The courier-index., 1920-04-09
,..yries Haue The Right Of Way
Commercial Appeal.

was and IS an immense demand fol the higher grades of paper. h these grades there is a bigger mar. gin of profit. Some of the machin- cry used in making newspaper has been converted into the making of higher grades. The expense of the higher grades has driven many us CTS of paper to resort to newsprint This double cutting has brought about almost paralysis in news print production and the result is that newsprint is now approaching the higher grades of paper in price
 This operation runs through oth er lines with the result that former modest priced goods have become so scarce that their price has been run up to point approximating the finer grades.
 There is big profit in the man. ufacturing of high grade cotton The mills went into the manufactur. ing of this sort. The high grade cotton supply was short. The price rose to an enormous figure. Now the low grade cotton has not moved because it's avenues were tempora- rily closed by the high grade and before it does freely move there must be readjustments under which 1t is used for material now creates by high grade cotton.
 Everybody wanted ham and break. fast bacon and the finest steak The demand for these cuts was enor. nous. The prices rose and the pro ducer made so much profit from the higher cuts that they did not have to push the sale of the lowe, rated cuts.
 So we are worked into a condition where there is not enough of the things our fancy demands to suppl, us and we will not use those things not demanded by our fancy; the, are out of line.
 The situation is further aggra vated by the innate snobbery oi human kind. Nobody sees a chear metal watch any more Some mer refuse to wear overalls. Men witt bad teeth insist upon gold filling
 The man in the restaurant busi ness. if high priced or modest, wants yard eggs, creamery butter anc porterhouse steak.
 People who ought to be walking both for their pocketbook and theil health demand an automobile Form CT Ford owners feel that it is be heath their dignity unless they ride in car approximating the price of the "Bootleggers' Own"
 The man who once sported 2 S7,0OO car, and had the highest pric ed car in the neighborhood, in order to permit his wife to ride around town in the highest priced car or the market, now pays S12,00O.
 Some women are ashamed to state that their cook and house boy gef anything under S10 week a piece
 If this thing keeps up a man or entering a bank and applying fol a loan will try to improve his credi by stating the large amount of mon ey he spends every year instead ot what he saves.
 Intrinsic values do not seem t, , count any more. The less there i in some things the better the peopl, seem to like it. The most expensive
 
 in an envelope.
 We are in a whirr of new cur rents. We are all floating in tn, air and we act during the interva we are up as if it will be an agc Whether we shall come down grad ually or come down in smash is thing great many people are nov considering.
 Already things to stimulate thi artificial condition are growing nor, frequent. People needing mdney get it. There are more robberie' over the United States than ever be fore in the history of this country There are more highwaymen doins business than at any time since tho creation of modern theory of prop erty.
 In small communities banks ar,