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Show OUR REDUCED HIGH-COST-OF-LIVING PLAN. Enough has been told the writer to convince him that many of our people arc unnecessarily extravagant in thoir living expenses in Ogden. We are further convinced that many of the housewives in Ogden could learn from their neighbors much that is profitable and worth knowing. Also, that many of our men, with small sal aries and large families, do not do their i.harc in helping the housewife house-wife to bring about economical management of home affairs. We know of one man with a wife and six children who receives re-ceives $90 per month and owes practically every store in Ogden, and, if there is a store he does not owe, it is not the fault of this $90 num. We know of another man with the same number of children chil-dren who received $50 seven years ago, with a gradual increase until un-til he- now receives $75 per month, and in seven years he has saved $900. The last man has the healthier wife and children and is himself him-self in excellent physical condition What is the secret of each? Tho one has misused practically overy business man in Ogden ; the other never has asked for credit. Of course, no one would give a cent for the knowledge of how the $90 man blows in his money, but what is it worth to have the $50 to $75 man tell how he lives, what he cats, and whether the secret is with his wife, or himself, or both' Did he and his wife make sacrifices sac-rifices V They surely did. Did they suffer? We trust they did not. Now there are many in Ogdcn who DO make both ends meet. We want them to tell how they do it In another part of the paper we have offered, $25 in cash prizes for the good women uf Ogden who read this paper to tell how they make both ends meet for les than $S0 per month, and lay aside enough for the rainy day. i We hope those who are fortunate enough to know how to do it will help us teach others. |