Salt Lake Telegram | 1913-11-01 | Page 4 | Cost of Living at Panama

COST OF OP LIVING LIVINa AT PANAMA In the tho American Magazine Magazino Ray Stannard Baker writes a a. remarkable article entitled Tho Glory of Panama Pan ama in which l be he gives a a. most interesting inter est esting n nand and detailed d ac account of ot Uncle Sama success in building the tho canal On tho subject o of the tho cost of living in Panama 2 Mr r. r Baker writes Living is s' s cheaper heaper today on tho i isthmus th- th mus mug than anywhere in America Meats l groceries clothing all cost loss there thoro than in your town or or mine and the tho quality and purity are assured Refrigerated Re Re- meat from Chicago tho the choicest cuts cuta sell at Panama Panuma 2000 miles aw away for less than they do in Lansin Lansing g l Mich l Not only this but the prices in lD these stores at which only canal employees are allowed to trade trado aro from 2 25 to 60 per por cent cheaper than in in neighboring native nativo stores I Imade Imade Imade made personally many comparisons of prices A linen suit of cl clothes thes for which v I paid 9 0 in Panama City was priced iced at 6 in the government store These low prices aro are possible because the tho government buys in immense quantities quantities quan because it its credit is perfect and because all middlemen are eliminated Every ENery employee black yellow or or white has an equal chance to buy bUT at the standard government go prices