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Show H HIGH PRICES OF FOOD BBS The government crop report Issued Bflfl n few days ago Is ominous In Its sug- BBSs' 1 1 gostlons as to prices of food staples. V' ' Staples are Jumping on tlu) produce BBS exchanges, and tho poor man will bo BBS squeezed before another spring. BBS The abundant crops of tho past few BBS years had no appreciable effect to BBS lower tho prices. The surplus was H taken by fighting Europe. Europe Is BBS utill bidding high for cer?uls and BBS tlicro Is a shortage of production here BBS It may reasonably be expected that Bflfl' wheat and corn products will go to the BBST J highest tlgurcH ever known. BBS Tho Injury to tho corn crop makes BBS the cost of feeding hogs high, l'ork BSSj.4 arul bacon, the poor man's fr'endr will again be away up. Heef nltcady iiolls at nearly prohibitive prices for working peopLo. !, Of course tho country as a whole hi prosperous. Millions of working pcoplo have had their wages raised. Hut it Is not enough that they should bo able barely lo meet expenses. A family life Is not becurely established unless It has a bank account and n constant margin between Ihcorn." nnd outgo. - The pinch comes In a host of fam- BBS Dies that, nro suffering from sonio H . form of misfortune. In many tlus BBSJ bread winner Is the Ictlm of uccl- BBSJ dent or disease. In others drunken- BBSJ ncss nnd othr vices have sapped tho BBSJ earning power, leaving wives nnd chll- BBS dren to bhlft for themselves. In all BBB such homes tho rising cost of rood BBS products means n lack of nutritious BBB BBB It Is a time for small economies BBB nnd tho teaching of Intelligent meth- BBB ods of food preparation. It Is often BBB remarked that a French family would B . live on what an American household K i ' throws away. Teaching a poor fam- ""i lly how to get tho most nourishment K out of a given supply of foods Is a BBBj better form of charity than giving BBB them money outright. |