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and Service 300v QComprisoll of Cost of 1iving 0r'ces - and, Resiolntiat .Electricity pOr05e 1911 to!932., 2 5 0.4', -7---- -------- 250% Fro. 1923 bo19 29, t,. cob n css 200 - ~o 'n piac'scoII, se s1 csd, 200 pnes kepf on dedinng ffsot '113, COST 0F LIVING' 150 trî<ty Itas decbed! ~~~A Q~VEAE RATE FOR 8'nc193: 50 - -RESIDENTIAL E1ECTRICfTY 50.. preven ted h.~~~~ Th rsi euctions: recently mnade ini commodity prices only bring them down to levels that lec- triciltyand gashave been, on for years. lI addition Vo Éviq dlecroasing ftl),IcV$ 0 parî'd Vo thle. éom qf living. ibis 'la aiso showf-x hem the iuse i<4 dlctric. itY in hbomesliae linountied upifaril during' the la>si few i cars. In the. commtnunities fserved by this Company e electric rates have been ,lowered four times in the last 12 years, and most' of these reductions were, made when gen- eral commodity prices were either going up or higyh levels. In spite of the Iole - i . f -COS! ýLIV ING 4,, o 1911 1913 118923 1928 1933 IN TIMES like these it is perfectly, n atural that people should scrutinize expenditures more closely than ever be- blj;ll lu lving c.AfFiA s WJi uUy 4 , less than the 1913 dollar-and yet the same dollar 'spent for electricity will buy 85", more than the 1913 dollar. The reducuions that have been made ini both gas and clectrie rates since August 1, ý 7