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PUTNAM, CONN., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 19, 1916.
OBSERVATIONS AND REFLECTIONS
Cost of Living and of Married Life—Hints from
New York, Memphis, Peoria and Putnam -
Chamber of Commerce on the Carpet
—Who Wrote to The Sun
BY SHEPARD
What tIlls town needs is for people
tl, come right out and say what they
,l,i„k about tilings. If a fellow sees
that the t itV is being run wrong, or the
people are not on the right track, why
doesn't he speak up? This is the way
to do it. This 19It) model was printed
ill the New York Sun of April 2nd.
To the Kilitor of The Sun:
The working people of this part ol
the country can be divided into two
kinds those who earn $1,0U0 a year
and are intelligent and those who earn
{-.on a vear and are ignorant. The out
look for workmen in the latter class
to get into the first class is hopeless.
Many of the $">(>() kind can only be
called "half men". The cost of living
in this country for married people is
{l.Hiio a year.
"Must a man live a single life in
this country when he gets $.)00 a year.’
It looks so. as he is not going to get
any wealthy woman to marry him.
■ What kind of a country is this,
where a man should earn $1,000 a year
and can only earn $.">00? Is anything
going to he done about it? In my opin
ion the United States of America is
composed of a majority of fools, both
men and women. When are the peo
ple going to get wiser?
A SUNDAY SUN HKADHU.
Putnam, Conn., March 30.
