Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
CENTRAL CITY MARKET
IS URGED To CUT HIGH
PRICES ATLANTA PAY;
Government Estimates Show Gate
City Second Only to Boston in
Living Expenses---S Shopping Condi-
tons Barrier to EffectiveEConomy


Allai'd imam tut ANY "'"'' NY va
The United States. Boston alone eN-
Cepted2
Careful and widespread investlga-
ton by the Federal Government, i'm
partially distributed throughout the
Union, plaCeA Atlanta right near the
top notch as an expensive city In
which to live. and although explana
tions OF this unsavory indictment
have been many and varied, no one
of them has seemed to explain com
pletely and conviucinEly,
And yet there must be some rsa-
son why the cost Of living is rela-
lively SO high in Atlanta-in Allan
"a, where, of all places, II should he
at least as reasonable as the average,
# not below the average taking INTO
consideration the very many adVah-
tages Atlanta uuques uonably mas as a
place OF residence.
some OF Atanta'S marketmen
frankly admit that the Government =
figures do Atlanta no INJUSTICE what
ever. They say the cost Of living IS
high in this city, and that they can
not help tor, al least, II they can
the way has not Yet been SHOWN
them
Other marketmen vchemenlly deny
that there is anything Whatever ab"ut
Atlantds marketing situation ihdl
diferenuates it couspiCuously or un-
iaNorahly from any other city, ana
that the Government figures simply
make mountain out OF a moIehIi'
TO Atlanid.s senseless dlscredll
Various reasons are assigned Tor
the hIEh cost ul lNihE IN the CATE
City of the South.
High Living Blamed
Atlanta people merely are hlgh
hvers, and pay the price because II
suits them to do Just thdti the farm
ers GO not diversity their crops sur
fClonuN 10 make Georgia independent
of the outside world which they
might do easily enough, Georgia
farmers do not raise beef, and for that
reason the city Is dependent upon the
West Tor its meat supply, and this
runs mp the cost of living tremen-
douslN rents are ahnormally high I'm
Atlanta, and the merchants nave to
add to their margin of expense suf-
hCienty 20 take care OF the rent, OF
course, ana this the consumer neces-
sarily pays; cotton crowds all other
lines of agricultural industry so close
~ That many ioodstutis must be Oh
tanned from sources beyond the state,
at "a higher rate OF expense than
would le eniailed II wheat oats ana
corn ,.y., raised at home; butter,
that might be made in Georgia, Is not
made here in particularly apprecia-
bic quantity, and that Keeps the price
of butter mp freight rates are dis
criminatory, and people do not shop
intclligeutly anyway.
These are few OF the reasons
why Atlanta according 20 local mar
ketmen, has been handed the doubt
fun aWard of being next to the most
expensive city w the United States
in which a" 1--we
Whatever he cause may be for the
ha-h cost ~ living in Atlanta, how
ever. one '1ing seems to stand out
un1 .fru,"t Che cost of LIVING Is some
high, all right,
he One Vital Question.
Indeed. there is no topic in which
the public. tn" home makers, e$pe-
clnl.N, Us $50 vitality and compellingly
interested SCI TINS problem OF hVing
within the family income.
The people Of Atlanta are much
more seriously concerned with the
question OK ROW !" I'VE on thtir daliN'
weekly on monthly sjlpends than they
are with Whelh"r MAYOR woodward
Is Cn'dp skate or Ut. Lincoln Mo
ConneH "a coward
lHeH WIZ htalNelt nuch more IN
terestedlN ia "a Sensl Pc dissertation
on now The cost o.. Lying may be
brought down, even little hit than
tneN VIII 10 why SoIurhouN sent MS
F'hni q ''he or eaIhnn dloNide IN
STEAD OF hostsay OF lGoeroSes
W NAT 'IF- anu MIS- atlanta want 10
Know. anoNe an Things else nowadays,
y no" ,HFy may hNc Nl'hlh 'he.r IN
coi-t anu Id! ny something Tor
RAINY gay
As tile mater S.allaS. thSy noI ohIE
are ~ against III 10 the Hllhl every