Show CHANGED CONDITIONS OF LIFE The miners of Penns Pennsylvania are unable to live li in 1102 1902 for what they did id in The prices of the necessaries faries of life have in four years Jears so advanced ad as itS to for fOl force e a n strike for higher wages One of oC the strikers distinctly alleges that he and his fellows s seek eJ an increase of wages in keeping with the prices we have ha to pa pay for fOl the necessaries of life He quotes figures to support his contention In 1002 1902 I Ille have ll e to pay SO 80 cents per gallon for oil that I use in inthe inthe inthe the mines mines but hut the cans only hold three quarts Everything E else is in proportion itemized as follows for Cor the years 1898 and 1102 1902 Prices es In Prices s In InISS ISS Bank oil per gallon r s S 80 M Powder Poder per pr I keg kep l' l 12 1 2 Flour Olour per ller barrel IW ro jOO Bacon per pound OS 3 1 IS 3 3 2 Beef DeeC per pound oS 3 3 1 18 IS Granulated sugar per pr pound ci 00 Dol 2 1 12 10 Tea per pound 40 41 70 0 Canned Canne per por dozen 64 0 Corn oer bushel joo lOO Rice per pound CS 15 OS 3 1 Breakfast food per box IQ io 10 16 Rolled nolte- I oats per box o OS QS 3 1 12 2 1 2 1 Currants per pound 00 W l-l l i. I-i. 12 2 l- l 3 1 Raisins per pcr pound OS 3 1 i 2 i. i Dried apples per pound 04 12 2 1 2 Meal r oc-r bu bushel ro o pi 10 11 Lard per pound OT 2 1 13 Dried Drle beans benns per pound 03 3 03 0 Condensed milk per dozen cans ClOS U 1 lEO 10 salt per pound 01 01 4 11 i 4 1 Toll t soap Foai tier Iler er box 10 10 23 Cheese pr pcr pound 03 os l 3 3 1 20 1 flutter Butter per pound 3 3 23 3 Vinegar a per gallon g 20 0 4 40 4 Potatoes per bushel j 73 75 11 Kerosene lerosen oil oil per gallon salton 30 10 0 20 Laundry soap per dozen ozen bars bar 25 50 W Hum pt per r pound j. j 12 12 18 IS |