The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-18
PRICES STILL SOAR
TO BEAT The BAND
MAN NOW PAYS MORE FOR HIS
DINNER, SMOKE AND READ
ING MATTER THAN EVER.

WASHINGTON.-When C am
Clark bought $500 Missouri meer-
schaums" for his favorite home regi-
ment to take to France he offered
1925 in payment.
"a hundred and twenty-five more,
please" said the clerk. Corn cob
pipes have gone up"
"Humphw said Clark Chimes are
getting effete. When l was a boy we
made costless pipes out of free cobs.
The inventor of the readymades GER
tainly is cleaning up"
But Speaker Clark, in buying his
cob pipes, is not alone in suffering
high prices. The entire country is in
the grip of them. Pity the poor man
who likes roasted pig. The wholesale
price for the pig as he stands on the
hoof is $3.50 the 100 pounds.
Steak Makes One Hesitate.
Then the man who likes a good
steak! Prime steers are selling on
the wholesale market at more than
SIS the 100 pounds. Choice sheep
are $10.25 and spring lambs are
$16.25.
To these figures add the profit of
the retail dealers and then you will
have what it is costing you to live.
The salaries of twenty years ago,
when the laboring man was receiv-
ing $3.50 day for from eight to
twelve and fourteen hours work,
would be but drop in very large
bucket.
Clothing, shoes and the like have
advanced in proportion. Shoes that
retailed for $4 as late as four years
ago command from 81 to SO at pres
emit. That is, for the male foot. Ten
and fifteen dollars the pair now are
cheap prices to clothe the feminine
foot.
The scent spool of thread is
thing of the past. The six-for-a-quar-
ter have long since been forgotten.
Wool is almost beyond the reach of
the average man.
"Lowly Bean" Is No More.
And things for the table! Consider
the once lowly bean. With the pres
ent prices, it deserves to be served
on golden platter. Like the old
fashioned spud, it is ''up there with
the rest,
Butter retails from 48 to so cents
the pound. Cheese likewise has ris-
en-, and scent milk is but a faint
memory. A broiling chicken, which
only short time ago could be pur-
chased for from 20 to % cents, com
mands dollar and few odd cents
now. Eggs are even more precious
than the birds responsible for them.
Time,wa when wheat was respect
ed as prize if it brought ST bush
Ell. Corn at that price was myth.
But $2.19 is cheap for bushel of
wheat on the spot market now, and
81 corn is forgotten quantity. 1t
is being quoted on cash markets at
from $1.15 up. ;,
Oats, even, hover around the 65-
cent mark. And hay is S24 a ton.
No wonder the mooing steer is high
priced. He we'll nigh eats his weight
in gold almost before he walks to
the auction block.
Print Paper Doubles in Price.
Other prices have kept pace with
the commoner commodities. Steel,
iron, zinc, lead, coal-all are up.
Lumber is soaring at the top of the
ladder and print paper-a by-product
of wood-has more than doubled in
price.
The 1-cent newspaper has sue
cumbed by the wayside. The penny
stick of candy is disappearing, if not
in price, in size. Even old Santa
Claus will have to skimp, for toys
have jumped with the other things.
No, Champ Clark is not alone in
his grievance against the high prices.
The nation realizes the rise as much
as he does.
The only good thing about this is
that there is plenty of money. People
are paying more for what they get,
but they are making more, and this
is the best condition for the country.
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