The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-02-04

stunt uSltiCloiS lol cilcuIISi Hlcdl'
which have continued uninterrupted
ly for the past two years. in some
instances municipalities have gone
into the butchering business and have
sold directly to the people, while in
many places meat prices have been
fixed by municipal enactment. Pri-
ces Of milk, butter and other dairy
products have advanced III sympathy
with the price OF fodder, and the
imperial bureau Of statistics notes, as
Will, advances in prices of tea, her
ring, vegetable oils, petroleum, tobac-
cu, cotton goods, linen goods, woolens,
etc. In fact, from this latter author
ity only two items, sugar and pota-
toes, are quoted us being cheaper to-
day than they were Il year ago.
Some Striking Details.
During Il recent debate in The Sax
on kandtag figures furnished by the
statistical bureau Of the city of Drcs-
den were quoted comparing the aver
age retail prices Of the principal
foodstuti's for the year 1903 and 1906.
They showed that during that timc
foodstuils had advanced as follows,
per kilo"ram t2,20IG pounds:) Beef,
4 cents: pork. G.2 cents; mutton, 5.5
cents; veal. 80 cents: bacon. (speck)
40 cents; lard. 3.G cents: bread. O.G
cents; beans. IL cents: lentils. 40
r"::ts; coffee, % cents; butt cr, 26
cents; r-gs, 20 cents per dozcn
From these figures ii was estimated
that the cost OF living for the aver
are wprNin"man : family Of four to
seven persons had for 1906. as COM
pared with 1903, increased about
SLID, and that Of this increase $I.05
was on account Of he higher price Of
meat. During the same debate in
the l.andtag figures compiled from
reports from sixty cities and towns in
Sayuny were pliotrd, showing incrta-
:'.'S iii rcnt tiinr dwellings, renting
for from - 40 to $;1:5S PER yrar) of
from 10 to l3 per cent. Coal prices
for the cities Of Leipzig. Dresden and
Chtmnitz. the principal cities of
Sax"ny. showed increases Of from
10 /" 20 per cent. co,lin" to the
kind and grade Of coal,
Expenses in Paris Much Higrer.
Consul General Frank III. Mason
furnishes the following information
concerning the increased cost Of liv-
in. iA l'a,'.~ aud the causes assigned
e., such Increase.
y" one who has visited or l:vcd in
Paris for amy length or time during
the past year can have failed to no
tice Il marked increase in most Of th =,
ordinary expenses Of life therein.
Prices ut hotels and restaurants hav .
advanced: marketing Of nearly every
kind, meats, fruits and vegetables are
drATrr than ever before: even the
rabnan. who was formerly content
with Il tip Of three cents, is now ag-
%ricv2d if ii is not at least five cents
or more. These facts should be
known and takp:i into due account by
students ana ether Americans who.
rclyin" upon traditions OF cheap and
! comfortable living in Paris, plan TO
max" Il more "r less prolonged So
.iourn il this city.
y careful study Of the markets.
both Wholesale and retail. wnich has
been recently made by il trustworthy
authority, shGwS that the foIlowin"
percentage increases in the cost of
twcnty-thrrc articles Of daily utility
have taken place in Paris during tn ,
past five years: Bread Is. bc.f -,
veal II, cheese -. fresh fish 80, pre-
served fish 35. edible past IS 20. con-
frrtionary -, edible oils l5. petrol
enm 10. "aSolcnc 80, coal 81, charcoal
~. chucniatc :5, raIdlrs 10, house
hold ir"nware -. This amounts to
an average increase 90 go pc" cent
| on th1 whole list Of articles named.
American Influence-Rent Advances.
1t is il favo:ite theory Of the na-
tive Parsian that much Of this gen
cral advance in The cost of living,
which bears so heavily upon tie
small-salaricd and wage-carniny
classes, is due to the Influence of
Foreigners, especially Americans,
! who come to visit or live in Paris and
spend money in the lavish, easy GO
IN" way that they are accustomed to