Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-18
INCREASED COST OF LIVING.


That Havana, cuba is having trou-
blts W ita own ovcr the constantly In.
creasng cost pr living. Is evident from
The prominence given In the Havana
Daily Telegraph tn an article from
Golfers written ~ Isaac Russell Of tho
News stuft:
rht Telegraph reYroduces thr article
with golfers coWmoutF ana a teW ut
i.s uVu on tho rupan SITUATION as toll
low
Tat Increased cont NJ living has for
some lIlre been tho oading topic Ut dts
cpSsipn here IN Havana. nud tho prob
lem. serious enough IN itself. has moved
the good mayor Of Havana to some
mirth- provoking efforts to mitigate tho
severity of tho ey.) His honorS en-
de1vor 10 reverse The laws OF supply
pnd demand, and furnish cheap milk To
Harnna's lnfnnt population when milk
was scarce and consequently dear. nnd
his more recent but no less frenkish
though we'll meant effort ~ supply the
pe0pe Of this city with cheap meat at
the nNpenso OF the country's meIt-pr0-
duclug industry ave stlll fresh In th-
lnlnds OF all Salt AXE is evidently In
need pf just such patriarchai mayor,
for there. too. AZ VIII be seen from the
subjnined article from Golfers. prices
reasonably. The truth that the cdu-
Gated poor who live on salaries and
fixed incomes are up against It was
| never more inlpresslvoly demonstrated.
TO This office come many eruditc
contributions which bear such titles as
Higher Cost OF LiVins" and Effect OF
| the Increased Production Of Gpiu upoH
| The Price Of Commodities Many Of
them are adorned with elaborate dia-
| grams, and they bulge with statistics
| They look impressive. and We feel that
they are learned and authoritative dis
| QUESTIONS upon subject OF great i'm
pcrtapce and universal application. We
| are torn between a. cJnscientious con-
/ Niction that 1ournal Of contemporary
! civilization ought to print something
on this subject. aud an instructive GER
! tpinty that since these contributions are
/ too heavy and dull for us TO wade
| through. no one else will read them, and
consequently they won't do much good.
! To our rescue comes Mr.. Isaac Russell
| OF salt Lake. who covers the mathc-
mates. the economies, the sociology.
/ and the plain human nature Of this
| subject all IN a paragraph whose
| hreyty and liyeliness command our adj
! miratlon.
| Editor Golfers: Two years ago
! decided ! was entitled to build shan
| " to live H. and when the plans were
/ q
| was $1,000 ] decided 70 save some
| money instead of building at once, and
| ! am now 800 ahead OF the game. Yes
! terday | sought the contractor. begging
him to go ahead, While he was ex-
| planning that brick had gone up 80 per
| cent, and lumber IS per cent, and labor
| % per cent. along came a fresh looking
delegate to inform him that there had
been another meeting of the Electrical
| Workers union, aud tho price for cleo
trio wiring had been boosted Just a Mt
tie matter of $50 per cent The con-
tractor got through figuring and
showed me he could tackle the house
| now for $4,000. and what i am trying
| TO figure out is how much OF a loser /
am by saving my money. Also whether
you would advise me 10 plant the plot
| of my prospective house with Il b.an
| patch against the coming of the day
| when We three doIlar-a-day men, who
fill the railroad offices. carry the mail,
! write the newspapers, and teach the
| schools, will be called upon 10 give free
| soup To- the eight dollars minute hod-
carriers, who are contemplating raising
the price at the next meeting TO 80 and
| to cut a minute to SO seconds by union
| watches; or whether your advice would
be TO buy bomb and join the social
istic anarchists. Additionally, If l buy
the bomb, would you advise me to
throw 1t at Hartman or Debs first,
or have you any other preference? Al
SO, and finally il you pay for giving
advice like this. kindly send the check
at once. as | would like to send 1t for
beans or bomb. as per advice. have
enough stored by 10 get a red flag. if
the price hasn't been boosted in The
past few days. Very truly, Isaac Rus
SELL"
A great many folks who lack Mr..
| RuSsellS gift of expression share hi c
problem and may even admit a sneak
ing sympathy with his sentiments.
Capital sees carefully to getting its
share of prosperity and the labor un-
ions are prompt and efficient in keeping
up the end of what used to be known
as the dollar-a-day man. Between the
two. these are evil days for the educat-
ed poor who live on salaries and fixed
incomes.