The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-05-20

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J ed, and used in coloring beads and
blankets, and their production is
J known all over the world. and ad-
mired for their originality.
) Margeret Stickney Kendall says:
From a personal observation as
well as practical experiments, ex-
; tending over period of eighteen
years. as to the actual working out
of Christ's directions for human life
on earth, the ever mounting cost of
living is today the cause of almost
Universal evil apprehension. The
fsaggestion merits an inquiry, for,
apprehension may be sanely treated
and wisely turned to good"
| At this point the question may
arise, why have l chosen the bead
as the foundation of this? Merely to
enter the same field of modern con-
troversy and solution. The appre-
hension of the high cost of living Is
of vital Importance, more so today
than ever before. 1t is subject of
universal discussion among all clas-
ses. and we must understand that
the profound success of this matter
depends upon two distinct functions,
namely: The willingness of each and
every one to do their part; the en-
forcement of action. Here, / submit
the bead. this small and seemingly
trivial article. As one of the mother
lodes, by which we may send the
the cost of living upon it's declin-
ing journey. 1t is fact that the
United States spends more money
annually for jewellery than for flour.
How many of ourselves are ex-
empt from the stastistic? l dare say,
the percentage is 80 small it is un-
worthy of record.
In many instances the individual
expenditures of one person in
single day, on jewellery, exceed that
Of flour, during their natural exist
enee.
, A late report of the National
jewelers. Association, claims defic-
iency of possibly twenty million
dollars, in the diamond market
: alone. attributed assumingly, to
J smuggling. This amount appearing
on the deficient estimate, in money,
would purchase three and one-half
million bbls. of flour.
r The American people inherit a
4 greed for jewellery and precious
, stones in all their classifcations. The
same inheritance being handed
down to all people of the earth,
whether they are intellectual or saw
, age, old or young. male or female,
regardless of vocations or profess
, sions or creeds; consequently, we
are face to face with advocates of
: economy.
: The pictorial advertisements of
} Americas great flour mills, are of
: slight importance and unnoticed, in
l comparison to the glitter of the
jewelers. window, decked with all
! the necessary brilliancy so persist
emily used while displaying their
wares. This web once set. has it's
telling effect, especially in our larg-
er cities. upon the wage earners.
{ The victims who are daily striving
to make both ends meet, and attri-
{ buting their unfortunate financial
. condition to the high cost of living,
are then administered the vital
, sting, the extending of unnecessary
credit. They take upon themselves
detrimental obligations. and receive
in return goods that are void of in
trinsic value. The extending of un-
necessary credit is not only CONNER
cial suicide to business men, but op-
perfumes menacing future for our
working people, and adds heavy
stone along the path of success.
!! A moment of thought extended to
different sections of the country
q, 4 Il