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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-06-08
TRoT OR eALLoPf
A Problem For People With Even
Very Sharp Eyes.

Very sharp Eyes.
Here is problem for people with
sharp eyes: AS we all know, horse
when walking or trotting advances
only one leg of each pair at time, but
when galloping lifts both forefeet to-
gether and then both hind feet. Now,
the question Is how other animals man.
age this matter. The birds, Of course,
flap both wings together, but which
birds run and which hop? We human
beings ''trot" when we walk and gal
lop" when we swim-that is, If we are
using the plain breast stroke. The dog,
however, ''trots" for both. Now, do
the amphibious animals-the seals, OF
tiers and the rest-swim like men or
like other four footed creatures?
Then there are the fish. One would
rather expect that, as they move their
tails from side to side, they would flap
alternately with the fms, which are
their hands and feet. Who can tell
whether they do or not, and whether
all fish at all times follow one rule?
BY the way, how does frog use Its
hands" The great anatomist, E. Ray
Lancaster, has pointed out that while
the Thousand legs" such as our COM
mon galleyworm, advance two feet Of
a pair together, the centipeds, which
are much like them, do exactly the Op-
posite, and the swimming worms also
alternate the stroke of each pair of
paddles.
Few people can tell on which system
the caterpillar manages its dozen or SO
legs or whether the adult insect walks,
trots, PAGES or gallops on its six. How
does the spider use eight? Altogether,
this Is a large field for observation,
field, too, where any one may discover
new facts as yet unrecorded, and thus
add to the store of knowledge.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-06-08

Ifyour stomach troubles you do not
conclude that there is no cure, for great
many have been permanently cured by
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab
lets. Try them, they are certain to prove
beneficial. They only cost quarter.
Sold by E. T. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-06-08
A Wise Scheme.

mo matter what opinion is offered,
you express contrary view" said the
impatient friend.
"WeH," answered Mr.. Bliggins,
that's way l have Of acquiring
knowledge. A man is more likely to
give up all he knows ON subject 1t
you get him to warm up with little
controversial indignation" = Washing
ton Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-06-08

If you know the value of Chamberlain S
Salve you would never wish to be without
it. Here are some of the diseases for
which it is especially valuable: sore
nipples, chapped hands, burns, frost
bites, chilblains, chronic sore eyes, itch
ing piles, letter, salt rheum and eczema
Price rs cents per box. For sale by E. T.
Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-06-08
His Influence,

"Do you think mans influence lasts
after he is gomez" asked the philoso-
pher.
"Well, I should say" cried the young
woman. "My husband tied my prop
erty up so that / can't ever marry
againw-Detroit Free Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-06-08
Fame.

Fame is the Inheritance not Of the
dead, but of the living. 1t is we who
look back with lofty pride to the great
names of antiquity, who drink Of that
food of glory as of river and refresh
our wings In it for future aight,-
Hazlitt.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-06-08

Johnny - What's silence, Freddy
Freddy-It's what you don't hear when
you listen.-Kansas City Independent.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-06-08

The man who is trying to keep his
head above water realizes that float
ing debt is a poor life preserver.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-06-08

Evil spreads as necessarily az dis
ease.-Eliot.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-05-10

crack They should be dipped into
not water instead when being heated
for the table.
Jellies may be easily covered by
pouring melted paraffine upon them
when quite cold. This hardens at
once and is air tight. A paper should
be put over to keep off the dust.
To clean the insides of jars fill
them with hot water and stir in a
spoonful or more of pearlash. Empty
them in an hour, and if not perfect
ly clean, fill again and let them stand
a few hours.
When sweeping carpet sprinkle
salt freely over it, or dip the broom
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and on, till finally a page is found
near the end of the book on which
the gaze is directed to these Ines:
Poor fool! You've looked the hook
clear through,
And yet | am unknown to you
There was still another fy-leaf
memory gem that was popular with
the boys of those days. It was the
first terse, plain-spoken attempt at
making what in the later years has
become the conventional commence
ment-day "valedictory." 1t reads as
follows:
"Goodl,y -scholars,
GOOd-by school;
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-05-10

