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Show j STORES SELLING AT COST TO WORKMEN The high eoet of living became such a serious problem for the New i ork Elevated railroad that the company H was forced to either increase wages H or provide means whereby its em- R ployes could obtain necessities at low- Hj er prices Any considerable increase K in wages was impossible because the 1 road could not Brant the increase and Bj avoid bankruptcy So the alternative was adopted by the opening of four B company stores where the employes if H the railwav are now buying goods at H an average cost 30 per cent below th H retail prices in the other stores of H New York city The railway maln- H tains the stores without expense to the employes and sells the goods on B the shelves at cost In that way the big reduction is made Furthermore. H there is no delivery expense, and that B reminds us of the great waste of en B crgy and money which the delivery fl service, demanded by the housewives 1 of Ogden. has brought about H Every grocery in the city has its h horses going at top speed all day B long, covering this city, which Is 36 B blocks long and 10 blocks wide, seven jVMV blocks to a mile All the butcher jVP shops have the same system, their j teams crossing nnd recrossing t ho jVMV same routes, in the serving of the Jpi homes of the city. But the Independ- jPJ ent meat market has made a move in jpB the right direction Those who go to jpi the market to trade and carry home jPjV their purchases are allowed the cost jpjB of maintaining horses, wagons and JPJ auto deliveries, amounting to a large jH sum each day. Those who desire their 3 1 meats delivered, pay so much per II block estimated at actual expense I of the dlivery. People thus are I learning two things that shopping is a source of satisfaction in obtaining exactly what they want, and that these little economies total dollar In the course of a few months and help reduce the high cost of living. The time will come when the de-jj de-jj livery system in Oeden will he cut J down to a few teams, and when the Independent meat market rule will be followed generally ThlB reminds us that in Dubuque, i fa., the expense of the delivery sys- tem has been overcome by the estab bailing of a market place where thtj people buy. and the fame of this mar- ' ket has made Dubuque a most attra-i the place for homeseekers, and even for factories that seek contentment j among the workmen |