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Show HIGH COST OF LIVING. This high cpst of living problem has penetrated the halls of congress, and when It comes to tho solving of problems prob-lems of domestic economy Congressman Congress-man J Hampton Moore of Philadelphia Philadel-phia t.as the frugal housewife all to the bad. But Moore has overlooked the beef and the sugar and has Joined the Jim Hill decriers or extravagance. Congressman Mooro has completed a list of luxuries apparently deomed essential In this era of rapid living which comes short of being a Joke. His statistics show that these luxuries Consumed In a single year would complete a chain of cnnals from Boston Bos-ton to Key West: that tho Jewelry sold represents more than twice the cost of building the Panama canal i and that tho nickels annually spent I for tho pink anu brown sizzling soda water are sufficient to complete the ' inland waterway svstem for which all South Texas Is so ardently pitting. According to Moore, the boya and girls of tho country, as well as tho adult masticators of chlclo spent $25,-OOO.MO $25,-OOO.MO last year on chewing gum. The candy bill In thp United StateB last year reached tho astonishing aggregate ag-gregate of $78,010,000 The 8"da water bill In this country, where It flourishes as In no other In tho world, was the shall wo say cool sum of $320,000,000. Washington Washing-ton Lottor to Houston Post. |