A NARROW MARGIN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 77, 1 April 1932, Page 6

A NARROW MARGIN.

It was real good to read your editorial "Killing the System." It certainly will brighten up things for a lot of us who were in the dumps. We have thought all abn» even our papers were against us. But there is just one little mistake you have made. You refer to a 10 per cent "cut"" Speaking roughly, a very small percentage of employed have had the 10 per cent "cut," and a large majority have had from 15 to 35 per cent. My own case is 36| per cent, namely, 10 per cent "cut," one week off in every three and 3d in the £, which averages my wages out at £3 7/ per week. I used to get £5. My wife's share is £1 15/ to keep us all, ourselves and two children. Insurance is 0/ a week, rates and taxes and first mortgage interest are 14/ a week, my fare to town is 4/9 by train, and our electric light about 1/9 a week. After we have paid our way we have a large sum of 4/ left. ' We have nothing for clothes, boots or sickness. Now if the 1/ in tho pound is imposed how are we to pay it? Wo cannot do impossibilities, so someone will have to go short. I have paid £325 off my old (shack, and it looks as if I shall have to let it go. When I think of nine years' hard going to pay it, and that now I am likely to lose it my thoughts are not quite brotherly towards some people. FORBIDDEN FRUIT.