Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-30
SFACELOAN SHARK
ISPRICE OF UNIFORMS
and LIVING COST SOAR
! voluntary Assessments" to
posses' Campaign Be Added
Their Semimonthly Salary
Shrinks to So
,poBLEM VERY SERIOUS

!. !. -, noticed the policeman on your
tf.ve YOU seen him walk from one
49, "a heat TO the other and back again
: .sss.A trying = solve a great serious
4. irving 90 figure out how 20 pay the
- ..,,,s nrices for food. that his family
- ~.rd on hunger; how TO maintain a
-.,v of coal at present high prices. that
.,cred ones may not suffer from exposure
= IA during the coming winter. He wants
x NOV how he can do All this on his sal
y, ~ a n day without falling prey 20 a
- shark
4 !, November I the patrolman will get
n. .rnimonthly salary, amounting to S45.
q. "A this he will voluntarily contribute"
N ..sessment OF SIS TO his ward leaders
Il has also learned that the winter uni
<.cs have gone up In price; that he will
80 10 nay Sii.75 out OF his own pocket be-
"A. the $40 allowed by the city for his
r4nter OUTFIT
THE UNIFORM ALLOWANCE
n. $40 allowed for uniforms will be
>sS-d TO the patrolman's pay on November
4 me patroiman receiving 50 per day will
~rrfore receive s46 for fifteen days. plus
- Uniform money, or s65. In order that
~ rhall not feel the pinch too tightly, the
-.sls allowance will be deducted. leaving
m the original s45 salary. Then ne must
~ 50 for the Pension Fund. leaving him
III From this an additional 25 cents is
ABDUCTED for house money. that Is. money
AZ shoe polish. brushes, etc. This leaves
MIS- When he goes out he must give
- ti6 10 his ward or division leader. and
N takes s26.75 home TO his wife. out OF
lfis sum he must pay expenses incurred
airing the last two weeks and lay aside
money 70 maintain his household until No
tenber Is.
on that date he must begin to dig down
INTO his own pocket for the winter uniform
81 dollars will be deducted from that semi
monthly pay. plus the ss.25 for the PEN
fon Fund and house money. ON Decem-
" no will find s5.75, tho balance of the
HIS for uniforms. deducted. Strange to
nv, the policeman residing in n Ware
yard will be harder hit on November 1 than
enc who resides in a McNichol bailiwick.
IN the Ware wards the patrolmen will
1--WE up the SIS assessment, but In a Nc
Nichol ward they are hesltating, because
fhV are resting on the Mayors decIara-
ton that policemen are not to contribute
b any political campaign fund. Director
Wilson has also announced that the Mayors
position is perfectly clear and that no
nember OF the bureau need fear for his
POSITION IL he does not contribute There
fbre the policemen i'm these wards are
marking time, although the recognized Ware
iaders there are pressing them to come
scross"
ASSESSMENT VERY LARGE
This year the assessment is particularly
hrge Added 10 the material increase in
ne cost Of living. the pension fund and
cther charges. the policemen can see no
hope to escape the loan shark. from whose
cluiches they were freed with the begin
ring OF the semimonthly payment
When Superintendent of Police Robinson
vas asked about the increase in uniform
prices he said that the uniform commit
Tee had entered into an agreement with
> manufacturer to supply each policeman
Win summer and winter uniforms for
wo years, the price not TO exceed
he $50 allowance for the two years.
Be said It is two years since the
polcemen purchased their last winter uni
'crms, which were much cheaper than those
pr 1911. Those which did not pass inspec-
hon were condemned by the inspectors and
ne policemen measured for new uniforms
y the following prices: Overcoats from
~ to s24, according to the lining selected.
me old uniform cost $3.50. Trousers will
psi s7.25, or $1.25 more than the old rate I;
~ fA.oVs UT twenty-five cents more tnan
'efore. Superintendent Robinson explained
nat the Increase in price was caused by
he Increase in price of the material, which
only made by one firm in this country
Ne said that, allowing for two uniforms
year for the next two years, the total
Fh stu remain within the allowance
4 $50.
~ MR. RoBINSoN'S ESTIMATE
He allows for six caps So one over
pat s2s; one dress coat, for use with
lfing and fall uniforms. s14; two summer
INFORMS at $3.50 each, and one pair OF
inter trousers at s7,25. making a total of
'iszs for two years outfits
4 know nothing about the political as
said the police head. '"The po-
'cemen will receive their regular allow
nce OF $50 in the November 1 salaries.
DIS will be deducted and the extra $1175
'ni be deducted in semimonthly payments.
agreement with the contractor who
nskes the uniforms. II the policemen keep
aer winter uniforms In good condition
nsy need not purchase others for two
vars or perhaps longer. The clothes re-
ened for two years can be purchased
.om tne allowance and there will still be
1ouey left over"