Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-04-19
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so. PITTSBURG MAN

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II seems that we ale going to have
TO go to war with Germany and fight
for our country. say our country
because we live in the United States
and call 1t ours, but very little Of ii
do the majority Of Us own.
believe that every true American
ought to stand to .our President and
fight the battles to q finish and when
victory is won, there is still another
war to be fought right here in the Un-
tied States and that battle is going TO
be the hard battle. That battle is go
ing to come. and is going to be fought
on.the high cost OF living. When the
war with Germany is over there will
be tax levied on the property owner
to pay this war tax. Directly it will
come off of them. but indirectly, Mr..
Working Man, you who live in rented
houses, and have all of your living TO
buy, you with your hard labor will
have it all to pay.
Your house rent will advance about
ST. on the month, or twelve dollars
a year, while the taxation will prob.
ably only advance one-third of that
amount
You can see that the big property
owner will gain in wealth, while you
will have to do $3.50 more work than
before.
Wages are not advancing as rapidly
as food stuff. Wages in this county
have not advanced very much in the
last two years. while the cost of liv-
ing has advanced 100 per cent or more
Irish potatoes sold last summer for
not more than $3.50 bushel. and now
If you eat bought Irish potatoes, you
eat g. 90 bushel potatoes If you
eat white beans, you eat SO. 90 bush
ell beans, and If you buy and eat on
ions you have to pay 100 per pound
for them here in So. Pittsburg, which
would make them bring the retail
merchant $3.50 per bushel. White
meat now is CSC to 30c Ter pound.
White bacon retails. from 35c to 40c
per pound. Green cabbage is retail.
ing here now at 1886 per pound. Ev-
erything that is to eat is in proportion
to above prices.
1t would pay we'll to plant one acre
in cabbage. one in Irish potatoes and
one in onions if one owned the land.
One acre in cabbage bills, three feet
apart and heads weighing two pounds
to the head. at Toe per pound, will
make the consumer pay nine hundred
and eighty dollars for what cabbage
will grow on one acre. I have seen
plenty Of cabbage heads that would
weight ten pounds raised on Cumber-
land mountain. just figure what one |
acre would bring at even 5 pounds to |
The head.
We will take for an example man
that works on the section on the rail
road. For 81. 40 he works 25 days per
month, and be will receive for his |
months wages $50. If he has wife
md three or four babies to take care
If, pray tell me what that man is CO.
ng to do for clothes and shoes fol
himself and family. He will use at
east
)ne half barrel flour, ............$6 . 40
bushel meal, .............. 1.75
0 pounds lard at SOC a pound, -. 80
bushel Irish potatoes. 400
70 pounds white meat at SOC. .....6 90
peck white beans, ...............2.5 80
sugar, ................. ........'''' NV
JOnee, ......... ....'''.....' ''oV
SAT- ........... ~
soda or baking powder, .............2O
Dried apples or peaches, 10 lbs. 1.5O
pounds butter, at 30c, ......... t.20
gallons buttermilk, ...............40
gallon Sorghum, ................ 10