The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-04-05
COST OF LIVING IS
THEME OF EXPERTS
They say $1,000 Yearly |,
Needed TO Provide for
Family Of Five.
SOME FARMERS BLAMED
Spectators scored at Political
and Socia! science
Meeting.
SOME FARMERS BLAMED

PuuA-FfrHi,. Npr.. TIE seven
.aen-h annla. ~. day meeting = the
American A,ad.nl, ot Political and
-ocia, Science began nrra this N r1.a-.
Som- e .1- most p-on.nsn: workers IN
tho country ar attending
There wa-- discussions to-day ~
FANNY standards "Puh.ic control.
and The Living Wage TIE general
topic - The Cost - Ii,in-
Every phase of the proposition ~.
no taken I'D. Tao-a who are holding the
conference. consider hat '.-- results q
ne meeting ultimately would ue found
IN the laws - practically every state N
the Un.on.
The speakers to-day were. simon y
Patton. professor u political economy
AZ the University ~ Pennsylvania
Prot Russell II Chi..erden. director ot
n" sheffield ,cian.,a' school Yale
University. Mrs H5osr. " Bruerh II
New YORK Mrs Frank Iattison II
Co,ou!a. y J. II B FL Nr-on. d'rec-
'or 4 agricultural development, Il 'h"
Long Island Railroad Mrs F.ln--
Black ~ The New York Te-mlna, Mar
Set Commission cyrus . Miller presi-
dent Of The Bronx: Ahram / Ell>us
ttl4f4 fi.all-'-l ~ Ntlf- .Nf'N l''EN ltl .'t
invest. cation commission Miss Fran.
COS Perkins secratar' of the Committee
= safety OF New York Pau, T.. ke.-
l1gy~ -d.tor o. thu Surrcu ot New York
a.f others.
Mrs. Bruere asserted mat tho home
OF che a"arage American family Of
moderate income. consisting ~ father,
mother and three children. cannot be
. ..
equivalent.
r. aretc =. Wheeler II New York put
'h- hlxh cost z ..'.a- IN 'lo shoulders
Z Increased cost ot production.
Mr. Fullerton described HIS expert
onres WIKI the railroad agricultural
development scheme He sad he had
found that market prices do no, depend
on the laws u supply and demand but
entir"iy on the vagar,es, needs and greed
u a few men in whom the speculative
tendency pr"dcninates
/ Prssiden, Miller said:
J Cites should treat marketing as an
important governmental, function and
provide the railroads and other transit
lines with proper facilities for the =
, business Wholesale terminal markets
should be built on the waterfront. Il
/ poss .ole. into which all railroads could
I run their cars without breaking bulk.
/ Meats ara likely ~ remain high in
price because the number Of consum-
ers j. increasing. while the number ~
mea, animals in decreasing What il
needed 20 reduce the prices Of farm
products 70 the consumer Is the educa =
/ ton Of the farmer N the selection ~
| his market. intelligent and honest pack
ing and grading ot goods and proper
wholesale terminal markets n cities ''
Mr. E.lkj!s went into the details OF
the formation and work ~ the factory
commission and described the benefits
that have accrued 20 the pubic from
the labor ot tha. BODY. The AsCh Build
ing fire horror was what reused the
whole state oc New York % the nee
fssstty - Investigating the conditions of
labor in il factories, he sad
Mr.. Fl<us asserted that the most in
rortart bill, Introduced by the Conm!s-
sion was that providing for a reorgan.-
za,.on ~ the state Department ot Labor
He described how the investigation
showed that children ~ tender years
worked excessively under terrible con-
d.tions that the danger ~ public health
. from unsxnitary working conditions was
women and children n Canner.es is
even worse than in the tenement house
workroons.
T. The proposition 20 create an indus
trial board Of the Department Of Labor
Of New York TO deal with these mooted
questions was told OF BY Mr.. Elkus.