Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 167, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1914 — LOWER LIVING COST [ARTICLE]

LOWER LIVING COST

Style Craze and European Tripe Adi to Cost of Living. Two causes contributing to the high cost of living are frequently overlooked. The first cause is th e tremendous waste caused by the rapid chang. lag of feminine fashions. The woman who wishes to be stylishly dressed Is obliged to spend large sums of money > on clothes she really does not need; and in her anxiety to outshine her neighbors she continually purchases new garments and throws away the old long before they are worn out. The second cause is the great amount 'of American money spent in Europe by American tourists and returning European emigrants. The other day ten trans-atlantic steamers left New York, each carrying more than a thousand passengers. As the average tourist spends SI,OOO or more in “seeing Europe,” this means that oyer $1,000,000 left America in a single, boat. At this rate, more than $3,650,000,000 of American money is spent yearly in Europe; and still we wander what is the matter with our flnances. There is only one. way In which this loss can be made up—that is from the soil; and the only method by which this can be brought about is by putting farming on a business basis,