Show 41 LIVING AND T MIM dut dia s huf hu catli cst li babl of statistics showing the comparative coat cost of living only ehrp of life lire tire counted hr ir mild nt at whole ale prices in WO 1860 according am to thew tho the w statistics the annual cost of living wito aj the coat cost wab by th har more than once und is half it baing in lit september 1844 71 thia this Is the tile Ilig highest hest point alv it in fit lite dun iun table tables prices alun begun to fall the tile gotali being bang 47 7 for ra 8 for 1875 ua CH for ism 1880 und and 0 40 for 18 thu the cost cf of living did not again artach until december 1901 lal and uni january Ta nuary 1 several eina tn 1 rotund lt hua has leached chii atno gy gk ing its e high n its gl 61 in ili 1 tho tito boston herald fists is table to point an anti tariff viar jl 1 as well it indy lite Ine in t thee ho earlier artler scars wits in tho thoice stein items on which thy the tariff burden ml fell most he deavil avil between imo 10 und and WA the price of breadstuffs u doubled its did the price et of datry dalry and unit cardeti product white the price ot of meat ineat increased f froni rout 10 olt 04 to 17 73 on the other band t lothine loth lne increased Inci Incie eased used in cost nearly 11 aho ve old told 22 03 to sa s1 67 inet ola rose from froin 1 14 67 to JC I 1 19 tn ili othel other worde the coat cost of iho the war was wa 11 to the tile coniam ConI lm er by the tarin the ro to elving for its it noceda only it share of tin the burden which was fin posed upon the tile patient baek of the lite wu sumer thus the con bamer paid for the tile wm at for the union und anti nt at tile uumo litno enriched cd tho who were protected by the tariff the Thy WIlson bill 11 imperfect its a aery ono one idu ilta it to haa 1 iwori front the tariff tho the cost of living iu itai I 1 it waa was A ia 15 in iau the tile bof tho the law II 11 wits att so 90 w j the tile contin lied tied in ili 19 1896 ft t wp in 1897 it wb alo 73 75 CU 0 in january und nd tn in july it wim in 1894 tho the dingle law went into und and the lost of it ing begun began tu to I 1 ise until in 1803 1899 it U was vae sc Q in february in fit IWO IM it was 93 95 a 2 and in Demin deminter ber 1001 1901 it had reached iu in march of thia this year iwa tho tile coat cot of living las vas und and in july luat last it wits fm ss 31 tables of this sort soi t nr anre misleading mislead lug in n so far ud as they load lead ono one to imagine that cent af living la Is as poorly equal te to cost before the tile war its a the make it appear in the first 11 ra placy place whole prices then bote a it closer relation to bretall prices than la Is uw now the tase case trans pollution was not 0 o heavy a factor then aud had not suo site ceedee in holding up market prices to the same extent as its it now does monger Aloie luxuries hae hane to it lurge large extent come to bo be and foni fam allea can call no longar bo content to llo lle without the faulta und and delicacies which were once tho thought this ia Is well for the tile producers of luxuries if it the country were viere its s content to me without orang s as it once was california imd and fruit growers would stano stan e government are trying to allow the tile aeple how flow to ahe on tile especially such as ore are particularly nutritive liko dried peas und and but we are despos t to doubt any result accruing the Am american whatever vur ills his occupation has to the on bread and dried peas he lie will but it will 1 when it la Is aled filed out by bonte soup litchee charity supply so long ua us he has any kind of a wace he will havo have tho the best his money will buy this ie Is not wise from front the personal DO no doubt doulat but it la Is the sal sat vanlou of the country industries Indu 4 when the auterio in workmen eu begin be 91 in t to hoard board their money biere eru will need to be a greater 1 or now new markets than ever but liere were Is no dan ian ger he will att wit ease cease i to do bla lis share toward inaki making ncr it lively merkt t for nil lilt th bilings I 1 a go good to c it slun of tho the country merchants put up great talk about the mail order hodies in n tho the culea cities which are getti tig their trade away froni from them but with ith all this outcry they mo uto doing nothing to prevent it you cant prevent people buying whery they cau buy the tile cheapest simply by use 0 of in n vec tive the only wnm country chants can a expect le t e compete with finall ardt r hoists ie Is by meeting jhc thc thun lit on their own ground by advertising la Is absolutely no hope for the i illume iner chuot until ho lie corrects a 1 tow few of ills tits time botn i about 1 averting Ader advertising telling what 3 ou havo to sell and tho price the tito argument tha thaou aou have hivo been in busi neom a long unto and ho the people know does not suffice tho the people cure care very little clont 3 ou oti personally so nall nally but it id la 3 bour our goolst itna the price nt at which you mil sell them |