El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-22

the daylight law adding to the health
OF the people-didn't the flu come
with the daylight law, and was there
an epidemic in the past 20 years
that was so fatalg'
Street car fare here Is eight cents
a single ride or four for 80 cents
You buy tokens" from the conduc-
tors-four for 3O-lf you would save
your two cents on four rides These
tokens" are metal coins the size Of
a dime with a big " cut through the
center.
The Washington Times says a lot
Of people are riding cheaper than
they ever did-it calls them sub
tractionists" and explains how they
do it The conductor stands on the
platform and watches you drop the
fare into the fare box, as Is done on
FL Paso cars
The Times says in a rush q
man can drop three or four pen
mics into the box and hurry on
into the car and the conductor
doesn't know he has been short
changed or who has done it. The
result - that a lot Of .beople are
riding, the paper says for three
or four cents q trip as against
the Old nickel trip.
OF course. in other times than the
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the fare box fairly close and see that
the proper change Is dropped inf
he Is interested enough TO do so.
Sometimes a conductor is
Car fare is up everywhere They
have just granted an eight-ceut fare
to the Staten Island trolley lines at
New York, where the men were on
strike for more pay. They increased
the pay Of the men IS cents an hour,
TO IS from 50 cents, and boosted the
fare-with the permission OF the
public service cCmmission-to eight
cents from five. The roads had al
ready been in the hands Of a re-
celver because they we're not pay
ing
Washington, like other cities. is
in the throes Of high prices. al
though they are not as high as they
seem to be In New York, but they
are high enough A recent state
ment after an official Investigation,
says prices have increased 100 per-
cent since the war began and that Is
not hard to believe By one who re-
members the 35-cent club breakfast
It was possible to get In Washington
q few years ago at almost any ho-
tel Now try 70 get one II you want
to get thrown out Grape fruit
lhalf) is 20 cents at the lunch
places, and IS cents in most OF the
big hotels That's just a sample Of
what the other things are. In price
That there is a spending orgy in
Washington, and that the city itself
Is 70 blame FOR pulling the moose
around its neck" 50 Tar as the high
cost OF living Is concerned. Is the
conviction OF senator Ellison D.
Smith OF South Carolina
AEIfraTuEnnce has gone to
unheard Of IimitE.n he said. aNO
wonder there f. a vicious circle
Of price increaHes.1
Senator Smith, with his wife, re-
Gently made a tour Of investigation
among WashinEt0n's shops. rsstau-
rants, and hotels and said he was
at what he saw. People
spending money gayly, reckiessly,
paying high prices for food without
thought, bedecked in raiment which
at existing prices placed a premium
on protiteering -this, the senator be-
lieves. tells its own story about high
prices.
AS long as this thing continues"
he said, high prices viii continue,
and the temptation 20 pr0fiteer viii
be Irresistible.
There can be no restoration TO
normal conditions as long As
consumption r. far ahead IN the
race with production, and at the
present time the people are con-
suminE more goods than ever be-
fore In history.
have never seen anything like
the present situation. Little res
taurants all charging the very limit I
as 10 prices and serving poor food. 7
are springing up everywhere, show
ing that more and more people are /
dining out, getting away from the /
very fundamental Of a safe national !
existence, which Is the home and
home life People are spending ]
more money On flashy clothes than /
ever before, both men and women.
High prices do not feazs them.
at seems to me that the law