The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-01
BY ZACH McGHEE.

Edinburgh. Scotland, Sept. 3o.-The landlady came in--not here, put while l was sitting In Dr. sam Johnson the Welsh bach bach mantle gone.
 How much do you have to pay for a mantIe?" 1 asked.
 The best ones cost me Jour pence not very good"
 The mantle she gets for 8 cents is of kna she SaSe sgenah yPProus towns for 25 and 30 cents There are some mantles in some of the , and iV cent stores, and places Ike these, il These are the sort that are retailed for a penny @ cents) hero. There are some very superior mantles here Wnicn are sold for 6 pence t12 cents.) Tn Ameri, ca, the same quality costs 50 and 4o cents. There Is in our new tarin Ia W a sort of "step ladder" duty on mantles and the materials of which they are made beginning at tV srcs per cen, nd on go;ns tn up. Besides this of course every man in America has to pay a protection tax on practically everything ne uses including rent, so that the user pays several times for a mantle for his gas light. The way many people here buy their mantles is shilling "a little less than a quarter) a dozen. have ex- am. ned them. and they are better man. ties than those I have paid 15 cents for in Washington.
 A very much larger proportion of the people, in these British towns use gas American cities. They can afford It The gas in Edinburgh Is the most ex. pensive of any place l have been to. which viii be reduced next month tc 2s Tod (69 eents). The usual price is from 2s to 2s Sd GAS to 50 cents.) The people of Glasgow pay for their gas Ii lid GAG cents.)
 went into a barber shop in Brad. ford (300.000 population) to get shaved Before going l asked a young man wh knew such things, to point me 10 tnt best barber shop In town, where the an ordinary. better class "gentlem ms barber shop, hot so 'now," not quite so ornate, not so much marble and mir TOT effect as the pest pest American at snHP' a,sips such a throne as many l had sat In and the barber, taking about half tn' time as an American barber, gave me ,aSppence" ,qSr as etaoeeat eents) There are s.m, places in these parts where they vii put you through electrical massage pull the worms" out of your nose. aht pence. <In American snops you can gel the same for about 50 cents.
 A hair cut costs from to pence ts to lo. cents) That is pretty oaa, yoi Ss But I had talk with my barber anc with one of his friends about him. and he gets along, so far as can judge about as well as barberS In Anne. ica who charge four times as much. nave been shaved in a 100000 popula- ton city over here for penny. the place where the majority of the people in the town get laved. But that was rather a rough affair, corresponding tt an American 5 cent shave.
 What is true of onh of these British towns as to prices seems to be general ly true of them all. with some varia- tions of course, but tess than varfa- tions In different sections in America And so 1t is with wages. Certain classes of workmen in Edinburgh. f1l instance, get less in shillings and pence Cor dollars and centst than those ir similar trades in most American estie of the same size. Brieklayers for in. stance, for fifty-one hours a week, gel skaters. for fifty-one hours, get $9.37 painters, cabinet makers, furnishing trades (carvers), masons for fifty-ont hours, get $8.S5: boot and shoe opera. lives. for ffty-four hours. get $7.ss But the cost not only of the necessities of life. but the comforts. luxuries anc pleasures are so low ip comparison with America that the American with one-half more wages and sometimes twice and even thrice the wages. can not, to save his soul live as well as these fellows over saere.