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

shots in the dark.
Maybe the farmer might relieve the
status Of affairs by diveTsifyiug his
crops. He has had that preached to
him for many years, and he has OF
late shown some Inclination and dis
position to accept the advice and sug-
gestious. Whatever he has done in
that direction, however, the price Of
food steadily has advanced. never
theless.
Maybe rents are f,ttle stin In At
lant8 but landlords are not going 10
lower rents so long as the demand
for store space in Atlanta is growing
more and more insistent: and no.
body wants 10 throw any obstacles
lu the way Of progress in the City
particularly that quality of progress
indicated In continuously increasing
real estate values
Many Atlantans are high livers,
relatively speaking but the average
citizen will deny me Impeachment,
yOciferously. when put To the test
and no doubt his denial viii be right
toous enough, and his ability 10 prove
10 ample.
Maybe freight rates are too high.
The Chamber OF Commerce might
look l1to this, maybe.
Maybe a lot OF things. OF course
and yet no one maybe thus far
thrown out appears TO suggest rem
edy guaranteed to produce material
results
ola High Cost OF Living remains
right on the job. grlnning I'm mockery
and derlsiOn, the while Atlanta hens
and haWS over the whereforeuess Of
Old High Costs Why
Estimates Are Truthful.
This writer has talked to many
persons OF late concerning the prob
lem revealed TO Atlanta 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 10 California. No
body undertakes TO dispute or ques-
ton them. They concern themselves
with various staples Of life house
hold necessities that can not be dis
penscd with I'm the average house
hold without serious discomfort both
to health and happiness.
Very few people expect or antici-
pate any considerable reduction I'm
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
a whole, and perhaps II will save a
good many II the latter comes true.
Il viii be a pleasant and agreeable
surprise to Mr., and Mrs. Atlanta
who are hoping
Not very many households are fg-
ur!ng 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. If anything, CAN be
done 10 bring down the expense Of
living In Atlanta?
Wen, there is one housekaepe in
/ Atlanta who has some notions about
things, and her ideas are worth con-
siderine, for they suggest "A method
whereby conditions may be remedied
In "a measure in Atlanta, II not ire
mcudOuSly relieved
Work Of Housekeeper.
THIS woman, who is the wife Of an
Albanian receiving a monthly salary
of $50 and the mother of three chill
dren, talks after this fashion.
The questions Of freight rates. al
versitication 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 liy-
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
tributOrs inside the family take II
that they win not shirk the rospon-
sibility of regulating those things IN
due season.
My business is to distribute ths
money my husband gives me for
/ housekeeping purposes intelligently
economically and with as great re.
suits as | possibly can manage. Notn.
ing dtstrcsses me more than to think
that ! have frittered away or used tc
small purpose SO much as a dime OF
the hard earned salary my husbant
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 viii cost, what mus
go to the church and the Sunda,
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 tina
kind
My husband puts, and rightful,v
the responsibility Of shopping an,
marketing on me. I should not re-
spect him SO much as l do if he didn't
And then, having put the responsible
ity there, he turns me loose and h
never makes a hOller II 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 l know. away dow
in my heart that l haven't done tn
very best that might be done with n,
household money.
The worst obstacle 7 find IN dis
pensing my household funds intelli
gently Is the apparent impossible
Of really intelligent marketing In Al
lanta.
Good Food Hard to Find.
81 do not think the quality Of foo
sold IN Atlanta always is all that i
should he Now, ! co not mean b.
that that ! think Il is not possible 81
obtain the very hest Of food in Al
lanta-tor I tlink IL is-but W hat a
mean is tina. If is next 10 impossibl
for the average markater, which an
10 locate the best that may be ha
for a given sum.
Take the average display Of food