The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-27
WHOM DOES H. C.L. HIT HARDEST?
EVERYBODY" SEEMS TO BE OPINION

Whom do you think is the hardest
hit by the high cost of living? There
Is the question that has been asked
hundreds of times day by local resi-
dents.
A reporter has interviewed a num-
walks of life, male and female. on
ly.
"AII Hard Hit"
Jentry Cain, Y. M. c. A, railroad
by the high cost of living in my es-
timation."
c. B. Beck, postmaster: Postal en-
ployes. No postal employee has re-
ceived an increase of over Is percent.
received no increase at all, while
ditions are now 90 per cent. higher
than they were on July 80, 1914"
Paul Thislethwaite, assistant ayr
secretary: 81 believe that the working
public has been the hardest hit, be,
cause their wages have not raised
nearly as much in proportion with the
necessities of life"
Lieutenant H. B. Turner, formerly
of the 46th infantry, now attached to
Colonel Woods staff in Washington:
"The working public. Wage earners
have to live from hand to mouth, and
can never get ahead in anticipation
of hard times"
Miss M. Jones, stenographer: eft is
very hard question to decide. How
ever, in my estimation, everybody
seems to be rather hard hit
DR.. J. H. Kinsey: Il believe that
non-union people are the hardest hit
as result of the actions by the many
unions. Every time that strikers are
granted wage, it tends to shoot up
ward the prices of all commodities
and those who are affiliated with any
union are the hardest hit as a result. "
Miss Mary E. Bertsch, Y. M. c. A
dietitian: Il am of the belief that the
laboring classes are the hardest hit OF
any They have to live too much by
hand to mouth and are not good mana
gers, therefore, they have never been
able to save to a great extent"
John R. Holiday, court reporter fol
| circuit court: "The salaried man
whose salary has not risen in proper
ton to the essentials of life"
"Pity Us Poor Actors"
Frank Holland, manager Murray
theatre: Il am not familiar with all
the phases of life, but it seems tc
! me that the actors have been hit
rather hard. Although their salaries
| have quadrupled in the last eight
years, the increased cost of living
| hotel expense, railroad transportation
eating, and other things have also
shot skyward"
P. S. Twigg, proprietor Of the Twigs
| Billiard and Bowling company: 1.-THE
clerk whose wage or salary has not
raised in proportion to the increased
prices OF all other commodities
Doctor Woodward, Of the Friends
People with inelastic incomes, ant
salaried persons, whose salaries have
not increased to enable them to cope
with the present high prices, are the
hardest hit by the high cost of living
in my estimation
William A. Smith, returned soldier
of Co. F, 9th Infantry, End Division
Y. M. c. A: II believe that the work
ing classes are as hard hit as any. 4
working man who earns five dollars
day will have to use every cent il
making both ends meet, and as a re
suit, Will be unable to get ahead"
Salaried Folks Suffer.
j. H. Bentley, superintendent O.
schools; "Salaried people, mai1l,
public clerks, are probably hit the
hardest in my estimation Persons
with fixed income, which has not in
creased, while all the commodities es
seitial to livelihood, have scared sky
high, are also very hard hit
w. G. Bate, principal of the Ioca
high school: "A man with a fixed in
come. is probably the one that the
high cost of living strikes home Il
more than any other"
Charles Jordan, president FRS
American Bank: "Salaried people
whose salaries have not risen in pro