WAGES AND RENT

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 61, 14 March 1927, Page 8

WAGES AND RENT

(To the Editor.)

, Sir,—As a married man with wife and; family,- 1 would be only too pleased t(4 work for £3 per week if the present G<m > eminent would pass legislation prohibiting' charging £2, £2 ss, and £2 10s per week trent for 4 and 5 rooms, whether houses otfc. flats, that were returning between 14s an<ff 16a per week pre-war, and for a shortfwhile after. Even if they doubled til* pre-war rents and charged 28s and 32s pe* week, workers who are now paying be* ttfeen £2 and £2 10s could work for 12sl to 18s less per week. These amounts de*f ducted from the average worker's wages— * £4 5s to £4 12s—would bring them dowa to between £3 13s and £3 14s per week* thereby cheapening the cost of production and bringing down the cost of living foci the workers, ensuring them more comfort and contentment. The only person to suffer would be the landlord, and surely he could not complain if he were getting 100 per cent, more rent than the pre-warf rates. In conclusion, I say, lower rents, then lower wages, and I will gladly work for £3 odd per week and be better off.—* I am, etc., ■ .

LOWER RENTS.