Dear Editor:
I read your (column Aug. 8 The Best Sellers’ List) in The Millington Star concerning the cost increase in fast food. I don’t eat fast food so I will have to assume your data are correct but it would have been a more informative article if you had compared and contrasted food prices with increases in wages.
Many years ago I remember buying a hamburger for 25 cents but wages for common labor was $1/hour. Later, if a person earned $100/week he was well paid. However, the 25 cent hamburger no longer existed. As time passed, someone earning $10,000/year was considered successful. Guess what, the price of that hamburger went up. Now someone earning that amount of money would be below the poverty line.
My point is that when wages go up there is usually a corresponding increase in prices. One can only hope that wages increase at a rate exceeding price increases. Partial pictures can be misleading.
By the way, I enjoy reading that particular section of The Millington Star. It is usually informative and well written with this one minor exception.
Very respectfully,
D. E. Gosnell
