Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-09-21 | Page 5 | Wage Increase is Shown in Report

ICE INCREASE IS SHOWN 11 REPORT 1 Average in Two Years 28 Per Cent; Living Costs Are Mounting. That the average increase in wages in Utah in the past two years has been a trifle more than per cent, Is a conclusion con-clusion reached by the members of i he state industrial commission, a ftcr a considerable con-siderable canvass of the leading hul us-tries. us-tries. Chairman P. A- Thatcher and Harrison K. Jenkins of the commission Imikaie I tliat their investigations show tha t the ! greater increases have cne to certain classes of emptoyees already receiving t'ne ' hlgrhcst i-iy anrl that the smaller ui - ; vances have been acc-orded to tnuse re- I eclving lower wages. ; As against the increase in w;icc.i the commission ha" results o' il s in- estigations witlj rciV-rence to t!ie con' 01 j living. Durincr the two years covered) in 1 !ie inouirv the cost of staples of lift I has ftlvanccd 101.; per cent, while on other and lesp necessary items of life I maintenance th1 ir'-reas-e haf3 been i Ml-1 tie more than tS per rer.t. . Bet -ween lf1 f. and 'iUi t he fo"owing in'.rf;M.afs in wacs arc ob-er"ed in ',.c industries mni ioncd : Canirng fa"'ori"M, 1 per cent ; nhnng cjv.voyr.t--, 4;..-; ; ' n -i I! employees. oO. i : sni:ltrr p rpployrr, ' foundry anri jnachinc shop men. retail dPrtmnt r-tces, r-.l: whoilp ptore, 14.2; flour mill;-, 1Z.1 ; farm labor, la-bor, 2fi.S. On li"inrr essentials in which the override ov-erride increase cost is IM'.j per cent the foliuwing items are noted: Ham, eges, flour, supra r and otiir abHolute nfcp.i-ties. nfcp.i-ties. Other items on whic h ' l-f. average increase in cost if a lit tie more than 15 per cent arc indicated as follows: Furniture Furni-ture and rug.-;, JT.S: mcn'r wot k clothes. L'-i.B ; women's clothing. ; ciiildrrn's clothing. .r..;i: rooming bouse?, lofip-ing only, T.fi; farm lands. :;0 tr ; cntl;i parents, pa-rents, .".!: bakery produtr. 1".4; f-oa'. retail. re-tail. 17.4: restaurant prices, 10. .V ; fr.:its a nu vee tables, IS-o ; bus; tiers nropert v, j r to mo. I Summanzing rn br'"' I he revjlt of ! -I Investigations, the com mi.-vsiun ilnd-. ihf;t the r"nsumr tida v wos 'd 1 e obliged to I t 3-.- Ml'.S for wh-t (i'U) ; bC tojr:;t for