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In the Driftway
March 20, 1920 issue

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It is a pleasure to see that the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a rise of eight per cent, in the wholesale price of food during last January. Not that the columnist Drifter enjoys a higher cost of living, but he does appreciate official confirmation of a fact he was sure of anyhow. It proves that even the U.S. Government is sometimes right. By the simple expedient of noting the increased prices of the sandwiches and the diminishing size of the pieces of cake in the quick-lunch rooms, the Drifter arrived some time ago at about the same conclusion that the government has now reached

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FOOD prices; COST & standard of living; WHOLESALE prices; PRICE increases; UNITED States. Bureau of Labor Statistics; UNITED States
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