The Marshall republican., 1914-03-20

Dogs are eaten to a small extent. not
for %cheapneas, but as a fancied cure
for certain ailments. The bread or
dinerily consumed among the working
classes is OF two kinds. Tho most gem
cral is a heavy. close kind made up
in shape not unlike an ordinary Amcri-
can brick but larger. II is OF a dark
brown color, baked OF rye, ground
wot, and costs about 3 cents n pound.
Tho other Lroad is lighter in color. a
larger and differently shaped loaf. and
costs : cents a pound. Good coffee
costs from 90 to 80 cents q pound.
Many workmpn buy a mixture OF cheap
coffee and chickory NJ 20 cents 10 %
cents a pound. or what is called malt
coffee at 6 TO $ cents. Butter is lit.le
used at ordinary meals. A substitute.
butter oil. sells at l6 cents a pound.
aud olcomargarine from 10 to 20 cents.
Sugar sells for . to G cents a pound.
u is q beet sugar, graduated and veal;
sweet stuGs, if they are really sweet
which is not often in Germany-1ro
dear. MIR, sold from central dairies,
is about o cents a pint.
Vegetables are cheap, potatoes. q
common food. particularly so. Tho
onion and the cabbage, German favor.
ties, are inexpensive and, as might DO
expected In O land of mighty organized
education. n delicious caulinower,
which Mark Twain called n cabbage
with q college education. b. sold Tor
three cents. Wood is bought in small
bundles. "a few cents worth at q time,
and coal. usually In the form Of bri.
quotes. coal dust moulded into brick
shape. Is not OF high cost, except near
the mines. but i8 Of small heating
value.
Al these prices are 20 per cent. or
ilUro higher than ten years ago. Cloth.
ing. q rather inferior grade. SIS 10 TO
81. per cent. higher and TDuts. except
iu favored localities. are 20 10 90 per
cent. higher. OWlial NgrroJ on NO
3 in thc Rathaul or Town 'iall 60 Mu.
r'Oh show increases iu Gtv ycurs Of
from 10 TO- o0 per cent iu The prices
OF al foodsruas.
Savings pspetito laercsclne.
AN. I'"HHNNhA Va iHlN| NJ" lN'N. OF 'Na
Tho average man Son Germany France,
tugtrig.liuuaary aud Great Britain. a8
in America. is not c1ntnut 20 live on
,ho same level az expenditure 9a did
hiH fathers. Despite thi8 higher stand
ard aud tlc increased cost. Dee Is each
year saving more money Ton years
ago the gaylng8 deposits 800 postal and
other BANKS in CsHgt Britain aver. ed
1875 per capita lcsr shan today. Dur.
ing the Tamn period the savings dc.
pogit3 On German savings banks ,r.
creased from eight to nnooa million
marks. two million TO three and three
fourth8 million dollars, and tho mum.
bCr OF depo8itOrS from S,G,O,,09 90 l2.-
362,l40.
What 10 true In this regard OF Great
Britain and Germany Is true of France.
Austrin.llungury. Holland, Belgium.
In all these countries the cost OF liy.
ing has Increased to a marked degree,
but at the Same time there has been
a measurable increase In the saving,
OF the people as well az In the stand
ards OF living. over against this must
be- considered the 10000 unemployed
iu Berlin, the strikes in belgium. and
Great Britain and the widespread
and ill-conccglod distress for lack OF
food that every great European city
shows 40 cold weather zones Yer
nin't so 'ungry wen it8 OF said a
crippled workman Ia n London park.
Plea for New Economic Science.
a British scientist, discovering tho
complicated economic problem Of tho
cost OF living. argues that the time has
come for tho establishment OF n new
constructive science. the aim OF which
would be 20 evolve ana teach the priu.
clples undCr which economic cquii,
ihrlum In the life OF communities might
be- attained. Congestion Of population
IN the towns, the dcsortion OF the farm
low wages and the interestingly high
cost OF living arc, In his view, all re-
lated. Tho world Is capable OF sup
porting all Us inhabitants In abund
ance. It's failure TO do 30 Is due "a
tho non-emergcnce OF an organizing
science, Every individual Is entitled
to secure an economic place In the
hullN anu tN'lg A0lNudl lh|ulNluhhl II
capable OF filling such a place. Pow
erty Is not really, Therefore. n-ccs
gary. We need not have tho pool
always with US. There rs something
wrong with a world where cost oil
living becomes 10 any people opprCs
slyely high. Resources, oven in those
old countries OF Europe. rs IN the
newer United States. are undeyoloped
Countries which now import goods anC
export food viii In time consume theil
own food aud manufacture their owl
goods. Development Of the nation.
resources, adequate and comprehen
sive transportation, and an equitable
distribution OF the profits Of labor anC
capital, may not bring pricos down
but will accomplish what is more tC
be desired, an Increase OF the aver
age mans income 10 keep pace with
the Increased cost Of his food anC
p clothing.