Show II t I ANOTHER REASON FOR HIGH COST OF LIVING II 1 I f We have heard many theories advanced for the present high I I I cost of living but the latest and most plausible cause is that ad advanced advanced by Professor Benjamin Clark Marsh I who states that the I i i I remarkable increase in the population of the big cities of the coun com country country I try shown by the thirteenth census is one of the leading causes of 1 the prevailing high cost of living We will have to stop land speculation spec and eliminate the cost 11 II transit said Mr Marsh if we wish to reduce the tho high cost of living for they are two fundamental matters which make life ex expensive II pensive for urban dwellers While the census returns show that Detroit is the leader in inthe ini i 1 the rapid growth of the big cities in this country several of tho the boroughs in New York have exceeded Detroit De oit The Tho Bronx for in instance inI instance I stance has increased its population pop ne n arty arly twice as rapidly as De Detroit DeI I troit t i I 1 V This phenomenal jump has increased living because w we wc e have 1 been concentrated in cities particularly arly large cities persons who I JI II could and should sho d provide for themselves elves on a farm I I Then again our centers of production are enormous dis dia distances J from our centers of consumption We have in New York II i City roughly speaking of the total population pop of the tho I II country The raw material for the goods wo we produce is shipped here jj G from all parts of the tho country and ond then shipped back buck again Some Somebody Somebody ii I body pays the freight and iti iii is the consumer in the long run who is J made to pay the expense of shipping goods two ways I 1 I I Another point is that we are housing our poor Y Yi i Land for tenement dwelling houses in certain parts of New York isI is I worth from 13 a square foot upwards If we distribute fao fan fanI t I tories tones and population pop so that toilers could walk to their work New NewYork NewYork NewYork York could cut cutt out a year in car fares and still provide i 1 I better housing than is provided today |