Atlanta Georgian., 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---Shopping Condi-
tiOns Barrier to EheCtiveECOnOmy.

Z statements Of fact. and stiu others
/ shots In the dark
/ Maybe the farmer might relieve the
/ status Of affairs by diversifyiug his
crops. He has had that preached TO
him for many years, and hc has of
late shown some inclination and dis
/ position 10 accept the advice and suE-
gestiOus. Whatever he has done In
that direction, however the price Of
food steadily has advanced never
theless
Maybe rents arc I.ttIe stlff in At
/ lanta. but landlords are not going to
lower rents so long as the demand
more and more insistent; and no.
BODY wants to throw any obstacles
in the way Of progress In the city
particularly that quality OF progress
Indicated in continuously increasing
real estate values.
Many Atlantaus are high livers,
relatively speaking, but the average
citizen viii deny the Impeachment,
vociferously. when put TO the test
and no doubt his denial win be right
tcous enough, and his ability 70 prove
IL ample.
Maybe freight rates are too high
t' hammer bl bIlliiltItf I1llLtfl
look Llto this, maybe
Maybe a lot Of things. OF course -
and Yet. no one maybe thus far
thrown out appears to suggest a rem
edy guaranteed TO produce material
results
ola High Cost Of Living remains
right on the job, grinning In mockery
and derision, the while Atlanta hens
ana haWs over the whercforeness Of
Old High Costs why,
Estimates Are Truthful
This writer has talked 10 many
persons OF late concerning the prob
lem revealed TO Atlanta In the recent
more or less disconCerting Govern
meht hgures with respect to the high
cost Of living
The Governments estimates are
truthful-they We're based anon hon
est Investigations scattered all the
way from Maine to California. No
body undertakes 10 dispute or pues-
u0u them. They concern themselves
with various staples Of life house
hold necessities that can not be dis
pgnaod with In the average house
hold without serious discomfort both
to health and happiness.
Very few people expect or antici-
pate any considerable reduction In
the cost OF living because Of the
enactment Of the new tariff law. Per
haps that VIII save "a few dollars here
and there, taking the years outgo as
whole, and perhaps II will save a
good many. If the latter comes true
II viii be pleasant and agreeable
surprise to Mr. and Mrs. Atlanta
who are hoping
Not very many households are hg-
uring next years expense account
upon the new tariff schedules. how.
ever. Ask the first ten persons YOU
meet and see if any one of Them IS
taking the new tariff law seriously
into consideration as a possible factor
In relieving perceptibly the present
expense Of living.
What then, il anything, CAN be
done T." bring down the expense of
living IN Atlanta
Wen, there is one housckaeper IN
Atlanta who has some notions about
things and her ideas are worth con
slderlng, for they suggest methoi
whereby conditions may be rcmedied
In measure in Atlanta, II not tire
meuduuSly relieved.
Work of Aousekeeper.
This woman who is the wife OF IN
Albanian receiving a monthly salary
oi @ibV ana the mother OF three chill
dren, talks after this fashion:
The questions Of freight rates al
versitcation of crops and the like are
things for the business men TO SET
tie ! think. and no doubt each has its
specific bearing upon the cost Of llv-
ing. lnasmuCh as the men are as
deeply concerned in this problem as
the Women-the one the bread win
ners and the other the bread dis
tributors inside the family take il
that they win not shirk the rospon-
sibility Of regulating those things In
due season.
My business is 10 distribute the
money my husband gives me for
housekeeping purposes intelligently.
economically and with as great re
suits as | possibly can manage. Nota-
ing distresses me more than to think
that ! have frittered away or used to
small purpose SO much as a dime Of
the hard earned salary my husband
provides for the home and its up
keep.
we have iust SO much income
every month. l know exactly what
house rent is. approximately what
lights and fuel viii cost, what must
go to the church and the Sunday
school, what pleasure is TO have
awarded to it-fOr We spend some
thing that way-and what must 60
into the savings bank for life insur-
ance, taxes and fixed charges Of that
kind
My husband puts, and rightrullv,
the responsibility Of shopping ana
marketing on me. I should not re-
spect him SO much as I do If he didn't.
And then, having put the responsible
tty there, he turns me loose and he
never makes a holler' II ! fail to get
the maximum Of result from the min
imum Of financial effort. That. pee
haps. is one thing that makes ne
feel SO bad when ! know. away down
in my heart, that l haven't done the
very best that might be done with nv
household money.
The worst obstacle I find in dts
penSing my household funds in,elH-
gently is the apparent impossibiHtv
Of really Intelligent marketing in At
lanta.
Good Food Hard to Find.
Il DO not think tie quality Of food
sold IA Atlanta always is all that i.
should be. Now. ! do not mean hy
that that ! think it is not possible 10
obtain the very best Of food in At
lana-for think it .s-hut what 10
mean is that IL is next 10 impossible
for the average mark-ter. which an
70 locate the best that may be Ea1
for a given sum.
TAKE tile average EfsrEsy ,f food