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U. S. STANDARDS OF LIVING ARE HIGHEST What Americans would have to lose in the proposed reduction of the standâ€" ard of living in the United States to that of the rest of the world, as proâ€" posed by the international industrialâ€" ists and bankers and all others opposâ€" ing the imposition of protective tariffs equal to the difference in wages at home and abroad, is shown by figures presented in an article by . Prof. Thomas J. Wertenbaker, of Princeton university, in "Current History" for October. How America Would Lose If Inâ€" ternationalists Succeeded in Their Efforts An American bricklayer receives as much for eight hours work as a brickâ€" layer receives in Paris in eighty hours, The wages of American bricklayers are made possible by the general level of wages in American industry, which of course must sink to the competitive European level if importations are not weighted with the difference in labor costs at home and abroad. Seven Per Cent of Population We have seven, per cent of the world‘s population, but consume 56 per cent of the world‘s rubber, 21 per cent of its sugar, 36 per cent of its coal, 42 per cent of its pig iron and 69 per cent of its petroleum. ‘The purchasing power of our 122 million inhabitants is equal to that of 500,â€" 000,000 Europeans or more than a bilâ€" lion Asiatics. The average annual wage for both sexes is $1,280 in the United States, and while this is atâ€" tacked as below a theoretical cost of living by socialists and radicals genâ€" erally, there is no country in Europe, Asia or South America in which the average wage level reaches half that amount, or where the purchasing power of the average wage is as much as one half that of the average wage in the United States. Thursday, Dec. 25, 19 This condition prevails in the Uniâ€" ted States despite the fact that since 1902 we have absorbed some sixteen million immigrants, few of whom came to this country with any propâ€" erty of consequence. .In other words, Americans have divided up their wealth with this poverty, and yet have vastly increased the purchasing power of the average wage since 1902. Yet we are compelled to .confront a formidable effort to integrate the economic system of the United States ’Fashioned and Shaped \ Haircuts Prices surprisingly moderate ‘Privacy you‘ll enjoy" HOURS 9:00 to 6:30 Facials and Scalp Treatments by M. Rene de Tourville n# n ; YOUR RAIRDAESSER Enforcing Trapping Law Mostly Matter of Education Is Report with that of Europe and the rest of the world with an announced objecâ€" tive of bringing about a common level of economic welfare throughout the wrldâ€"a levelling process in which the American people. must be subjected to a degradation of their standards. Obtaining obedience to the laws reâ€" lating to trapping furbearing animals, and having pelts in possession out of season, according to Director Ralph E. Bradford, of the state department of conservation, is largely a matter of cooperation and education. â€" To this end, he has worked out plans whereby the big mailâ€"order houses in Chicago pledge their aid in impressinig the necâ€" essity of obedience to trapping laws upon the patrons sending them their pelts.â€" All dealers in raw furs, he says, are required to keep records, open to inspection by state and federal investigators, through which violaâ€" tions of the law are readily detected. His records list some 50 arrests within the past few months, on charges of possessing pelts out of season. Says Poultry Business Maintains Prices Best The poultry industry of America, within the past decade, has been the most fortunate of all branches of the farming business in regard to relative price levels, Gov, Louis L. Emmerson asserted, in an address officially openâ€" ing the National Poultry Exposition, in session last week in Chicago. In relation to preâ€"war price levels, he said, poultry and eggs stand at 158 compared to 134 for grain and 123 for livestock. In his address, the govâ€" ernor traced the trend of poultry raisâ€" ing from asideline, carried on largely by women, to a specialized industry. gion veile Impressive . ceremonie steps of the City hall 5751 RAVENSWOOD AVE. Dc J. H. ANDERSON MONUMENT CO. Mayor T troit, Mich. postor he Phone Long Beach 4646 Finest Display of MEMORIALS in Chicago Ms avol nveils Postor â€"The American eâ€" was recently roFrank Murphy THE° PRES 8 on Le un the at Employment Agencies Giet Many Applications gigpgpiepeipipieieigielgigiermEesielelel@:erleueh g A Good Will Message to % # Our Friends and Patrons Free employment offices, conducted by the state department of labor, reâ€" ceived 7676 applications for jobs and placed 2564 during the week ending Nov. 22, Director Barney Cohen reâ€" ports. The five Chicago offices found work for 1,382 of 5,238 applicants, Higher percentages of placements in rclation to applications were reported from the bureaus in the 15 downstate nbnpbp>rp:>ppppprrrrrbrernerrent pimppieiaigieieienpiersigieieieieieneieneNeiererer § Elm Place Service Station bg Wt We iA k ‘ N 4» M E { {m & Cl L p _ 0h &® 509 Central Ave. BLESSINGS While extending the compliments of the season, we wish to thank you for your patronage and trust that we may have the pleasure of serving you through many years to come. Ccorner of Elm Place and First Street Fell Brothers May the Christmas gift of Provâ€" idence for all your household be permanent â€" prosperity, good health and happiness. This is our Yuletide wish to all our friends . . . for 1931 and every other year. sHOES FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY Highland Park on Your Home cities â€" Aurora, Bloomi Danville, Decatur, Eas Galesburg, Joliet, Mo Quiney, Rockford, Springfield and Waukeg The estate of the soup millionaire who left $150,000,000 must pay a $29,â€" 000,000 tax. ‘Thinning it a bit for the heirs.â€"Cleveland Plain Dealer, â€" Pass This Along Buying now helps the other fellow to do likewiseâ€"Philadelphia Bulletin. Tel. Highland Park 456 Aurora, Bloomington, Cicero, Decatur, East St. Louis, z, Joliet, Moline, Peoria, Diluted Rock Island 1t