The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-01-02
'FACE HIGHEST COST
OF LIVING N 1920


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WAsHINuToN. d. G. Jais a.-rhe
american psnna race .ne rev scar
With n higher hcst o. living ataflpe
mem n tie face tnaH listt which
ftnttontea Nem ~ mnnun Aeo Dc
Nfllf fair price 'roMNcilsftt. food al.
ElniafIuto8 ~ Lever 1a as rfee-
Ntt.orA- u cott4 - per rent more 30
iaia Asr rear pay Than IS did
lIeroi mirar say laws are 10 pan.
81 crime and deter fthers from coH-
milunN Ehe offeneeAf The amended
lever isN y AZ exception 10 this ruie.
N.piie Ter prosecutions, and much
l1lE. food increased IN cost per
ttlt me FIRST month 81 was IN effect
Food IL - per cent higher now
Nnu 1ffout the q The Bureau Of
labor eiatiatirs fufnifhed this figure.
~ affects az who eat. 10 u based on
tire weighted average ots1enuai fobds
that MAKE ~ me daIy dlct IN Amer
trar hcniea, The smallest increase
nIfce 1918 VA hE Plate beef. 40 per.
cent and D largest IN efee, is5 per
ctni.
otlsrs Eaptlssfn 10 ~ Pesecm.
BDt nod b. only "a item. People
wear clothes, live in hounca. burn
f4el uee furniture and nave miscel-
lfNeous expenses. There are uecos-
anca. c~onsiderlng these with food.
tha general Gust Of existing hns Jump
ed IS per cent since before the war.
This figure IL based on statistics taken
~ the Labor department In the Dis
tfirf " Columbia.
Firurcs for the nation aren't avail
ahle-CouRrers cut the appropriation
fnr such q But stAflsfeians say
these iaily pretty well with condi-
tons elsewhere. In the shadow OF The
white house. the stately capitol ami
IN department Of iurtice-wherc
a. uitrhell rnlmer holds forfh-grn-
erai living costs went up 5 per ccn-
from April 60 November. On this
nay Of our Lord. Jam I. 1880. they
waEos IaK naiamL
wages havon't kept pace with the
living costs. But they are not 10 far
behind. I learned that the bakers
ar getslns = per cent more than In
19l1. What are known as index mum
hers are too complicated to explain
here. hut this means that when the
bakers get an increase Of i.2a per rent
az tfsir present pay. their a VII
catch up with living costs. This fig
are ~ right NJ 60 now. and ~ ne
first and only one Of IT, Kind hat
has found rs wuy into print, Tho
Labor department will soon publish
more figures that will reflect the sim
star conditions Ia other trades.
There are other figures not so OPP
AHIlNAAI ANnnA NAE AEIAIN r HA1unNRNNNs
N eight trades the simple average IN
. Ia pay to about me middle %
1918 was II DER cent. Steel and iron
uorkern had been Increased iff per
cant. hosiery and underwear workers
~. SILK goods workers ". mems cloth
ing WORKERS II. sawmiu workers -.
snsh and door min worker o.. furni-
fure workers tA ciGar workers 81.
only two. silk eoode n steel arc
ahead Of H. G. T. When these fig
ures were made llving costs were up
shout IS per cent. Since then some
Of these wages have been Increased.
hui the oddH arr sim In fugor Of H.
g. J..
In Chicago "A dollar an hour" way
fhe slogan and that u the APPROX
mate scale in most trades now. There
She workers are far ahead OF the
hounds. But Chicago can hardly be
ciassed ~ representative % the eonn-
ny generally. In Kansas City build
ing laborers have Deen Increased ice
per cent Kansas city u said to re-
fleet conditions generally and u Is
Nne common ADorere have Jared bet
sef than skilled workers. When these
figures were made carpenters there
were getting ouly - per cent more
IN Cleveland carpenters were getting
50 per cent more on Oct !. An In
crease Of ~ per cent OF their present
scale there would MAKE tlfir wages
coincide with u. g. L.
Ho III foa stnihI?
Each person mas figure how Mr.
HiFhcost " affecting him. The pro-
ceea H. 10 consider your 1918 wage or
anlnry al 200 per cent. Ascertain
what per cent the Increase mas been
since hen and add u 10 the 100 PR
cent. This gives your index number.
n your Increase has been 60 per cent,
then your index number II 100. sub
hifact this from isk, the index number
% the living ccst--thia particular case
gives 20. Now divide this by your in
dex number, result 175 per cent be-
hind ~. q l. n y0uf index number
y more than iss. then substract from
d the 16s and divide the result BY
iht. TO determine how much YOU are
ahead 81 "a. G. L.
Il u said n you melt the dollar
down and take he contents TO a metal
buyer. he will give YOU t1.Os for u.
Iut take II 70 the general mercaan-
dire store and you get SO centH for
n. The following laDle ahOws how
tte once almighty dollar deeeu-
ented AZ compared TO itf 1919 value;
Worth.