Show Working Conditions Condition's ns and Living Costs in Ger Germany any Are Improving I I BERLIN Feb 23 23 United Press Pres Gernian labor Is slowly making its way out out out-of of the the slough slough o o-mise- o able wages ages and in inadequate living conditions which for the past decade dee dec ads ade have strikingly marked its position position tion according to a a report just issued issued is- is sued by G. G W. W J. J Bruins commissioner con imis of the Such improvement as was noted in the report de lt however only with wages ages and the standard ot of living livIng liv- liv Ing as expressed in figures for the whole of the tho German working lation The report made no attempt attempt at- at tempt to discuss og or analyze the several Several recent recent strikes and lockouts which naturally have affected labors labor's la- la bors bor's position These disputes received received re- re only casual mention Although the pay envelope of the average German worker still a pitifully small amoUnt when compared corn com pared with the wages received by American working men for the same sort of labor the pay envelope has nevertheless become increasingly tat fatter et n the l last st Lour our years I II upward tendency has been paralleled paralleled paral- paral by an an equally regular but somewhat somewhat- slower increase in living costs In March 1925 according to the presented In the Bruins repot re- re report pot port the skilled German worker was drawIng an average wage of marks approximately 10 while the unskilled laborer was getting an an- average of 2893 marks or about 7 weekly increases In these these- wages were noted in every subsequent month with one or two exceptions until In October 1928 the average skilled worker wa wag receiving marks we weekly kly or ora a little less than 13 and the unskilled worker marks Thus labors labor's Income increased approximately approximately ap- ap proximately 39 30 per cent in the last four years Meanwhile the cost of living ITt In the past three years went up 13 per pel cent being in January 1926 exactly Pel pe cent over the 1913 14 level and anel in November 1928 just per Iler cent over OVel the pro pre Far yar l leyel vel I |