Show I 1 L The People to Bh Blame me II i E must begin at once to curtail expenditures res for L l luxuries at exorbitant i now selling prices So advised William Mather Lewis United States treasury department official speaking in New York He thinks curtailment r would put an end to our high cost of living spree Maybe so but how about coffee bread meat butter eggs potatoes s shoes oes clothing fuel r rent nt milk and other such luxuries I Ow se selling ling at exorbitant prices prices' How can we curtail on the them I i hen our Jr stomachs have been n trained by n nature ture to abhor a a. a vacuum Tind nd our bodi bodies s ha haVe fe acquired ir d a habit of demanding such protection as 3 clothing and shoes give Must b be that Lewis did more of his New York shopping in n Fifth avenue than along Third avenue avenue Another An thing he said The people themselves were to lame if prices of necessities rose rose because merchants observed the I i absolute absolute carelessness with which people parted with the money And no doubt many highwaymen have observed the speed with which holdup victims part with their money when confronted with a gun late at night on a deserted street but the law doesn't blame the victim it sends the robber to prison |