Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1920 — Expenses Low In Australia. [ARTICLE]

Expenses Low In Australia.

It is hard to imagine in this country, but, -according to Mark Sheldon, Australian trade representative .his country la in a daqs by itself, so far as the cost of living is concerned. Living costs have Increased but 30 per cent, and a four-room cottage rents for from S2O to $25 a month. There is no I. W. W. and employers and labor unions are forced by law to arbitrate. There is no new tax to pay the war debt, and the country has three crops of wheat, to put on - the market, according to Mr. Sheldon. Soldiers are paid $lO a week by the government until they secure Jobs.