or & Co., Phone 237.-Adv. set glass. C. H. Major & Co., 237.-Adv. INTEREST ARUED AS- CAMPAIGN AGAINST RBOOM PROFITERING PRO6GRESSES, Courteous and satisfactory TREATMENT to every custom- er, whether the account be large or small. Th Ann Arbor Savings Bank Incorporated 1869 Capital and Surplus. $ : . .OI.l Resources.........0 Northwest Cor. Main & Htiron. 707 North University Ave I itre, Wed., Oct. 8 o 0 11 11 I rn Students the most corn- high grade de- .ectric lamps of INDIVIDUALS ATTACKED MAKE DEFENSE THROUGH PRESENT PRICE, QUOTATIONS Editor, The Michigan Daily: p The attack on the landladies of Ann Arbor in this morning's issue of The Daily is the fifth of its kind that has+ appeared this season, and challenges the attention of 'every honest landlady.1 As a class we are not only honest but longsuffering; otherwise, we would not be In the business of rent- ing rooms to students, as there is little money in it even at present prices, many difficulties to encounter, and much disagreeable hard work. There is an old saying ,that even a+ worm will turn, and now that this par-' ticular worm has turned, it is really amusing to 'note the furor that has been created, School teachers and city officials have all had substantial increases ini saiary to meet the high cost of liv-i ing; laboring men of all classes are de- manding and receiving fabulous prices, for their work. Boarding house prices have been steadi! increasing for years. But the landladies who have1 had the presumption to raise their room rents one dollar, two dollars, or three dollars a week, as the case may be, are the only ones to date to be accused of profiteering. - We would say to the public in gen- eral and to the University officials in partimular, calm yourselves!. The landladies ofPAnn Arbor, as a class, a're not only honest but benevolent. We wish to give the boys what they ask for, good rugs at from $40 to $60 apiece in our stores, desks at $17 to $50, swivel chairs at from $10 to $18 apiece, morris chairs at $18 apiece, double-deck beds at $42. Even a good cot bed with mattress costs in the neighborhood of $25. They expect good blankets at from $5 to $10. apiece, about three being needed on each bed in cold weather with all the windows open. We wish to keep oir roomers warm with coal at $12 a ton and going high- er. A ton of coal lasts only 10 days in cold weather. But we know that no one can study to advantage in a cold room. Taxes in Ann Arbor are increasing at an enormous rate, laun- dry bills are double what they were, telephone rates are much higher, and cotton goods of all binds cost twice as much as they did. Perhaps it would be as well to pass over in silence the threat that has been offered to the effect that little or no attention will be paid 'in future to complaints against the students. TWO ANN ARBOR LANDLADIES. Expeditions Productive of Specimens Summer expeditions resulted in large additions to the division of in- sects of the University museum. Rep- resentative plant and animal life was secured from Berrien county, Mich., weste:n Tennessee and Kentcky, and the Olympic mountains, Washington. An expedition to the Olympic moun- tains was fortunate enough to secure a series of rare forms of scientUc Im- portance. The division of insects will be gven half of the second floor .space in the museum. PARENT ADVOCATES ADOPTION . OF PUBLIC PRESSURE TO ELIMINATE EVIL Editor, The Michigan Daily: I don't want to be a. kicker or a grouch, but I fear that in view 'of the overcrowded condition of the Univer- sity the people there who have rooms to let or board to furnish are taking advantage of the situation, and if this presumtion be true some organized pressure ought to be brought by the public to correct the evil. Take my boy for example, who last year paid $5 or $5.50 for table board and $20 per month for a room oc- cupied by two. TIat was a little steep but in war time we were willing to overlook that. This year my boy went back there on the fourth to arrange for a room; he came back, stating that the best he was able to do was to get a small, but nice and conveient little room with a single bed for, I believe $14, on which he paid $5, got a receipt and felt he had that settled for the ensuing school year. A short time after came a letter from the lady saying she had made a mistake, and she could not let him have it at that price. Although the boy had made a square bargain, I ad- vised him to. reply' that they would take the matter up when he got there. I believe nothing was dome, and he now advises me that he must pay at least $20 pei- month for room and $7.50 for table board. This looks a little stupendous when one like my- self naturally reverts to his school days when most college towns were advertising room and board at about $15 per month. However, if the charges above giv- en are legitimate I have nothing to say. On -the other hand if they are exhorbitant, \ahd are made poszible because of the large number of stu- dents, making profiteering possible for that reason, I think the public should bring such pressure to bear as will bring about a square deal for these students. FRED. C. SLATER, American Consular Service, Sarnia, Ont, Endowment Reaches Two' I11lion\ Two million dollars was the total reached Wednesday by the Harvard endowment fund. Of this amount large subscriptions were made by alumni from Boston and New York. A chance for any student to make $25.00. Read the Randall Studio ad- vertisement.-Adv. Patronize ,the Daily Advertisers-. 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