The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-12
CARROLL u. WRIGH1,S REPORT
Average wnEes md Cost of Living In This
Country and Europe.

II
Country and Europe.
WASHINGTON, May 11.--The Hon. Carroll D..
Wright, Commissioner Of Labor. to-day trans
mitted to tho President his annual report.
In that part OF tho report relating to cost Of
living. facts are given from 52S4 families,
representing 21.577 persons. These families
are distributed through tho cotton and glass
producing States Of the United states. Del
GUM. France Germany. Great Britain and
Switzerland. and constitute tho most extern
sive collection of data relative to the cost Of
living that has ever been published.
The total average income Of families from
nll sources for different countries. 70. the
number Of families for which budgets werc
obtained in each country. was: For the cotton
industry. St57.76 in tho United States. S3,iJ.n4
in France. S3O2.11 in Germany. &5JG II in
Great Britain. md s359.5J in Switzerland. In
States. $424.5l in France. S2I54o in Germany
and S515.G4 in Great Britain. In the glass in
GUM SG27.G5. and in Great Britain S5oi.,;h.
with those OF incomes in % her industries. as
reported in the sixth annual ,h ,cpnrt the Com
total average income of families ongaGed in
the pig iron industry was Sl9l.Gl; in belgium,
1914 SO. and in Great Britain. S450.s'l The
bar iron workers are a wc.-Iaid class, and
tie t nfH'i sa tate s for '" Gssn% .
s3s33o o and nd for s Great Britain s5i s.''nanS'
Looking at some OF the Items Of ,,xpgnses Of
the United States tho average cost Of rent for
the families reported in The cotton industry
s5IM. and in Great Britain, Sol ~ For Or
families engaged in the woollcn industry. in
the II d En5sa St'ss is and II f G4"s rsn
S52.24. For families in tho glns. industry. in
the United states. SOY =: in Belgium $500.
The sums expended for nmusements and
vacation indicate very clearly the tendency of
the tn th n" ns ID in fSt nf n%
Fsst Briain! ee ES FL Ios sass and morE +
ers in this country. however spent more
money than those OF amy other country for
States snch expenses amounted to S2sGj per
nnnum: IN belgium. Sll.4O and in Great
The com PARSONS on intoxicating liquors arc
ms follows: For. tho families, engaged in the
cotton industry in the United states, SO far as
@any and IN t Grest Erta s sS ST.
E{';sS Rsss'H% 's45oS ' and I" ' assati
The expenditures for food by the families of
the cotton woEks yz in the United States @ was
s24'i50. For the families engaged in tho
WpOlIen Industry. IN tne lnltel states,
s2f2s5: in Franco. !SlsG.7S; in Germany.
Sl4Q27. and in Great Britain. So2:i.So. Fortie
families of glass workers: 1.-THE United States.
500. 49,: in Belgium. $237.22. and in Great
Britain S22Om.
The reading propensitics OF the families
comprehended in the report constitute inter-
esting points OF comparison. The average
cost Of books and newspapers for families en-
gagged in the cotton industry in the United
States was S5.35: in France. $40: in Ger
many, Sis and in Great Britain. $685.. For
families engaged in The wooll 1; industry. In
Germany. S1.:t7. and IN Great Britain. SCAT.
For the families engaged In the & lass indus
try: In the United States. So.l4 in belgium.
$3.50. and in Great Britain. S344.
The total average expenditures per family
for all purposes in the cotton industry in the
United States wrro S,il46l: in France.
1888. 70: in Germany. S2s2.5 in Great Brit
min. $500. -. and in switzerland. S}4G.,iS. Tho
families in the T9"!IsI industry in the United
in Germany. S2Sll and in Great britain.
S4sl.s4. Tho families cngnged in tho Glas;
$769.06: in Belgium. S4o2.42. and in Great
Britain. $500 ~.