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chased consists of hog hvers, hog kidneys, neck 

 bones, hog faces, etc." 



That similar conditions hold true in the poorer 

 sections of New York is evidenced by the testimony 

 of Miss Helen Todd, who was appointed to investi- 

 gate the effect of the high cost of food on school 

 children and reported that their scholarship had 

 been measurably lowered through malnutrition. 



In the important item of shoes we have the word 

 of Mr. James Coward, the well-known shoe manu- 

 facturer, that staple shoes that were sold at $3.95 a 

 pair two years ago sell to-day for $6.50. Kidskin 

 that was 32 cents a foot a year ago is now 80 cents 

 a foot. Ajid the price of shoes is still climbing, with 

 the prospect that there will be a still greater increase 

 this year than last. 



Contrasted wath these hardships which affect the 

 great bulk of our people is the economic position of 

 2 per cent, of them, who own among them 65 per 

 cent, of the countiy's total wealth.^ It is to this 

 class and those just below them that the great pros- 

 perity about which we have heard so much lately 

 has fallen. The}^ are the stockholders and directors 

 of the big coiporations which have grown rich on 

 war profits, the holders of stock in the munitions 

 industry, and the directors of the loan-floating bank 

 syndicates. War profits have not gone to clerks, 

 teachers, professional men, or persons with a fixed 



* Estimate of Professor King, of the University of Wisconsin. 



