Show CiO 1 Of LIVING UVIN Mij NJ fifTH i I IR R Ret Record rd for Twelve M Months n hs I Iri ri riIs Is Placed fit it Twenty- Twenty II 4 one one Per Pe PerCent Cent en I By Frederick M M. Kerb Kerby I International n News News Service Staff Staff C Correspondent t f BOSTO 11 1 Ma 12 A 12 A- A jump of 7 1 per cen n v the the average cost of living t for r rAm Am American leap TV wage earners took place betwee between be be- e- e tw tween twee November i 1919 1019 arid aid March farch 1 y 1 I. I I. I T III 1 b 5 s vtha the he result reedit of ot st l studies tes just completed completed C by the tho national industrial coni c n c boa d' here an an organization tion torn of employers employers' which alms alma to secure fie se- se-J se cure cure r tC information on indus- indus I t trial la q questions bons for tor the purpose purpose v dot of dealing deaHn intelligently with their e crt es S x 5 The he b 7 per per pcr e t took place rr n k ith cr efforts efforts of bf nei ncy Genei Geneil t i ncy l I Palmer Q reduce the cos cost of oJ mr li This the total total Increase ase sin sin- since July ly 19 4 1 to about abo 95 95 pcr cent perl-cent j The within the last 12 Is 8 about 21 per c cent nt hecor According hc- hc cor cording ing to the board The figures are the thc result of t th the hoards boards ds sixth sixt survey of ot f changes changes' in iti inthe the cost st of or living in In the States FO FOOD D UP U 10 P. P PER PERCENT RC CENT t T. T f 1 lOd pi prIces ices fn In Z I March lurch were per perc per percent I c cent nt higher than av average prices be be- be fore lorEl the thc war Quotations tion on on which this this estimate estimate Is based were supplied by over vcr 2000 dealers in one fifty cities clUes Rents Bents averaged a 49 40 per per cent celt t higher r r in March fare than they had been In iii Int f Tug 1914 according t to figures figures' furnished furnished fur fur- ur- ur by agencies in cities This marks maiks an average In increase reas of 8 per sent cent since November 1919 and andt 1 t 22 per cent since March 1919 And ulese t. t e changes refer to Changes hanges In reds for low and medium priced houses s. Steam heated apartments and other n expensive dwellings show showed d erf a PI rent tent advances advance Rents Rent went I I I up in all aU sections sec of the tho country and andin and andin in cities s of or every ery size B F I there thero was stilt still a great shortage of houses and building ng costs were ris rising I Ins ing Ii Still Stilt hi higher rents were werd therefore there there there- I Ore fore pi predicted edited predIcted AN N UNENVIABLE REGE PRECEDENCE CE 4 l Clothing Is the budget item fot tot which greatest price increases recorded The he advance of ot per pcr percent percent cent between July 1914 and ands I M March arch 1920 represents a rIse of 18 8 p per r cent since since N November 1919 and antler of 13 perl cent s since n e March l 1919 These r esti estimates mat mates are based on replies tOi tues tues- returned by dry goods dealers in sev seventy five seventy ntY clUes cities v Carfare re and furnishings made large advances In cost since 1914 A i. i I. I V i j The increases between and March in fn th the coat c cost st of ot all n sundries combined has b been cn placed at 83 per per cent In estimating changes in the family budget as a wh whole le the increase for each of ot the major items Js is weighed according to the expenditures for each by average wage earning families These are for food tood 43 p per r cent of the total shelter 18 per cent clothing 13 per cent t filch el heat and light I 5 per cent sundries 20 per cent |