Miss Excuse me, but
where did you learn to dancer"
Mr.. Splay-In correspondence
school,"
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Plates or dishes put into an oven
or left on the range to warm often
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-05-10
Good-by school;
Blamed old fool"
HELPFUL HINTS

Salt fish are quicker and best
freshened by soaking in sour milk.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-05-10

In all picking and preserving use
only granite ware or porcelain lined
kettles. All metals are liable to be
dangerously attacked by acids.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-05-10

Put few grains of rice in the
salt cellars TO keep the salt from
caking. As the cellar is shaken the
rice will keep the salt moving.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-05-10
in strong salt and water from time
to time. Not only will it prevent the
dust flying about, but IT will clean
the carpet and brighten the colors i'm
mensely.

Honey paste for the teeth: Eight
ounces of precipitated chalk, four
ounces of powdered CASTLE soap, four
ounces OF powdered orris root, forty
drops of oil of sassafras, eighty drops
OF oil OF bay and honey enough to
form paste.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1906-10-16
A quien pueda intereSar.

Per Ia preaente Sc enuncia 81 ndblico
que d. Juan Pons Colon, ha sOlicitado del
Conseio Executive de Pto. Rico, Ia conce-
sion de una franquicia que autorice la ms
talaci6n de una red telef6nica, para su ugo
particular entire su casa radicada en- la po-
blaci6n de Aibonito calle de Lincoln la
propiedad denominada Dna. Vie, en- ell
5arrio Paste de dicho t6rmino Municipal,
cuya red recorrera la calIe Lincoln extre-
mo Oeste, Tierras de d. Teodoro Gonzd-
lez, D. Jose Antonio Colon y los del soli-
citante.
TodaS las personals que deseen ser ofdas
en- pro en- contra de Ia concession de esa
franquicia, quedan por la presente Motif
cadas para que puedan prEHentar sus argu-
mentos orales escritos, ante la comisi6n
de franquicia del Consejo Ejecutivo, el dia
80 de Octubre de 1906, en- cuyo dia en-
el pOsteriOr que file dicha comisi6n, tales
argnmantns aar6n cnnaidaradna nor Ia mis-.
ma. Aibonito 10. de Octubre 1905.
JaGan POns Colon. "a. 5.V.s.
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A V / S 0

Teniendo one trasladar su resideneia de
la Marina; ell abajo frmado ofrece en- ven
ia su gran acopio de los sigutentes objetos
tanto nuevos como de segunda mano, al
contado.
Tres cajas de hierro en- buen estado, sur
lido en- yunques, tornillos, barras pie de
cabra, cadenas de todos tamaflos, espigo-
mes, cIayos, hierro galyanizado, gatos cor
naquis.
Cordages de Manila de todas clae es y ta-
rnaffos, cable de a am re, matones, ancIas,
remos, Iona y tspa, quitran peg, acei-
te, pinturas herramientas para mulas v
caballos, papel de filtro embre sdo para
techo, herTamientas para herreros, caInos
para el ejercito [nuevas y de segunda ma
mol, estacas creosotadas, II juegos de roma
mas para piataforma de peso de 900 4,099
lb., carretones de una rueda, ruedas para
carros y un gran surtido de artfculos de
lata menci6n. ~s i. .s.
Afiadiendo a 10 expresado one la casa
mismaen que Sc encuentran los ena radios
artfculos, Sc ofreee igualmente en- venta,
JOHN CLOY.
P. o. Box 683. San Juan, P. R.
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NOTICE.

Having to vacate his present location on
the Mari the undersigned offers for sale
his large stock of new and second hand
goods, as follows for cash.
Three iron safes in good condition.
Contractors supplies, Anyils, Vises, Crow
Bars, Chain of all sizes, Spikes, Nails,
Galvanized iron, Jack Screws, Etc.
Manila Cordage of all k nds and sizes,
Cava and Oakum, Tar Pitch, Oil, Paints,
Etc., Mule aud Horse Shoes, Tarred Felt
Roofing paper, Blacksmith tools, Army
beds, (neW and second hand), creo oted
piles, twelve sets of new platafOrm sc les,
weighing 800 to 1000.
Hand trucks, Wheelbarrows, Wagon
Wheels, and a general assortment of arti-
cles too numerous to mention.
In addition to the above, the build ngs
now on the pre- Qises are offeret fof sale.
JOHN GLoY.
P, o. Box 688, San Juan Pto. Rico.
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FL MTIN DEL II
lendran a San Juan los eOmpa-
itiOtaS de las CefGanias.
Matienza, MuHOz, del Vale, Rodriguez ] muehOs
mas 0cuparan Ia trlhaaa pdbIlea.

