| Show n WAGES HIGHER HOURS SHORTER According to Statement Issued By Bureau of Labor on Re suits stilts of Investigation FOOD PRICES ARE ADVANCED h Ii h nr ni n i III iiiI 1110 I Thu Ii in III I III Washington lul waties el hour In 1 07 were t 1 i pt t cent higher than In III 1906 tho hours or of laliot Per Ier week wore wro Iller I lowet loel hun hut 1906 and the Iho ber bel or of In the investigated was t I ler cent greater tItan I itt II 1900 19 These arc ure some or of Ito tho facts ur ott lu In In III a issued IRsuell today by bythe the bureau ot of labor Inbur as thu tho result rosult of at art an or of the principal yaCe working OCOl In C establish the principal and cit countr The Tho article is IA entitled or of Vage and Retail o of ofFO Food FO CI 1890 to 10 InvestIgations covering the sales ot or 1014 In CS 68 localities shoW that thul the tho retail s ot of IQ articles or of food tood according to 10 consumption In representative families viero tere 42 par pOl cent ent higher In 1907 Luau In 19 s th advanCe In retail prices os ostrom from 1906 to 1901 was Willi greater th the advance In wages the th purchase or of an hourS WIlKes wages lA as measured hy by food was WIlS less in III 1907 than Ihan III ii 1906 19 th the l decrease beIng or of t l per pel cent TIbe h average hourI hourly In I tiM 07 were higher than In III any year ea of It tha is 18 years period from 1890 to I 1907 more 20 per cent higher than th lint average In any year eol from 18 1810 0 to III 1900 As In each ach cuse caute with the for tor the period ISM to lS 9 the average hourly lit In were iere per cent hIgher the ot of I U per greater and the lie average ho hours or of labor per week b pr pir cent lower Iwer The Tho average price pIlco ot of food tood In 1901 wa than In an airy other year In th PerIod The average price or 30 principal wre tere no cordIng to film family II consumption of th the v various articles her C higher In 1007 the Il average prIce for tor the 1 It years oara 18 1810 O to 1899 Compared with the average for Cor 1111 loi same period lod the tho purchasing power or of Wages In 1907 was vas 67 P II greater The Th increase In hour hourly hourly ly wage In 19 1907 7 over 1906 was quito quit general occurring In 40 or of the U 41 i investigated rho In Increase crease creuse was In III tho ho or of cot co cotou tou tOI goods good where the tho average wags wages per hour In 1907 were verc pel cent high higher highel er el than In 1906 In th the or of paper and wood pulp Pilip tho Increase was tIns per In several other In Industries the was Ii l POI per cent and In 90 0 IndustrIes less 5 POI clint Ta In one Industry Bessemer steel tile Il a decrease In n ot of O Ot POI per cent In the n 41 In industries accord log Ing to Importance the Increase e In hour was want 37 per C cint or th thi 30 artIcles 29 were higher In price In l 1907 than In 1906 |
