25 OCTOBER 1919, Page 13

THE RAILWAY STRIKE.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR, Will you permit me to clear up a slight ambiguity in my letter of last week ? I meant to say that the increased wages of the railwaymen from the pre-war figures amounted to a sum of over 100 millions. The words I actually used might implj that I estimated the increase alone at 100 millions. The truth of course is that the wage bill before the war was about. 47 millions. • The new scale of wages, with the increased costs incidental to the eight-hours day, adds a further sum of about 65 millions, the total being about 112 millions.—I am, Sir, &e., Worcester College, Oxford. P. E. ROBERTS.