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Lower living costs in cities : a constructive programme for urban efficiency /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: King, Clyde L. (Clyde Lyndon), 1879-1937 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York and London : D. Appleton and Company, 1915.
Series:National Municipal League series.
Subjects:
Cost and standard of living > United States.
Cities and towns > United States.
Coût et niveau de la vie > États-Unis.
Villes > États-Unis.
Cities and towns.
Cost and standard of living.
United States.
Online Access:http://link.library.utoronto.ca/eir/EIRdetail.cfm?Resources__ID=487736&T=F
Table of Contents:
  • The twentieth century city
  • Lower living costs in cities
  • Food for the cities
  • The cost of food distribution
  • Forces fixing wholesale prices
  • The middleman
  • Controllable elements in retail prices
  • A shorter route from producer to consumer
  • Agencies for better local distribution
  • Municipal markets and other means of direct marketing
  • Standardixation and efficient marketing through producers' coöperation
  • What consumers' coöperation
  • A city program for lower food costs
  • Productivity through health conservation
  • Vitality through recreation
  • Elements in a constructive housing program
  • Educational costs versus educational results
  • Lower utility costs
  • Taxation and governmental efficiency.