The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-04-17
EXPECTS CUPID TO
GET BUSY THIS YEAR
is INFORMED BY BUSINESS
COUNSELOR" THAT LIVING
COST IS MUCH LOWER.

ATLANTA. Ga.-Cupid will prob
ably work over time this year.
At least that is the inference to be
derived from the conclusions OF Joel
Hunter, business counsellor and sta
tistician, who has been engaged in the
compilation OF comparative statistics
concerning the rise and decline OF
prices. For, according to figures which
do not lie" and Mr.. Hunter literally
thinks in figures" Tor hundreds OF
business men in the south, that bug
bear of the past few years, namely,
the well known H. {. l., is demon
strated to have diminished from Is to
80 per cent.
This is indeed good news for the
Young couple who have feared to en-
bark on the matrimonial voyage be-
cause they couldn't possibly see how
the finances of the average young
benedict could possibly see them
through the vicissitudes of the mar
ried state. But now, thanks to the in
defatigable industry of Mr.. Hunter,
who delves into business conditions
deeper perhaps than any man in the
south, the would-be-married young
man may feel after peruslng this ar
ticie that he can now confidently ap-
proach the object of his affections, Sc
cure in the knowledge that brighter
DAYS are dawning for him and his
pocketbook, and he can hope to sup
port cher" in something at least ap-
proximating ''the style to which she
has been accustomed"
According to an actual check OF
items, as made by Mr.. Hunter in his
expert report TO various concerns by
whom he is consulted, the groceries
that form the basis of every day ne
cessities have been cut from Is to
probably IS per cent in the past TWEEN
ty-four months. The fall in the cam
ed goods department has had perhaps
the heaviest fall of all. This will be
welcome news to the prospective
bride, for who can't make perfectly
grand salad in a few minutes with
the proper ingredients, taken OF course
from tin can"
Heavy Cut in Fruits.
Mr.. Hunter says the cut in fruits
has been even more than in meats,
the decline being around forty per
cent in most cases. The hve-cent ba-
mana during the early war has dropp
ed to just about half that price and
a corresponding reduction has been
noted in other lines.
Since the governments famous
$500 wheat passed off the market
with the lifting Of the guarantee given
by Uncle Sam, according to Mr.. Hun
ter, flour has fallen about 80 to IS
per cent Varying it further, he says,
the fve-cent loaf of bread today was
formerly seven or even ten cents at
one time early in the fall OF 1920.
Cakes and other flour and sugar prod
ucts have CORRESPONDENCE taken to
the toboggan slide.
In the matter of clothing, shoes and
wearing apparel, as Mr.. Hunter points
out, the happy couple will find the
road much easier and smoother than
they would have in 1920.
So, Georgians and southerners, get
busy and start the new home-making
at once, for you will find all that goes
into the making of the "home-nest"
shows a decline OF from Is to IS per
cent, even furniture is lower by Is to
40 per cent and the construction OF
the new home itself will cost at least
Is per cent less than during the i'm
mediate postwar period of 1920.