Sigue Ia animaci6n para 81 gran mitin
que celebrara Ia Union de Puerto Rico
ef III de los corrienteH, manana, en- Ia pla-
"a BAdorioty de esta ciudad Conocidos
oradores de Ia Union, como los Hefores
Mufioz Rivera, Matienzo Cintr6n, del
Vale, Rodriguez, de Diego y Calves
Otero haran uso de la palabra en- el pa
tri6tico acto
De los pueblos cercanos concurrirdn
muehos compatriotas 81 aeto sera todo 10
animado que han sido las otras manifesto
clones de esa clase, que ha efectuado en-
distintas poblaciones de Ia isla, Ia Union
de Puerto Rico.
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hCURD0S DEL
Ayuntaniento de
Ponce.
RefaImas en- ID PIaza de IA Ab0IIGI6n.
leOnslruccI6B de IN PaTqus.
e naestro eorresponsalD

Copia del aeta de Ia session celebFada por
81 concejo municipal en- Ia noche del visT-
mes 10 de octubre de 1906
Concurrieron los aefioTeE, Preidsnte Jo-
a6 Vidal ViIaTet. Conceialeas Felipe Sa-
lazar, Evangelio Auf'ant, juan OIta, vi
dal Sanchez Fabriciano Antonsantl, Agus-
tin Arce, Luis PoTrata Doria, Hip6ito
UBeIa, Abelardo Melero, Ram6h Ortiz
Diaz.
Alberta ia session por 81 sefor Ptsidente
se di6 lectura por ell SecretaTio al acta an
terror que fu6 aprobada.
''Se ley6 una communication del senior
Alcalde dando cuenta del cable Iecibido
en- que Sc anuneia Is suspension de gos
de Ia casa de j. M Ceballos = Go. de New
York. EI consejo acord6 de confoHmidad
con Ia communication del sefior Alcaide
Eel eefior "a. Lohongrais rematiata del
servicio de extraction de basuras della eiu-
dad poblado de Ia Playa solisita SO
apruebe la cesi6n del seryicio don Aure-
io Dapena. FL concejo 10 aprob6 ae con
formidad.
'tEstado demostrativo de los ingiesos y
pagos verifcadcs por Ia TesoreTfa Munich
pal durante el pasado mes de SeptismbTe
s.El seflor Come Guzm6n solicita Sc le
devuelva Ia suma de un dollar so eenta.
vos que pag6 de mas en- la TeEoreTfa Mu-
nicipal El conceio acord6 pase esteasun-
to informe de la ofeina correspondence
tel sefior 5alazaT, como de Ia comisi6n
nombrada para avistarse con don Juan N.
ToTruella inspector de la comisi6u de Par
ques Y Juegos atI6ticos informa verbal
mente la Compensation, acerca del pioyec-
to de reformas que Sc han de llevar aefec
to en- la Plaza de Ia Abolici6n. En- con
cejo acord6 proceder Ia pintura del en-
Veriado y al enIucido del z6calo y dc los
s pilares de Ia entrada dioha Plaza.
'.El eonceio diepuso que Sc -snsttuYa
por cables las Eogas que se utili1s-r1afdal-
mente en- los columpios de ID Plaza Abo-
lici6n.
"Tambi6n dispuso el concejo que por Ell
lngeIaero de Ia Ciudad Sc. proceda ime-
diatamente la construction del Pargue
de. Ia Cantera presentandc al efecto los Rro-
yectos y pEegos de condolences nacesariOa.
Gel senior Vidal Sanchez como de Ia
comisi6n nombrada al efecto para infor-
mar acerca de Ia construction de sardinees
cunetas en- las GALES de Ia cindad, infor-
ma en- sentido de que asTfR naay eonvenien.
te la construction de aceras en la Gale de
Ia Salud Mayor paTtiendo del cruce de
la Gale del Comercio hasta la Plaza de la
Abolici6n. FL conceio acord6 de- confor-
midad ademas que Sc construyan ande-
mes en- las GALES Salud y Comercio esqui-
ma Salud.
''El senior Auffant di6 cuenta de que ha
inspeccionado con pu compafiaro los traba-
jos de Ia Plaza del Mercado pereA entiende
que gu informe ha de yenir, acompa1ado
de uno del Irgeniero Municipal.
Gel sefor Ortiz, como miembro de la
comisi6n para tratar acerca de Ia compra
de los terrenos que vende Ia sefora Berna-
Ear, inform6 veTbalments 4 la comisi6n en-
aentido favorable. El conceio acord6 en-
principle aceptar la compra de dichos te-
Frenos nombrando los sefiores Vidal
Ortiz para que Sc entiendan en- dicho
asunto.
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LINEA FERREA DEL oEsTE

