Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-07-07 | Page 4 | Your PocketBook

I YOUR POCKETBOOK. H Even in hot weather you arc lnter- sted in money how to get more dot i lars, how to got more out of each dol- Bli ' ' ' it costs you $155 now to buj what HI' ost $100 in July, 1914 This Is tho H latest report of the National Industrial I Conference Board, which figures that I ... -J a wage-earner's cost of living is 56 j j per cent higher than pre war, i Some things have dropped in price j; more than others. (j The board, striking an average for j ths whole country, finds that prices ! are above- pre war in these pcrccnt- '' dges: food 39, shelter 65. clothing 56, I fuel and lighting 74 and sundries or H incidentals 74 per cent j You noto that prices are out of bal- j a nee. There's no equilibrium. That's why business revival is coming fas- jj 'er in some industries than others. It's tike a wstch with each wheel going at j a different speed, the whole thing keeping "hnd tlfne " A shotgun that costs &u cents in German enters our country and la sold to a consumer for $15. A bird cage sells for $1.20 in Ger many, crosses Ihe ocean, and an American goes into a store and pays $11 tor it These and similar rases are observed ob-served by Senator Watson of Indrnna The buying power of our dollar seems to ary with tho parties that are doing the buying, even making allowances al-lowances for the costs of distribution How about tho Oorman workman who produces these cheap products? He is working for low wages living on the equivalent of 40 cents a day in American money, according to Con gressman ira l. iopio. wno recently uas been touring Germany You ponder all these facts, and arc apt to come io the logical conclusion that something is, wrong with the sys- tern of money, slnctf the dollar is like a ! yardstick that measures three feet in on plaoe and three incL'3 in another ( Considering Its peculiar and uncer-(ain uncer-(ain behavior, It Is small wonder that ' DkOney Is as hard to catch as a greased Mone Is the most imperfect or J man's inventions. nn