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Show THE COST OF LIVING j There are a few fundamental facts regarding everyday affairs which should be more generally understood. Since 1913 the cost of living has gone up 65 per cent.. This means that you are paying 65 per cent more for your clothes, rent, groceries, meat and such monthly month-ly bills, than you were 1 2 years ago. Contrast this with achievement of electric light and power industry in-dustry during the same years. Figures taken from Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor, show that the cost of electricity has actually gone down since 1913. Few other commodities or services, except insurance, can show, a record. The cost of government during this same period has in many instances doubled and trebled. One trembled to think what would have happened to electric light and power industry and insurance in-surance business if they had been owned by the government and the cost for these indispensable services had been increased in proportion propor-tion to cost of government. |