| Show I I Both Poor and Rich Complain I lIE gentle art of oi g getting gating back to normalcy does not seem T TUB to be bo working out very will well in practice The fhe rich are not the if their plaints are to be bo any better satis satisfied lI than LUU poor r C. C of unscientific system believed Rich mch men point out that our taxation is stripping them of two-thirds two of their income and as asa asa asa securities their into non taxable must put money moncy result they a other On the instead of into the lines of industry side ide of the fence we wo learn that the workingman's wages have 11 not kept in step with the cost of living and so ho he is dissatisfied of Unquestionably there has been en a more marked readjustment wa wages in man many lines than there has in the prices one must pay for the things necessary to live Compared with the top prices price readied reached during daring the war boom in May 19 1920 O there thero has haa been a decline in prices of ot 29 2914 perA per the fact u it but cent This standing alone sounds encouraging H A stand 53 cent above the avera average an August August Au Au- that prices today Gays s per gust 1 I 1914 according ing to figures supplied by II R. II Dunn Colbe Co has bos to ui us gradually stealing on onus onus onus tilt in prices price however come us as wo we slept For instance in November it was only 1 per cent The total advance however since January 1 1922 baa has been 12 per cent and disguise ise it as ns we may the housewife has i felt the strain The big bu business linc of the world worl is J done dono on credit which is moro more or less feu elastic but the wife wite of the mall email wage Garner earner must settle with t this the o butcher and the tho grocer every week The inclination ii lit to blame the tho small merchant in the beliefs belief s that he be is charging extortionate but as a fact net he ho is a. a ask as J JI of the m as the tho ultimate consumer The A much in tho the grip system k I trouble lies with our army I of ot middlemen and oar our faulty means of distribution The army of hands through h which an ao apple nm- nm nutt t pass from fron tree to table i is enough b to make mak the angels weep Apples selling at 25 cents centa each decorate many New York store i windows and in the fashionable shops they are being offered at three for a dollar doller |
