The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-01-18
@STYLE" CAUSES INCREASED
COST OF Living At PRESENT.
SAYS REPRESENTATIVE COCKS,
A FRIEND AND NEIeH5oR OF
Ex-PREsIDENT ROOSEVELT.

WASHINGTON, Jan. IS TOO
nnch style is responsible for the in
creased cost Of living" said Repre-
sentative ". ". Cocks, OF New York,
friend and neighbor Of ex-President
Roosevelt. Q
Thirty or forty years ago We did
Lot eat less than We do now, as
some people are trying 10 prove, but
we put on less style. Style IS all
right for those that want il. I have
10 fault 10 find with il al all, but I
wish 10 remark that il comes high
and must be paid for. This increase
in style, dog show. show, display, or
whatever you want 10 call IL, extends
from the top 10 the bottom Of the
scale OF life.
Nov as an Illustration. I have q
Pole working for ne on my place down
On Long Island He has several chill
dren. The other day I met the
crowd Of youngsters down on the place
on a week day too, mind y0u.-ard
every last one Of them was wearing
patent leather shoes. That workman
OF mine has a new $50 steel range in
his kitchen and q piano that he got
On time payments. OF course / am
glad that be feels that he can afford
all these things, but in the old days
they were not purchased by The PEG
PIE OF limited means The children.
instead Of wearing patent feathers.
vent barefoot IN the summer and in
the winter wore heavy, servicable
cOwhide shoes that would last them
years Only the very well 10 do
thought they could have pianos, and
q SIS or $40 stove was good enough
for almost anyOne's kitchen.
when I was younger and had TO
have things from the grocery store.
went after my purchases. Now the
customer Of a grocer or the butcher
or the baker insists on having his
pound Of butter, his mutton chops. or
his loaf Of bread delivered al his door.
The dealer must charge for his horse.
his wagon, his harness, and his de-
hveryman. Someone must pay the
bill, and OF course il comes out Of
the gOOds-the customer that gets the
benefit Of the extra service IS the
one that should stand for it, and he
does whether he likes il or not.
The cost Of milk has climbed stead
lily during the last few years because
the people insist on more style in
the manner in which il IS brought 10
them. / am practical dairyman and
i know what I am talking about In
the old days there were no bottles. no
pretty wagons. no tuberculin tests
20 be paid for. The milk was deliver
Cd from door 10 door by the man or
woman carrying the product in large
cans or buckets Now the m;lkuan
has $500 horse. q $3.50 or 5000 wa
son. a - set OF harness on the horse
and stables and anuseptic cans. sre~-
sterilized bottles, Pasteurizing apDara-
tus in his store house. and goodness
knows what else 10 make the cos-
mount skyward. Every bottle thar is
broken, every gem-proof paraff.n-
coated bottle cover that is used. costs
money and the customer must pay
the bul.
= same wild race after style Is
found all over the country. The far
mer has got TO have the latest an
pretuest labor-saylng devices. Their
underlined runab0uJs must be egu;p-
ped with the last up-to-the-minute
trimmings, and pretty soon the $500
runabout goes into the loft Of The
barn in order 10 make room for the
$1,000 automobile roadster or the
$4,000 touring car. As a result Of al
This style, the farmer must charge
more for his meat, his vegetables and
his grain If he IS going 10 keep his
head above water. One OF these 5avs
I'm going 70 set up on the floor Of
the House and express a Few II my
views along these lines. I may nor Ia
able 70 Increase the visible supply Of
cratory by the effort. b III III g:ve
them a few ideas on the real reason
for the increased cost Of living.