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

shots in the dark
Maybe the farmer might relieve th,
status Of anuirs by diversifylng hts
crops. He has had that preached 90
him for many years. and me has OF
late s1oNu some inclination ana dis
position To accept the advice and -ug-
ges'iOrs. Whatever he has done iu
that direction, however, the price Of
food steadily has advanced. never
thcless.
Maybe rents arc 4 T'ttle stin i'm At
lanta but landlords are not going TO
lower rents 80 long as the demand
for store space in Atlanta is growing
more and more insistCnt; and no
body wants 10 throw any obstacles
in tho way OF progress In the city
particularly that quality Of progress.
indicated in continuously incrcasin
real estate values.
Many At,antans are high l.vcrs,
relatively speaking, but the average
citizen viii deny the impeachment
vociferously, when pat to tho test.
and no doubt his denial viii be right
teous enough, and his ability TO prove
il ample.
Maybe freight rates are too high.
The Chamber Of Commerce might
look INTO this. maybe
Maybe q lot Of things. OF course
and yet, NO one maybe thus far
thrown out appears To suggest rem
EDDY guaranteed to produce material
results
old High Cost OF Living remains
right on the job, grinning in mockcry
ana derision, the while Atlanta hens
and hsws over the wherefOreness Of
old High Costs Why
Estimates Are Truthful
This writer has talked to many
persons ~ late concerning the prob
lem revealed to Atlanta I'm 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 upou hon
est Investigations scattered all the
way from Maine TO California. No
body undertakes TO dispute or uues-
ton them. They concern themselves
with various staples of llfe-housp-
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 IN
the cost of living because of the
enactment OF the new tariff law. Per
haps that VIII save few dollars here
and there, taking the years outgo as
a whole and perhaps II will save q
good many. II the latter comes true
II VIII be pleasant and agreeable
surprise TO Mr. and Mrs, Atlanta ~
who are hoping
Not very many households are lg-
uring next years expense account
upon the new tariff schedules. how.
ever Ask the first ten persons you
meet ana see II any one of them Is
taking the new tarff law seriously
into consideration as n possible factor
in relieving pcrceptibly the present
expense OF living.
What then, Il anything CAN be
done to bring down the expense nf
living In Atlanta
Wen, there is one housek aeper In
Atlanta who has some notions about
things and her ideas are worth con
sidering, for they suggest a methoI
whereby conditions may be rcmedied
In a measure in Atlanta, II not ire
mcnduusly relieved
Work Of Housekeeper.
This woman, who is the Wife Of an
Albanian receiving a monthly salary
Of Sl5o, and the mother Of three chill
dron, talks after this fashion.
The questions of freight rates. ii
NersitiGation of crops and the like are
things for the business men to set %
tic, I think. and no doubt each has its
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
trihUtors inside the family take II
that they will not shirk the rcspon
Sihility of regulating those things in
! due season.
/ My business is to distribute tho
money my husband gives me for
! housekeeping purposes intcllfgently
. economically and with as great re-
+ suits as I possibly can manage. Nutn-
/ ing distresses me more than to think
/ that | have frittered away or used tC
small purpose so much as a dime OF
I the hard earned salary my husband
I provides for the home and its up,
keep.
We have Just SO much incon,
. every month / know exactly VIVA
house rent is, approximately wha
lights and fuel will cost what mus
go 10 the church and the Sunday
school, what pleasure is to hav,
awarded to it-for we spend some.
thing that way-and what must q
into the savings bank for life insur.
ance, taxes and fixed charges Of tha'
kind
My husband puts and rightfury
the responsibility Of shopping an
. marketing on me. | should not re-.
spect him SO much as l DO il he didn't
And then, having put the responsible.
lty there, he turns me loose and ht
never makes a holler' IL l fail to ge
the maximum Of result from the min
imum of financial effort. That. PEE.
haps. is one thing that makes n,
feel so bad when I know. away dow
in my heart that I haven't done an,
very best that might be done with ny
household money.
The worst obstacle | find in dis.
pensing my household funds intelli.
gently is the apparent impossihiliu
of really intelligent marketing I'm At.
lauta
Good Food Hard to Find.
i do not think the quality Of foot
sold in Atlanta always Is all that l.
should be. Now. | do not mean in
/ that that 7 think IT is not possible &c
. obtain the very best Of foo6 in Al.
/ lanta- for J -niuk II is-but what / h.
/ mean Is that IL is next to impossible
. for the aye-a So mark GER. which n
70 locate the best that may be haH
/ FOR given sum.
Take Tire average display If tou3-
stutts Ia the average Atlanta mar.
be' and grocery store Is fr uu 20
. high water ul-r., .n|r. rt.f Do