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Show WAGES EH UGH ENOUGH, irwrn MX tfLafj ,jD'.i sj'- a u r Pay More and Storekeepers Benefit With Workers He Declares MICAGO. March 29. Restoration Of the purchasing power Of the In-dustrlal In-dustrlal population of the United States h of prime importance to both 'the farmer and the storekeeper, B. i M. Jewell, president of the Railway Employes ilepartnient of the American Ameri-can Federation of Labor, said today In continuing his plea before the United Unit-ed States railroad labor board for the federated shopcrafu for an Increase of ages. Mr. Jewell contended hat American! workers have never received adequate wages. If the rates which the shop crafts ask were granted. Mr. Jewell predicted that 'he present demand for n '..,t. fish eggs and milk would be Increased by Hi2.000.ooo pounds PKH Eg m w S Wholesale prices." he said, "cllmb-ed "cllmb-ed Caster and farther than either Wages or retail piiCOft The hdghtfl reached by wholesale prices took mon-ey mon-ey away from the large part of the population with small Incomes and 'gave It to a small part of the popu-'lotlon popu-'lotlon with large incomes. The effect of this distribution was to reduce the proportion oi the na'lonal income spent for food, manufactured clothing, cloth-ing, household furnishings anil similar commodities." STORI Ki l PER E l FFERS The storekeeper. Mr. Jewell suld. thus suffers euually with the wags earner. The financial Intereata, who alone profit bv tbe Inflation and deflation." nld Mr! Jewell, "tell the wage earner earn-er that the corner retailer Is at fault for not reducing prices and tell the great body of storekeepers and professional pro-fessional people that the wage earner !s responsible for not accepting lower wages gracefully."' Summarizing his argument Mr Jewell Jew-ell said that the important thlnir for both storekeepers and farmers today lis a restoration of the purchasing power of the Industrial population " |