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Show HI "THE PEOPLE TO BLAME" "Everyone must begin at one Hj to curtail expenditures for lux Hr uries nou selling at exorbitant Hi prices." Hj Flo, nriviVil William. Mather Lewis, United States treasury H-i department official, speaking in' New York. Ho thinks curtail p mont would put an end to our Br high cost of living "spree.'' Hl May bo so, but how about coffee, bread, meat, butter, eggs potatoes, shoes, clothing, fuel, rent, milk and other such "luxuries" "lux-uries" now selling at exorbitant prices. How can wo curtail, on them when our stomachs, 4hav been trained by nature to ab'li'or a vacuum and our bodies have ' acquired a habit of demanding such protection as clothing and ohoes give? Must bo that Lewis did moid of his New York shopping inC Fifth avenue along Third ave nue. I Another thing ho said: "The; people themselves were to blamel if prices of necessities rose, be cause merchants observed tlm absolute carelessness with whlcbl people parted with the money." i And no doubt many highway men have observed the speeT 'with which holdup victims pailj with their money when con-i fronted with a gun late at nigH on a deserted street, but tliej law dosent blame the victim; i(J sends the robber to prison. 4 Salt Lake Telegram. |
