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Show THE PROFITEERS The rent profiteer, it seems, isn't as black as he has been painted Indeed, when placed alongside of other profiteers the landlord is a mere piker at the profiteering business. The national industrial conference board has prepared a H. (.'. L. table which seta forth the various increases made in the average cojsl of living between July, 1914, and July, 1920 j Rent profiteers boosted the II C L. but 58 per cent. Had enough, but the worst is yet to follow Fuel, heat and light costs increased 66 per eent. I Sundries (including pleasuring, doctoring, etc.) increased 85 per cent. Food prices went up 119 per cent. Clothing profiteers raised their price 166 per cent, j Potato profiteers boosted 368 per cent. |