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Survoy Shows Increase of 104.5
Per Cent in Last Six
Years
19 PER CENT RISE LAST YEAR
New York. Sept. 1.1. The cost of
lltlne fnr Amcrlrnn wajreenrnprs hns
nrrcnKcd 104.5 per rjnt between July,
11)14, antl July. 1020, npconlln to a
statement lsttcd bf the national Indus
trlnl (-(inference board.
This Increase marks n rise of nearly
in nor cent within the last year and 5
net cent slnco March, 1020, the date of
the board's last surrey.
Clothing, the board's report shows,
has Increased 100 per cent since 1014;
rood. 110 per cent; Biindrfes, 85 per
renti fuel, heat and light, CO per cent,
nml shelter, 58 per cent.
The largest increases reported for
food items since July, 1013, follows:
Sugar, .182 per cent ; potatoes, 308 per
cents Dour, 104 per cent; corn meal,
133 per cent; rice, 114 per cent; bread,
113 per cent; ham, 112 per cent; lamb,
100 per cent ; hens, 107 per cent, nnd
pork chops, 101 per cent.
Detroit Shows Largest Increase
In thirty-fire of the thirty-nine cities
from which retail prices of food hare
been collected, the areragc retail cost
Increased 100 per cent. The largest in
crease reported was from Detroit, 138
per cent, and the smallest was from Los
Angeles, 05 per cent.
The estimated increase in rents of 58
per cent is, based on figures received
from 301 real estate boards and brokers,
chambers ,of commerce nnd ciric organ
izations in practically nil of the cities in
the United States having a population
of C0.000 or more. Only one communi
ty, and that ono very small, did not
note some advance in rents within this
six-year period. In slightly more than
one-quarter of the cities reporting there
had been no change In average rents
since March, 1020, and in nearly one
half of them the increase had been 10
per cent or less.
Eighty-six cities reported increases
of more than CO per cent In rents slnco
July, 1014. Among these were New
York. Chicago. Philadelphia, Detroit,
Los Angeles, Pittsburgh Baltimore and
Cleveland. On the otlier hand, in Bos
ton, St. Louis, San Francisco nnd a
number of smaller cities the increaso
had averaged less than BO per cent.
All reports indicated a continued short
age of .houses und rising rents.
The nverago cost of clothing for
wage-earners in the United States de
creased 4 per cent between March.
1020, and July, 1020. Clothing prices
bdoto me prevailing level in 1014. Be
tween July, 1010. and July, 1020, the
average Increase In the cost of clothing
was 33 per cent.
Cotton Goods Prices Sour
Cotton yard goods, especially the
cheaper and heavier grados, havo con
tinued to ndvanco In price. Hosiery,
knit underwear, men's shirts nnd over
alls, as well as gloves and hats for both
men nnd women, advanced In price
within the four-months period. Tho
average price of certain other articles
declined.
The most marked falling off In prices
noted was in the case of men's and
women's garments made of wool. Wool
en yard goods, shoes and women's
blouses nnd muslin underwear dropped
sllfchtly lu price between March and
llctall prices of anthracite nnd bi
tuminous coal were obtained from 115
dealers in forty-three cities. Averages
of these indicate that between July,
1014, and July 1020, stove anthracite
increased 85.5 per cent, chestnut nn
thraclto 81.4 per cent and bituminous
conl 103.1 per cent.
Inasmuch as price Increases for an
thracite in the districts where nnthrn
cite Is most Important as fuel were
greater thRn tho average for Uic coun
try as a whole, and the same was true
of bituminous coal. It Is estimated that
the total Increase in the cost of coal
for domestic use between Julv. 1014.
and July, 1020. was 02 per cent.
Light Is a less important item of ex
pense In the families of average wage
earners than is fuel. Qas nnd electricity
for domestic use increased in price
about 15 per cent within the six -year
period. Combining these increases ac
cording to the Importance of expendi
tures for each by average families, .it
appears that the total increase In the
cost of fuel, heat and light combined
was' 00 per cent between 1014 and 1020.
Changes in carfare were reported from
153 cities. Fares had been raised In
120 of these since 1014 and had re
mained unchanged in thirty-three. It 1
estimated that tho average increase iu
carfares for the country as n whole, be
tween 1014 nnd 1020, was not more
than 40 per cent.
Doctors' fees nnd the prices of news
papers have been raised unevenly since
1014. Candy, tobacco, household fur
nishings and supplies showed large in
creases in cost. More intmrnnre n-na
being carried, church contributions had
been increased and organization dues
had been raised. All of these factors
indicate that the total increase In the
cost of sundries between Julv. 1014. nnd
uuiy, iuu, average eo per cent.
