Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21

. SHolA IN the NtTA.
Maybe the farmer might relieve the
status Of affairs by divcrsifying his
crops. He has had that preached 10
him for many years. and he has Of
late shown some inclination and dis
position TO accept the advice and sug
gestIOns. whatever he has done IN
that direction. however, the price Of
food steadily has advanced, never
tneless.
Maybe rents arc ,;ttle stim I'm At
lanta, but landlords are not going go
lower rents so long as the demand
for store space In Atlanta is growing
more and more iusistent; and mo-
body wants to throw any obstacles
In tho way of progress In the city
particularly that quality OF progress
indicated i'm continuously increasing
real estate values.
Many Atlantans are high ljvcrs
relatively speaking, but the average
citizen will deny the impeachment
yocifcrOusly when put to the test,
and no doubt his denial viii be right
teous enough, and his ability to prove
II ample.
Maybe freight rates are too high
The Chamber Of Commerce might
look JDto this, maybe.
Maybe q lot of things, OF course
and yet no one maybe thus far
thrown out appears 10 suggest q rem
edy guaranteed to produce material
results
old High Cost Of Living remains
right on the job, grinning In moCkery
and dcrision, the while Atlanta hens
and haws over the whereforeness Of
Old High Costs why,
Estimates Are Truthful.
This writer has talked to many
persons Of late concerning the prob
lem revealed to a .lanta in the recent
more or less disconcerting Govern
ment figures with respect to the high
cost Of living
The Governments estimates are
truthful-they were based upon hon
est Investigations scattered all the
way from Maine TO California. No
body undertakes to dispute or uups-
tion them. They concern themselves
With various staples OF life-housc-
hold necessities that can not be dis
pensed with In the average house
hold without serious discomfort both
TO health and happiness.
Very few people expect or antiCi-
pate any considerable reduction lH
the cost OF living because Of the
enactment Of the new tariff law. Per
haps that will save few dollars here
and there. taking the years uutgo as
whole, and perhaps it will save "a
good many II the latter comes true
II will he a pleasant and agreeable
surprise to Mr.. ana Mrs Atlanta
VINO 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 II any one of them is
taking the new tariff law seriously
into consideration as a possible factor
In relieving perccptibly the present
expense of living.
What then II anything. CAN be
done TO bring down the expense of
living In Atlanta?
Wen. there is one housekaeper in
Atlanta who has some notions about
things, and her ideas arc worth con
sidering for they suggest a meth0i
whereby conditions may be remedied
In q measure in Atlanta, II not ire
mcndOusly relieved.
Work Of Housekeeper.
THIS woman, who is the wife Of an
Albanian receiving a monthly salary
of $3.50 and the mother of three chill
dren talks after this fashion.
The questions of freight rates, di-
versincation of crops and the like are
.
tie, ! think, and no doubt each has It's
specific bearing upon the cost of liv-
ing. lnasmuch as the men are rs
. deeply concerned in this problem as
/ the WOmen-the one the bread win
/ ners and the other the bread dis 70
tributors inside the family take It
that they win not Shirk the rospOn-
slbility Of regulating those things IN
. due season.
My business is to distribute tn
money my husband gives me for
/ housekeeping purposes intelligentlv
. economically and with as great re-
suits as ! possibly can manage. Notn-
ing diStresses me more than to thinl;
/ that ! have frittered away or used "a
small purpose SO much as a dime of
the hard-earned salary my husband
provides for the home and its up
keep.
we have Just SO much income
every month. l know exactly wnat
house rent is approximately what
. lights and fuel will cost. what must
go to the church and the Sunday
school, what pleasure is to havt
awarded to it-for We spend some
thing that way-and what must &C
into the savings bank for life insur-
ance taxes and fixed charges OF that
kind
MY husband puts. and rightfuTv
the responsibility Of shopping ans
marketing on me. l should not r.
spect him so much as | Go if he didn't
And then, having put the responsible
lily there, he turns me loose and Gt
never makes a hoiler II l fail to ge'
the maximum Of result from the min.
imum of financial effort. That, per.
haps. Is one thing that makes n,
feel so bad when l know. away dow
in my heart, that I haven't done tht
very best that might be done with ny
household money
The worst obstacle I find in dis.
pensing my household funds inteIlj.
gently is the apparent impossibilitN
Of really intelligent marketing In At
lauta
Good Food Hard to Find.
y do not think the quality Of foot
sold in Atlanta always is an that l.
should be. Now. 7 do not mean hl
that that ! think :, is not POSSIBLE 10
obtain the very best Of food in At.
lau-a-for -niuE 10 iS-but what D..
mean is that Il is next 70 impossible
for the average marhater. which am
to locate the best that may be hs
for given sum
TAKE tie average display Of fooE-
stufs iu the aNe-a~g atlanta mar
Net and grocery store. l. Sc Uu s.