United States Congressional Serial SetU.S. Government Printing Office, 1907 - United States Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. |
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... prices of food , the expenditures for which consti- tute nearly half of the expenditures for all purposes in a working- man's family . Retail prices of food are shown in the succeeding article in this Bulletin . According to that ...
... prices of food , the expenditures for which consti- tute nearly half of the expenditures for all purposes in a working- man's family . Retail prices of food are shown in the succeeding article in this Bulletin . According to that ...
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... food was 1.4 per cent greater than in 1905 , and the purchasing power of a full week's wages was 1 per cent greater ... prices , purchasing power of wages , etc. , in 1906 with other years are presented in the tables on pages 4 and 7 .
... food was 1.4 per cent greater than in 1905 , and the purchasing power of a full week's wages was 1 per cent greater ... prices , purchasing power of wages , etc. , in 1906 with other years are presented in the tables on pages 4 and 7 .
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... PRICES OF FOOD , AND PURCHAS- ING POWER OF HOURLY WAGES AND OF FULL - TIME WEEKLY EARNINGS PER EMPLOYEE , MEASURED BY RETAIL PRICES OF FOOD , 1890 TO 1906 . [ A chart showing in graphic form the changes in employees , hours , wages ...
... PRICES OF FOOD , AND PURCHAS- ING POWER OF HOURLY WAGES AND OF FULL - TIME WEEKLY EARNINGS PER EMPLOYEE , MEASURED BY RETAIL PRICES OF FOOD , 1890 TO 1906 . [ A chart showing in graphic form the changes in employees , hours , wages ...
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... price of food was 21.2 per cent higher in 1906 than in 1896 , the year of lowest prices , and 15.7 per cent higher than the average price for the ten years , 1890 to 1899 . For ten years there has been a general increase in wages per ...
... price of food was 21.2 per cent higher in 1906 than in 1896 , the year of lowest prices , and 15.7 per cent higher than the average price for the ten years , 1890 to 1899 . For ten years there has been a general increase in wages per ...
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... prices of food . Figures are also given in the table , but not used in the chart , which show relative full - time weekly earnings per employee and relative purchasing power of hourly wages and of full - time weekly earnings per ...
... prices of food . Figures are also given in the table , but not used in the chart , which show relative full - time weekly earnings per employee and relative purchasing power of hourly wages and of full - time weekly earnings per ...
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0600 Delivered 1-pound loaf 10-pound lots Average hours average price Average wages Carolina cent Chops Chuck Cider City court Creamery Cutlets Data for employees Data for hours Dubuque employed employment estab establishments 1890 Evaporated factory Female Fresh Full cream Granulated hours and wages HOURS OF LABOR hours per wages Hungarian immigrants industries Irish Italian Jersey Jersey City Jewish Jews Little Rock Male Massachusetts ments North Atlantic North Central Number of employees number of hours Occupation and geographical Ohio Oolong Orleans padrone Pale Pennsylvania Piecework Podolia Poland pounds PRICES OF FOOD Pure leaf railroad rates of wages Relative Relative number Relative Relative Relative retail prices rubles Russia salt Salt Lake City Sirloin Slavic Slavs Sliced sold in 10-pound South South Carolina TABLE I.-RETAIL PRICES TABLE II.-RELATIVE WAGES TABLE IV.-AVERAGE WAGES Terre Haute United Volhynia WAGES AND HOURS wages per employees wages per hour Western Wilkes-Barre York
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Page 585 - A duly attested transcript of the birth certificate filed according to law with a registrar of vital statistics, or other officer charged with the duty of recording births, which certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the age of such child.