CHILE'S DEFICIT $15,000,000
Santiago. Chile. Sent. 13. nt.Ho'
budget for 1021 amounts to annrnxl.
matcly $05,000,000, according to figures
submitted to congressional committees
today by Francisco Gana, minister of
nnance. xne acitcit for 1020, with
pending appropriations, probably will
be $15,000,000. Various projects to
cover the deficit were proposed by the
finance minister, these including in
creased taxes on tobacco and Inherit.
anccs, increases In customs dues nnd
the collection of imposts on copper nnd
imported liquors. He estimated these
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FLOWER NIGHT and OPENING NIGHT!
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SPECIAL orENINO DINNER Served From 4 P. M. to 1 A. M. SI
In the Muln Dlnln Salon or In Attractive Private J)ooth.
rnvTiNimtiH nANfriNO llttlit 4 p. m. ti i Yi
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through the STANLEY Company of Amer
ica, which is a guarantee of early showing
of tho finest productions1. Ask for tho
theatre In your locality obtaining pictures
through the Stanley Company of America.
Academy of Music Dr20&,foua,
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A hamkra 12th' Morris & Fassyunle Are.
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HOIlAnT B08WOIITH In
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CJAJIA KIMTUMj TOUNO In
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THOMAS MEIOHAN In
"THE rniNCH CHAP'
ARPAHIA CHBSTmrr biow tera
mnuit 10 a. m. u mis P. 1C
THOMAS UnsiOHAN In
"CIVILIAN CLOTHES"
MODFF 28 OUTH BT. Orcheatn.
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"EVEB OP
THE WOULD"
PVERBROOK veiu, at.
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PALACF lal market btoeet
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"TUB CRADLEHOFTCOunAOB"
PRINCESS -O" M-VnKBT STOEBT
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"ALIAS JIMMT VALENTINE"
BALTIMORF B,, nALTiMona
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... IjyailNFJ O-nntEN In
"A FOOL AND HIS MONEY"
BLUFRIRH BROAD BTREET AND
UL,ULDHU SUKQUBnANNA AVB.
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BROADWAY nroaa Bnr'',r at-
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CAPITOI 722 MARKET BTRBHTT
Vr .,0 A. M. to 11 115 P. 1
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COLONIAT atn- MapUwood Avw.
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"nURNINO DAYWOHT"
EMPRESS ""N BT" MANATUNK
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FAIRMOUNT s!,
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"THE 8L1M PRINCESS"
FAMILY "IBATRB lail Market 4K.
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"THE FOURTEENTH UfAM"
56TH ST THEATRE Tl.low Bprue.
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REGENT ".FfF .BTv. Delow -tth
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, . ALICE BRADT tn
TOB DARK LANTERN"
RIALTO aUnMANTOWN, AVTB.
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M-cLEAN AND MAY ln
"LET'S BE FASHIONABLE"
RUBY & ?';, Dow TTH
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SAVOY "" MARIJET BTRKBT
CONSTANCE 8TA-L ADOF1"01"
"IN BEAnCH OF A BINNER"
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WILLIAM FARNmt n
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VICTORIA Wi?VPtME
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MAnY PICKFORD In
"REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM"
CEDAR 0TU AND CBDAI AVBNUa
ENID BENNETT In
"STEPPINQ OUT"
FRANKFORD 4T1B ivlAHr0KD
"THE HEART OF A CHILD"
L-reat Northern TtXi 0tn?r,,
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IMPERIAL &
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"JENNY. BE QOOD"
LEADER 4,ST LANa8TKn AVB.
ti . , MATINBB DAILY
.....,.n,T'I'Tn BURKE In
"AWAY OOES rilUDENCB"
LIBERTY Droa Columbia Ara,
..yi'WAM DESMOND In
A linOADWAY COWBOY"
333 MARKET SlR??? 3,
COLISFUM "ARKET 1ETWEEN
BRYANT WASHBURN In
THE BINS OF ST. ANTHONY"
HIMRO nNT 8T. A OIBARD AV
JUIIIUU Jumho Junction on Frankford "W
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MARJOniB RAMRBAU In
THE FORTUNE TELLER"
NIXON MD AND "ABK5SBB7
BRUCE OOnDON In
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RIVni I t2D AND SANOOU On.
