Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 118, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 September 1931 — Page 10

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RENT FAILS TO DEGREASE WITH COST OF LIVING Worker’s Shelter Expense Almost Same As It Was In 1929. Hu United Preaa WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.—The salaried man and the wage earner whose income has been reduced by wage cuts is paying approximately a quarter less for his food than he did in 1929 but the cost of a house to shelter him remains almost the same. Associates of President Hoover describe the administration as feeling that wages should remain up until rents join more actively in the downward march of the cost of living Department of labor statistics show that since December 1, 1929 — a date immediately after the break in the stock market which marked the beginning of business decline—the cost of living has decreased 12.31 per cent. Purchasing Power Lower The major portion of this decrease has been in the price of 'pod, which has dropped 25.1 per cent. Clothing has declined 9 per cent. Rent is only 6.51 per cent lower now than it was in 1929. While the working man’s cost of living has gone down 12.31 per cent, according to the department’s statistics, his total purchasing power since 1929 has fallen far more than that in its total purchasing power, which the department’s economists consider of the greatest importance in studying possibilities of improved conditions. Pay Cuts Vex Officials The department’s reports show that the total pay rolls of 14,000 representative concerns in the country have decreased 37 per cent. Wage reductions now are expected to bring the percentage still higher. In view of these figures important officials seemed more vexed even than ever over the wage reductions recently announced. One high official, close to President Hoover, told the United Press that up to the moment when wages were cut this week there had been ‘‘certain signs of improvement in this country which would have given the nation a solid foundation upon which to build anew prosperity." Reduction of buying power at this time, the official felt, might not necessary be fatal to such improve- ; ment, but most certainly would ' hamper it. DOLE CUT CAUSES RIOT Twenty-Four Arrested at Glasgow After Police and Jobless Clash. Hu United Praia GLASGOW, Scotland, Sept. 25. A week of demonstrations against ‘‘dole’’ reductions by unemployed in Scotland was climaxed today at Dundee with twenty-four arrests and injuries following hand to hand fighting between unemployed and police. A crowd of 30,000 gathered Thursday night to protest against the national government’s 10 per cent reduction of unemployment insurance as part of the economy program. Fighting broke out and police charged.

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