Show WAGES N VOERLY InterestingFacts Concerning Labor in Empire NUMBER OF WORKING PEOPLE Consul Kehl at Stettin Estimates Them at 10900000 of Which V Number 2100000 are Females In View of Increased Cost of Living v nid the Disproportionate Advnnca in Wages Anything But a Favorable Favor-able Outlook is Presented What Average Daily Expense Is Waahongton April 20 Consul John E Kohl at Slcttin has furnished to the State department a number i Interesting In-teresting faeis concerning labor and Wages In Germany The number of working people In the German empire says Consul Kohl Is estimated at 10 V 000000 of which number 2100000 are females and wllh the Increased cost of living and the disproportionate advance in wages anything but a favorable outlook out-look for the working class Is presented The average dally expenses for food of a man and wife and two children I amount to about 35 cents The average V rent for two rooms Is about JLJS a V month Readymade clothing Is cheap but shoes are expensive Petroleum costs 50 per cent more than In the United Stales Tine wages of household house-hold servants per month Including board ranee from 5211 for kitchen servants to 5952 for footmen American laborers says the Consul receive treble the wages paid In Germany Ger-many although the cost of food is from 10 to 50 per cent cheaper In the United States than In that country Tea ot the quality for which we pay but GO IF cents per pound costs Germans 5165 |