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Show -ost of Living in Lawrence, Mass. Has j Increased 84 Per Cent Boston, i,, , :: , , ttintalnlng a reasonable standard of flag for wage earners in Lawrence increased 84 per cent in the past years, the national industrial con-pnee con-pnee board announced todav The ard lncde public a lew days ago a Port showing the cost of living in w country as a whole had advanced Per cent in the same period Fig-res Fig-res previoush annonneed for Fall gave a 7;; p. r cent increase ere on n, m ,,, ,,, ,, ru Nvi,n ,not;e at Lawrence. Doth Lawrence and WlRivL-r are pi in ipall h vtil i 1 steady income of $26 65 a week is quired to maintain in La wrt nee ay of five p. rsom at the minimum Jsndard, t v, ;i, .,i , , ,., .,, wae tarded as of p . intere; i at this m because of the controversy be-wen be-wen William M. Wood, president ot American Woolen companv, and "tenants of Lawrence over th. fmm L!Cfarec ,hat m,M employes there we forced to pay excessive prices. ood announced last night that he ww open a store at Lawrence soon ll, 1 nc'C(18'irles at cost to employes J his company. |