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Fresh Country Eggs (From Utah) 07

Sugar (From Cuba, or Utah) 00V2

Butter and Cream (From New England) 03

Grand total ... .20

It is not very difficult to obtain FOOD in a country where two people can have
breakfast consisting of all they want or need for a dime apiece! Observe that this
simple breakfast was gathered, by some strange form of magic (?) from China,
South America, Utah, Kansas and the New England States, and delivered on the
breakfast table, ready for consumption, in the very heart of the most crowded city
in America, at a cost well within the means of the most humble laborer.

The cost included all federal, state and city taxes! (Here is a fact the politicians did
not mention when they were crying out to the voters to throw their opponents out
of office because the people were being taxed to death).

b. SHELTER. This family lives in a comfortable apartment, heated by steam,
lighted with electricity, with gas for cooking, all for $65.00 a month. In a smaller
city, or a more sparsely settled part of New York city, the same apartment could
be had for as low as $20.00 a month.

The toast they had for breakfast in the food estimate was toasted on an electric
toaster, which cost but a few dollars, the apartment is cleaned with a vacuum
sweeper that is run by electricity. Hot &nd cold water is available, at all times, in
the kitchen and the bathroom. The food is kept cool in a refrigerator that is run
by electricity. The wife curls her hair, washes her clothes and irons them with
easily operated electrical equipment, on power obtained by sticking a plug in the

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wall. The husband shaves with an electric shaver, and they receive entertainment
from all over the world, twenty four hours a day, if they want it, without cost, by
merely turning the dial of their radio. There are other conveniences in this apart-
ment, but the foregoing list will give a fair idea of some of the concrete evidences
of the freedom we, of America, enjoy. (And this is neither political nor economic
propaganda).

c. CLOTHING. Anywhere in the United States, the woman of average clothing
requirements can dress very comfortably and neatly for less than $200.00 a year,
and the average man can dress for the same, or less.