The river press., 1910-02-23
CURES FOR HIGH PRICES.

Already there are offers Of more
cures for high prices than there are
for colds. The federal government
and come Of the state authorities are
struggling with the price problem;
thus far, from these sources. no sug-
gestion has come that looks In the
least like . solution. There has been
talk of the wicked operations of the
beet trust and quite recently, some Of
the federal governments sleuths have
persuaded themselves that between the
growers, the packers and the dealers
they scent sn iniquitous combine.
There has been absurd talk to the
effect that the farmer has been getting
too much of the good out of current
prices. In many instances Mr.. Hill's
suggestion that the country doesn't
raise food products enough to go
around has been exploited. A good
many people believe tnst the tariff is
the root of the evil. Dozens of college
professors or specialists in political
economy assure US that the universal
increase in recent years in the worlds
annual output of gold is at the bottom
of the trouble and that there will be
no relief until new economic order
is evolved and modern conditions are
adapted in q new way to gold as q
measure of values.
Now comes q woman lecturer, high
ranking in the country's domestic.
science circles, and she says that the
whole trouble is With the lady of the
house who knows not how to cook, II
she does her own work, and who
doesn't know how to teach the cook
II the establishment maintains one
how to manage with reasonable pru.
dence. The testimony Of this scientific
cooking specialist is:
The average housewife has too little
regard for the real science of cooking,
and while she and her husband at
present are complaining about the
high cost of living, the household ex.
penses would be greatly diminished if
there were not so much waste in the
kitchen. The Ingredients OF any dish
should be measured out in exact pro.
portions and not according to the
slipshod custom which admits of a
pinch of salt or little water' be-
ing added iudiscrimin ately to whatever
may be on the stove.
Maybe that's it. At least, this cause
of all the trouble lets out gold and the
trusts and the farmers as the offenders.
But, meanwhile, IL this country's pub
lie to understand that there will be nc
relief from present cost Of living until
the women have learned how to run
kitchen economic?
But the very latest of all the solu,
tions of the high.pric problem-or q,
least of an essential part of it's the
contribution of Governor Hadley OF
Missouri. He does not dwell especially
on the need of weighing out the sal,
and pepper and seasonings in the
kitchen. He has better thing; he
says that the question Of living will
never be solved until every married
couple keeps COW. Surely, the gov.
ernOr of Missouri Is not in close touch
with the large and growing number OF
young married folk in modest circum.
stances who complain about the cost
of keeping house but who persuade
themselves that the thing they mos,
need in their domestic economy is a
high. priced touring car OF the latest
pattern. OF course, the money at the
command of the majority of these peo.
pie wouldn't suffice for the auto and
the COW, too.-Anaconda Standard.