LINEA FERREA DEL OEsTE
Itinerario. 5alidas de Bayamon y Capt..
Ia gimultRneament
9.45 11.OO. Tarde 1915, las, B.15. 4.86, 6.45-
y6.80. @ " -.
Dias festlvos.-Manana 6, 7.O5, $50, 9.A5
y Hoo TRrdo 1915, 1.8O, $50, $3.50, 4.8O
5.45 y $50.
BilleteI baEatos para d1as festivos. De
OatafO 8 Bayam6n, ida y vuelta lie claso
SO-25 2@ q Rs0 S0-16. De Bayam6n CataT O
ia y vue Go IL. class S0-15, 2a cIaaO SOLO.
Billet0 rdinario de Capital Catalio On
~ CIasO i CentavOs.
Bayam6n, 10 de sOptiOmbro de 1903 Ra-
mon Valdes.
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OTR0 DISGUST0.

A causa de un anuncio publitado en-
s'La Correspondence" sobre IN divorcio
parece ser que un Senor que piensa divor-
ciarse, tuvo un disgnsto con el senior Arri-
vi pues crefa yer en- dicho anunGo una
aluai6n su persona. Els este 81 aBgundo
disguato que por la forma de aHunciar
tenemos, y estamos muy satisfechdB, por.
que 10 que queremos es que Ia gdnte lea
nuestroa anuncios de ''camas y maqunas de
coser,' auuque Sc eDfadeo; , 81 hay
bofetadas, el anuncio resultara de do
bic efecto. .e@
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lNlIcl60R GENERAL

C0NSEJO al LAS AIADREE. El jara
be caImante de Ia Sefora WinsloW debe
usarse siempre que los niflos estan en- 81
periodic de Ia denticion. Proportions ALI
vic Immediate al pequeflo paciente, produ-
ce lin suefiO natural tranquilo, aliVia ell
dolor " 81 angelito despierta muy Viyo "
alegre. rs muy agradable al paladar, cali
ma ~ nifio, ablanda sus encias, aliyia sus
dolores, hace fdciles las funciones del esto-
mago reguIa los intestinos. Es el mejor
remedlO conocido para la diaFrea va pro-
yenga 6sta de Ia dentici0n 8 de cualquiera
otra causa Tengase mueho en- pedir ell
aJaFabe Calm ante de la Senora WinsloW": !:
es eI Ineior de todos.
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HsMOS RECIBIpn.

