156 THE HIGH COST OF LIVING 



culture in the Eastern States and often ultimately 

 destroys it. This is the unseen cost of private own- 

 ership in this field. It cannot be measured. But 

 it is one of the prime causes for the decay of farm- 

 ing, of stock-raising, of dairying, and of market- 

 gardening all around our cities and particularly in 

 the East. 