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ETHEL CLAYTON In "
"CnOOKED STREETS"
STRAND rAn
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"HOMKn COMES HOME"
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WEST ALLEGHENY Ajji,
H. R. WALTHALL In "
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TRAVELING IN
TO VISIT HARDING
Senator Will Expound His Busi
noss Views on Septem
ber 25
NATIONAL LEAGUE GROWING
WaMilnRton, Sept. 13. Senator
Hurglnic will present hla "buslnciw
platform" to a delegation of traveling
men from all partB of the country In
ms last formal front-porch speech on
September 2.I. according to an anoiince
meiit m-ido yesterdnr liv the Traveling
?,Icn ? J?urc. "f the Itcpubllcan Na
tional Committee. More than a thou
sand traveling men from large cltle
throughout tho country will make the
,r.tn ;".r.,nn ,no announcement Knfil.
The National Harding and Coolidge
Traveling Afon'n Unma. wdl!h k malt
ing tho arrangements for the meeting
at Marlon, claims to have already about
10.000 member. If rennrtii that or
ganizations havo been perfected lu many
states to further tho Republican cause.
xiic Japanese question, railway la
bor, naturalization of allies and con
stitutionalism head tho list of subjects
to bo discussed by Senator Harding In
front-jiorcli speeches during the coming
week.
Tho Republican nomlnco's views on
the Japanese nroblem. as It Is oresentcd
in conditions on the Pacific coast, are
to be set forth on Tuesday In an ad
dress to a delegation of Callforniabs.
He has conferred with a number of
Republican leaders from the connt states
on the subject nnd has c61lectcd con
siderable data in preparation for the
speech
Two recent utterances of Senator
Harding, one in his speech of accept
ance, and tho other in his business
address of Saturday, clearly forecast
tho line tho Republican nominee may
bo expected to follow when he deals
more fully with national financial
probloma in the near future. It is
apparent his plan for the administra
tion of federal fiscal affairs will be
predicated upou what ho considers the
Immediate necessity for a more equi
table cdjustment of taxes and thoobvl-
ous tlu'ty of tho government to restore
tho par vaun of Liberty and Victory
bonds, .
In his address of accentanco on July
22 Senator Harding said:
"I believe this government should
make its Llbcrti nnd Victory bonds
worth all that its patriotic citizens paid
in purchasing them."
He told the business men who visited
him Saturday that ho favored a read
justment of internal taxation.
"Particularly," ho continued, "do
wo need to readjust tho excess-profits
tax, to rcinnvo tho burdens it Imposes
upon tho will to crento and produce,
whether that will is tho will of the big
on Castings
Machine Molding Our Specialty.
Limited capacity for prompt
delivery.
Fleet of Motor Trucks make daily
deliveries to Philadelphia
and vicinity.
Call, write ar phono Z,andale
Lansdale Foundry Co., Lansdale, Pa.
Gray lr
corporation, tho small corporation or
tho Individual," -
Slnco Senator Harding virtually has
advocated tho removal of tho excess
profits tax, generally believed to bo the
chief cavsn for tho high cost of living
and a tax which Is rapidly defeating
peso or favor a subntltute, which
needed to raua additional revra
program for tariff, Increases, It tt
understood, cannot suutilv tha
which will bo needed to defray XM
understood, cannot suppli
which win Do needed to el
penses of tho government,
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gathers over the city. Al
though it is mid-afternoon,
lights are turned on sud
denly in thousands of offices
and homes., So sudden and
so great is this demand for
lights that the generators
in the central power sta
tions cannot be brought
into action quickly enough
to supply the current. Huge
Exide storage batteries are
called on to furnish power
through the emergency. So
powerful-are these batter
ies, weighing hundreds of
tons, that in any crisis they
can supply 80,000,000
candle-power, enough to
light almost every light on
Manhattan Island.
Other great Exide Bat
teries are safeguarding, ir?
a variety of ways, the street
car and elevator service of
Greater, New York. More
than 95 per cent of the cen-
i.l station batteries in
- -rierica are Exide.
At the other extreme in
size is the little Exide used
for lighting motorcycles.
Whether it be for automo
biles, mine locomotives, in
dustrial trucks, or propel
ling our submarines under,
the sea, there is an Exide
Battery for every purpose.
And back of each Exide
is the experience and re
sources of the oldest and
largest manufacturers of
storage batteries in the
world.
THE ELECTRIC STORAGE BATTERY CO.
Branches In 17 Cities PHILADELPHIA Service Statlpns Everywhere
Philadelphia Office: Allegheny Ave. and 19th St.
Oldest and largest manufacturers in the world of
storage batteries for every purpose
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of battery you have in your car. Your bat
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