La conocida casa, impTenta Bailly -Ba-
lliere hiios, de Paris, Sc ha Barvido en-
viarnos, con nsgnffca impression, cuatro
ejemplares de las siguientes obrah:
moral social, por Eogepio M. de-
Hostos, "Manual del Aprendiz" y el ..Af-
cionado electricista", de Humbsrt Zada, Y
20 fnica Moderna' de Conrado Granell.
La casa editora Maucei, de Barcelona,
nos ohsequia asf mismo con un ejemplar
del .sParnaso Yenezolano'', coIecci6n de
selectas poesGls del parnaso venezolano
con 36 retratos de conocidos autores
Poesfas de Bello y Andres Mats, entire
otra, avaIoran Ia msgnffca collection.
Agradecemos mucho eI valioso presente.
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TOPEKA.
EN- NEW YORK

Hospedaje de primera clase; ca
"a situada en- 81 punto mas cen
nico de la ciudad, cerca de Broad
way, parque central, subway
y los trenes elevados que ofre
cen grandes conyeniencias a los
viajeros. Trato esmerado, habi-
taciones espaciosas, claras, y mag
mica cocina, precios m6dicos. Te-
l6fono y demas adelantos moder-
aos. ~"" :~
Dirijirse q M. LI1ZUNARIs.
1873 WEST 81 STREET.
.--.- - NRW-YORK .l1rrv
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Fiesta Te!igI0sa

Ell dia Is del corriente mes J 4 las ora,
clones de la noche, dard principle en- Ia
Capilla franciscana 81 novenario del Ar
cangel San Rafael que continuara en- las
nochss snbsiguientes hasta Ell 26 del mis-.
mo mes.
Ell novenario Sc compondrd de rosario,
novens plStica.
EI 81 Salve soIemne y letanfaH; el dia
% las 8 de Ia manana, Ia festividad del
Santo con panegirieo cargo de un Padre
Capuchino.
Todos estos actos ser6n amenizados por
una orquesta de reputados profesores.
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Buen espeetaeaIO

Ha llegado esta ciudad instal6udose
en- la plazuela de Colon sitio acostum-
brado, un nueuo ciFco en- 81 que Sc exhibi-
ran magnficas vistas cinematogr5f as
En- breve Sc efectuara Ell estreno se-
guramente Ell pdblico de San Juan haiIar6
grato solaz al asistir al referido circo.
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w is 0

Sc desea vender una hermosa finca rus
ca, compuesta de $40 cuerdas de terreno
NanO y monte, dedicada q pastcs muy
prOpia para la siembT8~ de piflas, chinas,
palmas de COCO y frutos memories, tiene
Rituada en- 81 t6fmino municipal de una
hermosa cindad, ceTca del puerto cr1za
Ca por Ia carretera que del puerto conduce
q Ia cfudad. Para informes diEi4 irse & d.
v. b., Box 68s San Juan, 2 r. rs va
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v GAN sell
Your Real Estate b Business

NO MATTER WHERE LOCATED
Properties and Business of all kinds sold
quickly for cash in all parts of the United
States Don't wait. Write to-day descri-
bing what you.have to sell and give cash
price on same.
IF YOU WANT TO BUY
any kind of Business or Real Estate
anywhere, at any price, write me your
requirements. can save you time and
money.
DAVID r. taft,
THE LAND NAN.
415 KANSAS AVENUE,
TOPEKA, KANSAS.
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BUENk 0GASION.

En- sttio muy centrico, frente la plaza
principal de esta ciudad, calle de s n
Francisco no. 33, Sc alquilan habitaciones
mUy convenientes. Informan en- la mis-
ma casa. I5 v. a.
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ADMINISTRATION DE FINCAs
URBANAS Sin quebrantos para 81 rem
tista. Dirigirsa, Fortaleza 56, San Juan,
p. b ID. Joss NJ CaFrero.
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los detales en- expediens
81
vendd
verfeo el Corozs
(Firmado) E. NJ vAsALLo-subcoleeor
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EA8URI DEPARTMENT 7 OF PORTO RIC(
sUBAsTA PUBLICA.
BIEN ES INMUEBLEs

l
So0 los ent d d las de nana ran venddos los
embargads hbr
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NEW-YORK, City,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23
Does prosperity pays

