Show HIGHER COST OF LIVING s it Is a good thing for this country lit in its rivalry with other countries for foreign trade that the cost of living Is advancing in all parts of the wor world id making a higher scale tot of wages imperative in other lands as s well ell a as in th united states prices are going up tip all over europe consul joseph I 1 BrIt britain tala advises the state department from kehl that at a joint meeting of tho the hotel proprietors association band and restaurant keepers union in strasbourg bourg recently all prices on wo the menus were advanced from 10 to SO 30 cents from A may lay I 1 one restaurant pro proprietor krietor etor who was interviewed said aid they were obliged to increase their prices to customers in consequence of the continual advance in prices of meat vegetables vegetable and oth food products of ot strasbourg he stated that teat they were also obliged to pay higher prices for labor th this s advance he claimed d was in some cases equal to 50 per cent andee and he cited as an example tits his cook who now receives marks per month and whose formet former wages were but 80 marasa he also stated there had been an advance in the prices tor for cooking utensils it is said similar advances have been made mad by hotels and restaurants in various pirlous parts of germany there appears to be a decided upward tendency in prices in germany which will doubtless make it more difficult for german exporters exporters to compete with other countries in foreign markets theae advances pr pertain ertain to raw materials manufactured products and labor consul urbian J ledoux of 0 prague also records the upward trend in tho the prices of austrian productions the manufacturers of if celluloid wares in austila austi la hungary have raised raise d their 11 I 1 I 1 r prices by 10 per cent giving as a reason the extraordinary rise of camphor la in japan the shoe manufacturers of prague have met the demands of tho the workmen respecting the shortening of working hours and increased pay in consequence of which mitch arid and also owing to the higher cost of all raw materials it has bas been decided to increase the prices of shoes and shop wares by 20 per cent this should materially aid the sale of american shoes which have gained considerable popularity in that district but are considered as a great luxury owing ewing to their much higher prices than th tho a local products one of tho large breweries at pil sen sea in ought brought a to an early close celoso by allowing its employed emp loyes an increase of wages of io 10 per cent tho the ahlet argument of the workmen in formulating their de demands viands is the present in creased coltof cost of living |