Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-08-18

1891 showed the average prices
were 1928 per cent higher in Sep.
1901, than at the initial period.
AS to wages the report says;
WAGES.
1t appears from the report of the
statistieian that in the fifteen general
occupations selected by the committee
wages were three-fourths of l per cent
higher in September, 1891, than in the
three months selected as basis in 1882
and that the wages in the special in
dustries selected was 81 of l per cent
higher than at the beginning of the
period.
DR.. Falkner's report contains many
interesting tables showing the details of
fluctuations i'll wages.
AS to cost of living and wages
in Great Britain the report says:
ENGLISH PRICES AND WAGES.
The statistics submitted show that
on the basis of the prices collected in
four cities of the United Kingdom by
the agents of the Department Of Labor
in June, 1889, and in September, 1891 ,
applying the same formula which was
United states, the cost of living in
creased in Great Britain in the time
named 10 per cent.
The rates of wages collected in Great
Britain were for September, 1891; but
we have no statistics for the selected
occupations in June, 1889; 50 that it is
impossible, from any data in the
possession of the committee, to state
the course of wages in Great Britain
By comparison of the rates of
wages current in September, 1891, in
the United States and Great Britain, in
the same occupations, it would appear
that wages in the United States in these
occupations average II per cent greater
than in Great Britain.
At the close of this report there
is a supplemental report authorized
by Senate Resolution of July %,
1892, showing the retail prices of
commodities in England in June
1889 and Sept. 1891, taking the
same range and including the
same class of articles already
noted in the United States. Who
ever is hungering for Free Trade"
under the belief that it would
lower the cost of living should
attentively examine the facts as
here presented. Let us take the
article of "cloth and clothing" for
instance, since we gave last
week from the Wisconsin report
some comparisons with the "Food''
list. We select the lowest in price.
All quotations are for September
1891. Blankets, 1o-4.7 lbs per
pair 1854; boots and shoes, mems
full leather, extra heavy, per pair
SI.6SH, women's grain shoes
SI.33A; carpets, brussels, standard
5 frame, per yard .951a; ingram, 4
frame Is; cotton thread, best 6
cord, 200 yds. per spool o.;
flannels, twilled scarlet, all wool
3-4 per yard 80 Il; white all wool
"A, .3o1a; fancy shifting .42H;
gloves, mems medium weight per
pair, 81; women's suede, 8 button
mousquetaire, .oo34, hats, mems
soft, all wool, each .47A; mems
derby, .S5A; hosiery, womens
cotton stockings, black per pair
.5oH; mems cotton socks, mixed
1871; women's woollen, seamless,
black, medium quality, .56H;
mems seamless, .3oH; linen,
checked toweling p in. medium
grade, per yard, .I5A; table cloth
So in. damask, all linen, .4SH;
mems cotton shirts, linen bosom,
s by IS in. 1900 linen SI.I5H;
mems cuffs, 1900 linen, per pair, 4
ply .231a; mems collars 1900 linen
.I2H; thread, 5 cord 200 yds. per
spool 90; sheetings, brown stand
ard (as Atlantic Az per yd. 81;
bleached 1914, .4oH; shirtings,
bleached A, ~; underwear,
cotton, shirts, balbriggan "a gauge
each Az; drawers the same; all
wool shirts I4-Io gauge, .1oH lbs
to doz. 40 in plain finish ~;
mems merino shirts half-wool -;
women's dress goods, alpaca lustre
per yard .I5H; brocade or diagonal
.3oH; cotton warp cashmere 24H
all wool cashmere .36H.
Now take the list Fuel and
Lightning" candles, common ada
mantine, per pound .oS; matches,
per gross ,I5H; oil kerosene, $50
degrees test per gallon .I5H.
In the list metals and Imple-
ments," augers 81 in. IA IL; axes,
medium W.T.. steel bitted, each .54A;
bar iron. 81 to , in. round or flat