For all these, and many other reasons, it is easy to see that the poor man must pay high prices.

Even his luxuries, his beer and tobacco, he purchases at exorbitant rates.
It is sometimes held sufficient to reply that the poor are thoughtless and extravagant.

And no doubt this is so.

But it must also be remembered that the industrial conditions under which these people live, necessitate a hand-to-mouth existence, and themselves furnish an education in improvidence.
Sec.5.Housing and Food Supply of the Poor .-- Once more, out of a low income the poor pay high prices for a bad article.

The low physical condition of the poorest city workers, the high rate of mortality, especially among children, is due largely to the _quality_ of the food, drink, and shelter which they buy.