oSS prosperity pay ~
inns IS the question people ask them.
selves when they note the mounting Of
prices for the necessaries of life. The
federal bureau of labor has kept track
of these matters for sixteen years and
is able to report that prices never were
80 high in the history of it's investi-
cations, as they were in the year 1905.
1t is the purpose of the bureau to con-
tinue these studies and to give the
public the benefit Of wider range of
research each year. g. a-.s a..
The prices studied by the bureau in
clude thirty staple articles, ranging
from meat to prunes. In twenty-three
of the thirty, prices were higher in
1905 than in 1904, and the price of
every article except coffee and prunes
was higher in 1905 than in 1896, the
year of lowest prices during the past
sip teen.
The average prices Of wheat bread
butter, cheese, chickens, corn meal,
eggs, fresh fish, salt fish, mutton and
veal were higher in 1905 than in any
other of the sixteen-year period.
The advance in bacon has been 43.5
per cent; Irish potatoes, All per cent,
eggs, AIS per cent; fresh pork, 80 per
cent; flour, 1913, and so on thru the
list. -
The advance in price of food, when
each or the articles is given weight
according to its consumption in the
family of the. workingman, has been
O:6 per cent since 1904, TT per cent
since 1896 and IL per cent when COM
pared with the average of the decade,
1890 to 1899.
In making these Investigations the
bureau tried to SECURE as fair an aver
age as possible by drawing it's statis-
tics from a large number of states, tax.
ing the principal cities in each state
and consulting number Of merchants
in each locality. AS far as possible,
prices for 1905 were obtained from the
same merchants who had been quoted
IN the previous bulletins. The sched-
ules were in all cases obtained in per-
sonal visits Of the bureau s agents.
The following table, taken from the
computations of the bureau, shows the
relative prices Of some of the staples
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has been practically no increase in
rents except in steam heated flats which
are at a premium. The new ones built
DO not appear to relieve the congestion
because people are not contented to
live in the houses that satisfied them
ten years ago. If they were, they would
not notice the increase in rent much
II at all. Improved style Of living in
all classes accounts for whatever in
crease there has been in rents, except
what Is charged to extra cost Of con-
structlon, which applies almost exclu-
s1Vely to the newer places. g .F -
Clothing also costs more. This is
the natural result Of the increase in
wages to operatives in cloth mills and
to the demand for better fabrics. Men -
clothing has not advanced much. First
class tailoring costs from SIS to SO
more more upon suit than it did before the
Doom, but the .ready-made clothing is
still sold at prices not materially DIFF
ferlng from those of 1902 and 1904. =
Shoes, particularly men s shoes, have
not advanced. This is due somewhat to
the standard of price and quality.
widely advertised by a number of great
manufacturers. They are unable to get
away from their standard prices, be-
cause they have made them so public.
nor can they let the quality deteriorato
materially without killing their bust
ness: So men s. shoes are not to be in
Guided in the great advance in the cost
Of living. . ;.
Women 8 garments have advanced in
two ways. The price Of the material
has gone up and it takes more yards
to make them than. before. There has
been advance also in the cost of dress
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23
DIAGRAM SHOWING TENDENCY
FOR THE LAsT EiETEEM va D NoN

he LAST FIF TEEN YEARS.
, making. But the dressmakers claim
they are making no more than thav
did formerly. They say the whole differ.
ence goes into the cost Of labor, that
expert seamstresses are more diffcnlt
to get every day.
The same story Of the scarcity of
skilled labor is told everywhere. In
Minneapolis even odd Job men can
scarcely be had at any price. People
who live in the suburbs paw dearly FOR
everything they have done and when
a plasterer comes to chink up some
breaks in the walls he wants a mort
gage on the place in exchange for his
work. Wages Of house servants have
advanced in this part of the country
until they are nearly double what they
were ton years ago.
Altogether the lot of the house
holder q od is not happy one; But there
labor have advanced materially. The
bureau which investigated the price of
foods, also looked into the labor ac-
count and it makes a gratifying show
ing for the country. America has
Travelled a long way from 1896, when
Bryan and Mckinley were contendinp
for the presidency, the one demand ding
the opening Of the mints, the other
the opening of the mills. The mills
have been opened and the minis as
well since that time, and instead Of
country, we have industrial parades of
employed men. - -
The true test of prosperity is whether
the results have been .equitably dis
tributed over the population. Swollen
fortunes have come with prosperity,