Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-07-07 | Page 27 | Graft Makes Turkish Living Costs Mount

Graft Makes Make Turkish Living Costs Cost Mount ANGORA Turkey July 6 AP AP- AP The high cost of t baksheesh Turkish economists have Just declared Is an Important factor In tho the cost of or living living liv liv- ing Ins in Turkey toda today the necessities necessities ties tics of oC Jl life having soared to such sueh dizzy Izzy prices during the pa past t few years cars that the government has hns summoned its experts to find a n. remedy One expert reports that in or order er erto to got merchandise out of ol the TurkIsh Turkish Turk Turk- ish lab customs tho Importer Is forced torce to distribute among officials a s sum averaging 30 per cent of ot tho the Imported imported im Im- mi- mi ported goods' goods value money which eventually comes out of pf of tho consumer consumer consumers consumer's con con- sumer sumer's pock pocket t. t A battle against baksheesh must be waged the report concludes be before before be- be fore tore the government can can check the soaring cost of living which has hns al already aJ- aJ read ready reached an Increase of oC more than 2000 per pel cent ent as as compared with prewar prices