The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-09-28
HIGH glSI ID IUNg
AND ABROAD
Rsfail Prices 81 F65iI.

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the north Of England Though there
Is one society Of working people. At
EoolWIch, CWhere. there Is an arse
naI). with 26,146 members, and at
stratford- at the east end Of london
there is a cooperative society with a
membership Of over $4,000. The prices
given below were those prevailing in
1906 and Il should be noted that
prices Of food stuns the world over
were lower that year than they are
COW:
Tea. per rb., from 2sc to sec.
Sugar, white graduated. per h., &c.
Sugar, Demerara, per h., &c to SC.
Cheese, per lb., from 12c to Ice.
Eggs, from 12 to 16 for 24c.
Bacon, per h., from 14c to 24c.
Butter, foreign and colonial. per lb.,
rom BIC to 2sc.
Potatoes, per Z lbs.G &c tote.
Flour, per lbs. from Ice to 22c.
Bread, per lbs. from Sc to lie.
Milk. per ut, Sc.
Coal. per cwt, (112) pounds from
] ;6c to S2c.
Coal oil per gallon. 12c to 14c.
Beef, per h.. ribs. from 15c to 2fc
or British; from sc to Ice for foreign
and colonial
Silver-side Ground Of beef, for boil
.ng1, 14c to 19c for British. for for
isfgn and colonial sc to 15c.
Rnmp steak, 24c to 2sc for British,
or foreign and colonial Ice to 24c.
(NoTE-In England, the beef car
ass is not ordinarily cut up as IN
Amerfca, and excent on, special orders
he porter house" and ''sirloin" are
lot cut into steaks. but are included
joInts)-
Mutton, per lb., leg. from 15c to
lie for British, for foreign and CO.
onial sc to 14c.
shoulder, 14c to 19c for British. for
oreIgn and colonial, Sc to 13c.
Chops, trimmed, zoe to CSC for Brit
.sh, for foreign and colonial. 12c to
zoe.
Wages in London.
Following were the standard trade
MON weekly wages paid in London
19O5-and without exception the
ztandard was higher than throughout
treat Britain generally:
Guiding
Bricklayers. masons, carpenters and
Diners, 9.91.
Plumbers and plasterers. $11.14.
Painter from $50 to 1911.
Laborers, sos.
Engineering-F'it turner's and
miths. $9.4S: pattern-makers. from
s1O.46 to $1O.64; laborers, 1888.
Boiler-making-Plat 1904; riv-
ctters and caulkers, 1924.
Furnishing-Cabinet makers, from
S1o.13 to $1o!64: French polishers.
$3.50; upholsterers, $9.4s to $12.77.
Compositors, (jobbing). $9.4s.
Draymen- Single horse drivers
1888; pair horse drivers, $3.50.
LightePinen Cbargemen), full night
or full dayS$1.46.
Boot and shoemakers, from $6.O7 to
1929; Cminimum, no maximum given)
Bakers. from 1929 to $s.75; (mini-
mum. no maximum given).
Brewery laborers, from $3.50 to
1929.
Gas stokers. from $1.s9 to $1.46 for
shift of eight hours. time and half
and double pay on Sunday.
Dock Iaborers. from 12c to 14c per
hour.
In Great Britain GeneralIy-Rent.
Housing Accommodations for work.
ing people which prevails generally is
the self-contalned cottage or house in
England and Wales, and the tene-
ment or fiat in the towns of Scot
land. There is little in common be-
tween working class houses in Scot
land and those in England. The typi-
cal residence OF the English or Welsh
workingman, whether laborer or skill
ed mechanic, is cottage OF three,
four, or five rooms; in Scotland the
cottage disappears, and its place is
taken by fats OF two. three OF four
stories.
Throughout England and Wales
Cwith the exception of London), the
prevailing rents dncluding taxes) in
1905 were:
Two rooms. from rae to s5c per
week
Three rooms, from SIC to sl,O9 per
week,
Four rooms, from 500 to 'l.ss per
Five rooms. from s1.ss to sl.5s per
Six rooms, from s1.5s to $1.ss per