man
household necessities dearer. yet me
lot only seemed TO live as well d
row but gct along good deal bstte
There Is very important and a
parent lesson i'll all those th.ngs, 81
the trouble ID wo don't want to leal
IT,