Show f t GI 1 I Il l The High Cost of 0 Living 1 I I I I r 1 h and a How to toi Reduce It I IJ J JL i BY MADISON C C. C PETERS I II I i Sf L I Copyright im 1212 bj- bj The Tile Press u Pub Co C. The New cw York i World t AMERICA A NATION OP or CITIES I J 9 One e hundred d and twelve years ago aJO 3 I pcr cent of ot our population lived H d in Ittes and towns Thirty years ago 0 0 per c cent nt nt today 65 per cent From 1880 ID to 1890 1590 our city population increased 61 per cent th the rural population only 51 H p per r cent During During- this thin period Chien- Chien hs r co doubled in population while In Illinois lost in population From 1889 1859 to 1009 1909 our city population population tion lIon Increased 34 per cent our rural population only 11 Per cent Ten perCent per Cent ent of or our population lives li in New NewYork York and Chicago o. o ty ty-tive per cent of oC our population lives CS In cities o of or more marc In twenty years fars N New York City In- In d over ove- In population During ten years of ot the same period ro was a falling oft off of ot acres s rt S SIn In to cultivated find In New Nc York state During tho the last decade while our population pop pop- in increased Incase ceased 21 1 per cent our Jur front farm farmland Arm land n Increased a little over 1 5 6 per c cent nt v The Thc nine Wai-nine of France The Thi production of at food should increase In Increase In- In crease creaso as as- rapidly r as al our population And And while while luring during the tho ho last decade our population jn increased 21 per cent the affo a rago devoted to the production of ot cereals increased only 73 per cent while the production of ot cereals In Increased Increased Increased In- In creased bu but 17 per cent In l 1300 O NewYork New York Cl City will have ha a Ii population of or and the tho United States States' 75 76 per cent c nt of ot whom will live Mn to In the the clUes Then a a. revolution Tho The high cost of living the CT cry for bread brought ht on the French revolution as it did dh the Am American n r revolution The king ot of France lost his head lead through illegal s fUx- fUx taxes tUP 5 History tells u UK is that no no nation aver ov er r lived on an n. n when hn th the people abandoned abl d the country courtr and crowded t the cities clUes History is philosophy teaching foj by exam example pIt J. J Let Iet America be bo warned by lessors lesions leS of or his hia- tor tory Wo We are arc tOdA today repeating nil the mistakes of history DC r America Is la alive today tOda we the w have ha no reason on for believing that thit America will live for for- forever or- or everTo ever aver To lower tho cost of ot living ln our n agriculture agriculture agri agri- rI- rI culture must grow row as ns rapidly as ne commerce commerce com com- merce and manufacturing In 1911 our agricultural products w were rc worth I less s than our manufactured manu manu- manufactured pr products duct were cro worth woith morn mom that thai j and our Internal commerce was wag estimated nt at V y We have o square miles of I territory acres Arc of or land Wo We have of oC land withIn within within with with- in cur pur farms farms f acres of Improved Improved Im Im- proved cd farm tarm land less than half hilf of oC our tot total area I Is improved while fourths of or our ur area arca is uninhabited anI and unproductive New few e York ull Within miles rapes o of New cw York City there are more titan than people people- the greatest test market in tho the world Yet t everywhere e the bulk hulk of or the land Is IR unoccupied un occupied and unimproved td Land within with with- in in I 1 PIn mil miles II An of nf n T I ir r can n n h lift be Lou l g lil hl 4 i for r- r ris is t to a an acre cr There Ther is land Idle within fifty ert mill tidies miles o of New York City which b by scientific a would feed ced all 11 of our poo- poo plo The Idle bile lands I on Staten Staton and Lung Long islands nail and the vaca mt lot lots within the tho limits of ot New Ne York City by hr intensive In Intensive In- In tl trucking and specializing with up-to-date up methods feed d f om eta city eln population population population pop pop- so SOr fir r ns as s eg eggs eggs s. s poultry ege e- e tables and fruits are concerned On ground t tan n feet bv by w ten the schoolboys schoolboys school schoot- boys bOj's In Philadelphia have hav cultivated te J vacant nt lots find and nd sold off oCt stuff for tor 2000 2000 per 3 acre acre re That beats preach preach- lag In r |