Show income I 1 disparities real income of wage and salary earners continues to drop while farmers income still is rising it has been revealed by a monthly investor syndicate survey of purchasing power real heal income Is the relationship lation ship ot of revenue to the cost of living wage and salary earners now have only about 08 96 cents of buying power for each dollar a year ago while farmers have apar approximately axim at ely at the same time the biggest cause of the wage earners problem Is the sharp rise in the price of food the average family now pays more than for the same amount of food that a dollar bought a year ago it also pays for each do dollar on rent to the 1848 1946 douar dollar tor for clothing and tor for miscellaneous expenses this continued divergence between farm and city buying power the survey pointed out indicates that a serious unbalance may threaten the stability of our economy A close balance Is essential |