Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-01-28
MisteIlaneulls 8eaains.
LIVING IS HIGH EVERYWHERE.
No Better In Germany and France Than
In America.

In America.
The present financial depression has
differed from it's predecessors, especial
ly in that it has been particularly hard
on the salaried man. This Is the case
because while wages have remained the
same, or have been decreased, the cost
of living has not been correspondingly
lowered. Dispatches from day to day
lhave told Of reductions in the salaries
Of high corporation officials, Of the lay
ling off of workmen,' of actors and ac-
tresses out of employment, Of the clos
ing of manufacturing plants or of re-
duced production. But the reader has
searched in vain for the announcement
of decrease in the necessaries OF life.
Happily the situation Is now bright
ening very much and there Is every
reason to believe that normal condl-
tlons will before long be fully restored.
Meantime sufferers here can find some
consolation in knowing that matters are
Just as bad elsewhere as they are In
this country Reports to the depart
the same state Of affairs prevails In
Germany and Europe as that which
obtains in this country. In Germany 1t
may be a. trife worse II anything, for,
according to Consul George Nicholas
lift not only has the cost Of living In
that country increased, but harvests
have been light. The consul says
Food stuffs High In Germany.
From all parts Of Germany sharp
advances in the prices Of the necessi-
ties of life, especially in foodstuffs and
fodder for live stock, are reported. The
latter have been noticeable during the
past few weeks and are due in
measure at least, to the unsatisfactory
crops of the past year. The result Is
a strong upward movement In the
prices of all foodstuffs. Meat Is the
only exception. 1t shows a. slight ten
dency to lower prices, but is still above
the figures Of two years ago, and the
slightly lower prices Of today are. per-
haps, due to the constant agitations for
cheaper meat, which have continued
uninterruptedly for two years past In
some instances municipalities have
gone into the butchering business and
have sold directly to the people, while
In mary places meat prices have been
fixed by municipal enactment. Prices
of milk. Hutter and other dairy pro-
ducts have advanced in sympathy with
the price Of fodder, and the imperial
bureau of statistics notes, as well, ad-
vances in prices of tea, herring, vege-
table oils, petroleum, tobacco, cotton
goods, linen goods, woollens, etc. In
fact, from this latter authority only two
items, sugar and potatoes, are quoted
as being cheaper today than they were
year ago,
Some Striking Details.
During recent debate in the Saxon
Lanitag figures furnished by the sta
tistical bureau Of the city of Dresden
Iwere quoted comparing the average re-
ltail prices of the principal foodstuffs
for the year 1903 and 1906. They show
ed that during that time foodstuffs had
advanced as follows per kilogram
(2.2046 pounds:) Beef, cents; pork,
So cents; mutton, 5.5 cents; veal, 81
cents; bacon, (speck,) 4.9 cents, lard,
3.6 cents; bread, O6 cents; beans, II
cents: lentils, 40 cents; coffee, 81
cents: butter, 2.6 cents; eggs, 2.9 cents
per dozen. From these figures 1t was
estimated that the cost of living for the
leverage workingman's family Of four
to seven persons had for 1906, as COM
pared with 1903, increased about $11.l9,
and that Of this increase $4.05 was on
account Of the higher price Of meat.
During the same debate in the Land
tag figures compiled from reports from
sixty cities and towns in Saxony were
quoted, showing increases in rent for
dwellings renting for from $71.4O to
$23S per year, Of from 10 to 13 per cent.
Coal prices for the cities Of Leipzig,
Dresden and Chemnitz, the principal
cities of Saxony showed increases OF
from 10 to 20 per cent according to the
kind and grade Of coal.
Expenses In Paris Much Higher.
Consul General Frank H. Mason fur
nishes the following information con-
cerning the increased cost Of living in
Paris and the causes assigned for such
increase.
No one who has visited or lived in
Paris for any length Of time during the
past year can have failed to notice
marked increase in most Of the ordi-
mary expenses Of life therein. Prices
at hotels and restaurants have ad-
vanced; marketing Of nearly every
kind, meats, fruits and vegetables are
ldearer than ever before: even the cab
man, who was formerly content with
tin of three cents, is now aggrieved II
It Is not at least five cents or more.
These facts should be known and taken
Into due account by students and other
Americans who relying upon traditions
of cheap and comfortable living in Par
is, plan to make more or less prolong-
ed sojourn in this city.
A careful study of the markets, both
wholesale and retail, which has been
recently made by trustworthy au-
thority, shows that the following per-
centage increases in the cost of twenty
three articles Of daily utility have TAX
en- place in Paris during the past tive
years: Bread Is, beef %, veal a. cheese
25, fresh fish So preserved fish 35, edi-
BILE pastes 90, confectionery 25, edi-
BILE oils Is, petroleum 10, gasolene 80,
coal "a. charcoal "a, chocolate 25, can
dies 10, household ironware %. This
amounts to an average increase of 2S4
per cent on the whole list of articles
named.
American Influence-Rent Advances.
1t is a favorite theory of the native
Partisan that much of this general ad-
vance in the cost of living, which bears
so heavily upon the small-salaried and
wage earning classes. is due to the in
fluence of foreigners, especially Ameri-
cans, who come to visit or live in Par
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