The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-22

on the railroad 10 san Jose. The cost
q tn whole Is .25f. and when the
"hoieSa.er then adds Ms profit. tn
cost to the retailer II So $. 80 vo4
see What the consumer must pav
Il railroad freight alaue over
hundred miles NJ ira@E IS equal IL
the original cos Of the silt. and the
man "ho uses II 10 flavor Ms food
l'ys about zen times Inc original cost
III the harhor II Port i.fmon.
rms gives You SON. idea - what
ihinss cost IN TINS part II The word
and WY ther- are ali sorts III taxes
on trade. Everything il licensed ana
al that comes II is ,harEed for.
mad 70 pay Z cents a pound on nv
baggage to bring II into the country
ana | am tod that shall have ~
give $50 to get 4 permit 10 leave.
The interest charged on the foreign
debt is something like 100000 per
annum. That is equal t. . tax of
something like $lo per family.
Enough Hour to make one of our
rour-cent loaNes Of bread pays 1 cents
in duty, and other things are propor-
tfonately high.
\ Land Of Mortgages.
| am told that the Costa Eicans are
in debt up 10 the4 eyes. There are
many individual mortgages. The
people are sanguine. and the better
classes Will mortgage their crops at
| per cent a month and upward in
order that their wives and daughters
may make A show during the social
season. | do not know that they are
any worse IMAM our citizens who are
now borrowing money on their homes
IN order that their families ma
nave JOY rides in automobiles. But
still II is bad enough. Take. for IN
stance. me festa, which occurred AT
the close of last Year. one Of the
American Indies of San lose tolls MO
that she knows q niiIliner who sold
200 hats for that occasion at "a cost
OF $40 apiece. Many of them were
bought on installments and will be
Worn out before they are paid for.
You will be the more surprised when
1 describe some features Of the festi-
yities for which these hats We're worn.
one of the foreigners has old me
about them. Said he:
The fiesta was held in the Central
Park, which is used for band ON
certs. h had been fenced off SO
that the common people stood on the
outside, with a lot OF young men and
girls, some Of whom were no bette,
than they should be, sitting between
them and the more fashionable CROWD
within. These young men and girl:
sat on the rails Of the benches witt
their feet on the seats, They wer,
all dressed IN their best as were ais,
- A0 1AAS oOo1o AN!SoAAo dlhill
inside.
Then. when the band played, tn
; men and boys Of the city Wake,
around throwing confetti and squirt
ing at each other and at the girls Will
syrlnges filed with water. Tn,
greatest of license prevailed. and the,
were no respectors Of persons. II
the past, the ~perfumery bottle Will
the ordinary bulb has been used, bu
last January the boys bought all tn,
syringes and W~aterbags that the dru!
| stores had on hand and putting thes
! under their coats, they squirted alik,
: on lady and peasant. Some Of tn
e young men, not satisfied with water
filled their receptacles with a stick.
e red mixture called kola juice an
! Squirted this on friend and strange
alike. At the same time confetti wa
brought in by the bagful and throw
e everywhere. The mixture made
nasty mess, and it destroyed man
beautiful hats and gowns. Neverthe
4 less, the people seemed TO think
was fun.
r Dinners at Fifty Dollars a Plate.
Z The Costa kicans are proud an
q their pride runs in advance Of thei
, pockets. Take, for instance, thei
u entertainment of a delegation fro1
; Salvador which was here not lon
: ago. The delegates had just come t
? say ~good-day, as it We're, and Ia
u they gone to Washington on a simila
{ errand they would probably hav
s been received by President Taft an
!" that would have suffiCed. Here the
, were made the guests Of the natio
and $4,000 was spent in their enter
: tainment. one dinner was given thel
= in the foyer Of the National Theatt
which cost 500 Il plate, ana at hi
= after the guests were filed Nlt
champagne, a burgundy which GO.
u IS d bottle Was brought IN and serve
II in gobIets which held almost a pin
At the same time the cigars ran shoI
and the man who managed the dill
Her explained that he did not exp
a more than three-fourths IF the dill
h res would smoke, and as only 100 s.
r. down at the tables he had tEruE+
seventy-five Fgars quite enoug
s Among the other eNtr2Tagant ente'
* ,ainments recently given Were tho,
in honor Of Secretary hnoN. he 10
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