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Show British Consul Tells His Countrymen of High Cost of Living New York, April 12 The British consul general In this city recently made a report to his government, in which he cautioned British workmen against too roseate a view of prospects pros-pects and opportunities in American cities. The report has been mad public in England and copies of it have Just reached this side Tlio consul general tells British workmen that a man cannot live decently de-cently here on less than Sl.OOu a year, and that the higher wages prevalent here are no more than adequate compensation com-pensation for the higher cost of living. liv-ing. In an interview today the consul general defended his report by the declaration, "I only said what you yourselves aro saying about the high, cost of living In America." |