...difference between the old and the new order of things was a trifling one. " Before the war," he said, " I went to market with the money in my pocket, and...the basket, and bring the things home in my pocket." As I was returning to my home after the surrender at Appomattox Court House, a party of us stopped...

...ON If you've been to the supermarket lately, you'll appreciate this anonymous journalist's view on purchasing power: "Before the war I went to market...that's the Civil War the writer was talking about. THE PHILOSOPHER'S CUP: FOR PUTTING FOOD INTO THE BIGGER PICTURE Some of the clearest observers on the...

...situation arose not unlike that which existed in the States of the South during the American Civil War: " Before the war I went to market with the money in...basket, and bring the things home in my pocket." The decline in the exchange rates of the mark was caused partly by inflation and partly by the excessive,...