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Show INCREASING PRICES OF LIVING. Notwithstanding the automobiles, the horses in the TJnitecl States increased i,660,867 last year. Then' their vaTue increased more than 1300,000,000. Mriles increased 20,000,000 'during the year, and thenr. value increased $84,000,000.' .. Cows increased 100,p00,000 and their value ,. increased f 1,000,000. Sheep increased 5,000,000 and their value increased to cents per head. ! Other cattle than cows in creased 4,000,000 and their value increased 80,o6o,-000.; 80,o6o,-000.; -'. ;.; -;- ; ;.';u ." The most remarkable feature, of the above in that prices seem to all be on the increase, and it is not strange that workingmen in many places are clamoring for more pay, because their food . costs them fully 25 per. cent more than it did live years ago, and about all that the poor man gets in this world is his clothes and board. .1 |