Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-11-15 | Page 17 | Costs in England Double; Says George Ablert Smith

Costs in England Double, Says George Albert Smith THAT the high cost of living is even a more serious question In England today than It was at any time during the war Is told in a letter which Apostle George Albert .Smith, who recently went to Liverpool as the head ol the European mission of the I. T S. church wrote to W. P. Jensen, president presi-dent of the Mutual Creamery company, com-pany, of which Apostle Smith is a dl- I0'-Foo.t is scarce at any price, writes Anoetle Smith, but the prospects aro that later there will be sufficient, provided pro-vided we ' an secure money enough to Pa&mmentfni more particularly on the Thanksgiving season, the letter says : "From present indications, turkeys Will be out of the question here for Thanksgiving anil f'itrislmas. An or-dlnarv or-dlnarv chicken costs as much as a tuike'v used to cost at home. Everything Every-thing Is expensive. Kood and clothing arc in many cases double what thay were before'thc war and in some cases are almost Impossible to secure. We are still rationed for fuel and for butter, but-ter, eggs, meat and sugar, so we are not quite as free from care as you are over there. "I think, however, we will have . enough of all these things lo make us reasonably comfortable for tile winter, win-ter, if we can secure enough money to pay the price." In a postscript Apostle Smith adds: "Vou oiiftht to be thankful that you live in the Lulled States."