Garland Globe | 1909-12-04 | Page 6 | Purchasing Power

Purchasing Power. ! H A young gentleman of our ac- H qualntanco, who had just reached tho H ago of six, was rooently waiting" with. ; H h3 mother for a train, at w railway H station, when ho iroticcdl a ponny-In- H the-slot weighing machine. Ha osked. I bis mother a great many questions ' B about It, and at last received permls- B sion to' drop In hla- penny nnd. bo- ' B weighed. Having obtained tliat 1m- fl ' portant Information, he said: "How fl much would I havo 'weighed, mammar H 1 I had dropped in a dollar?" fl