Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-12-23
Cost Of Living Is Lowest in the United
States.

Every day or so some one tells us that
the cost of living has doubled and quad
rupled until this country is now the
most expensive place on earth. These
statements were made by free traders
and their allies day and night so persis-
tently that it Jared on our nerves, so
we have been gathering up reliable
data, which is presented to our readers
with confidence that they are correct.
that somebody has done a heap of w.
fings''
Mr.. George Paish, editor of the Lon
don Statist, free trade organ, has re-
Gently visited this country and he wrote
his paper on October %, this statement:
Before leaving for the States was
asked to ascertain if it was a fact that
the wage earners of America were real
ly better off than the wage earners of
England, or whether the higher rate of
wages Tin the United States) was not
entirely neutralized by the higher cost
of food, clothing and rent. have made
great many inquiries on this point.
and have come to the conclusion that
the rate of wages in this country is
much higher in proportion than in Great
Britain, after taking into account the
purchasing power of the wages, and
that after meeting all expenditures the
wage earners here have a substantial
average sum to place in the savings
banks, or to use for the purchase of Sc
curities, houses, land, business, etc.
There can be no doubt that the savings
of the masses in the United States reach
large sum in the aggregate, and large
ly contribute to swell the savings of the
union.'
The London Standard quoted the
statement and commented as follows:
"The annual savings of the nation are
estimated at about 81, 900, 900, 900 in the
United States; the most sanguine esti-
mate puts 1t no higher than 500, 900. 600
annually for Great Britain"
Here are some prices for board, COM
piled by the National Association of
Paris:
Boarding in London and other large
English cities, lunch and washing not
included, $3.50 per week; Berlin, full
board, washing not included, S35. 10 per
month; France, excepting Paris, where
the cost is greater, about 500 per month;
Madrid, $28.95 per month; Lisbon,
$28.95; Rome, $28.95; Milan, $29 to S39;
Vienna, $4,000; st. Petersburg, $38. 60
to $52.11; Odessa, SSH; Moscow,
1857; New York City, $7.72 to SO. 65
per week; Mexico City, $3.50 per
month.
]. W. Kelley writes in the Boston
Herald, after investigating conditions
in Europe for two years, the following:
Americans can live far more cheap
ly than can the English or the German.
An income of 81 per day in this country
will give from 20 to 40 per cent. better
living than the same income would in
any part of Western Europe-first, in
the way of more meats; second, greater
variety; and third, purer foods. Rents
are also lower in America. In fact, a
man earning 81 a day cannot possibly
find in Europe accommodations equal to
those he would be able to secure here. :"
Prices on all necessities have risen all
over the entire world. Rice has ad-
vanced in Marking, China, $50 per cent.
When wages paid and the cost of living
are considered, the United States has
the balance of the world beaten COM
pletely.