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 COST OF LIVING j I

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 The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics for the year 1933
determined the cost of living for an averse feail-r o-' four persons i
where the head of thenc f:anily earned irom $YD0 to $2J'0,) per aanum, in
some 92 cities anCd tovwns in forty-t'wo states of the Union. In deter- t:
mining the cost of living they ascertained th,? cost of the consumption i
of items of food, clotniin2, house furniture, house furnishings, rent, :1
fuel, light and miscellaneous iteias incluin; insurance, amusements,
taxes, liquor, tobacco, books, travel, ne7wsczioers, ilags-:ines, doctor
bills, berber, school e:.oense, tclc hione, streEt cr-r fire and so forth,|IF

 On the basis of calcul&tioa, it "!as round t'-at t.ie cost of livi iig
for the average .,or'.kia.r nran's fs;:iil of four -jeron-is in ',:v York was
$1428, -per annum; i i Chica.o, $1277 Der a'.uwn; -:ind in St. Louis, $1219..0

 Since %:e have n- office :A figures on JoAtin, ..issouri, ve set fort.
the following table, Fivinv- t:,is caicul3tioi, base. on the s-c.-ie items
included in tne calculation for the faijil- in :T.e',- York!, for various
cities amd to';ns whichc h conLitions are' similar to thuse in Joplin, and.
certain> the cost of livi .,! 'c'culd not be i-.iiher in JoAlln th.n in the
following cities: (T-.e ojul:.tion in Jo1,n, iissouri, is anoroximatel
33,000)


City Foulation Cost of Living A of Yew; York

Hannibal, l.Io. 22,761 $900 6. 03' "$
Belleville, Ill. 28, ':5 394 .46
Decatur, 11.1. 57,512 boo 61.9;
Springfield, Ill. 71,8664 6?76 61.34,.
Danville, Ill. 36, 765 co70 60.9;
Jacksonville, Ill. 17,747 735 59.73 o


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