. Electric railway journal . s a per cent increase for the period as compared to percent for the Railroad Wage Commission this increase to the result obtained in Table Ibrings the increase in the cost of living for Jan. 1, 1918,over 1900, to per cent. To bring the data down to date the company exhibitedTable IV, which is a combination of Table I and TableIII. It shows the per cent increase in July Over Jan. 1,1918, to be per cent; over Jan. 1, 1916, percent, and over 1900, per cent. The increase per cent in July, 1918, over Jan. 1,
. Electric railway journal . s a per cent increase for the period as compared to percent for the Railroad Wage Commission this increase to the result obtained in Table Ibrings the increase in the cost of living for Jan. 1, 1918,over 1900, to per cent. To bring the data down to date the company exhibitedTable IV, which is a combination of Table I and TableIII. It shows the per cent increase in July Over Jan. 1,1918, to be per cent; over Jan. 1, 1916, percent, and over 1900, per cent. The increase per cent in July, 1918, over Jan. 1, 1916, checksvery closely an analogous finding of 41 per cent by theRailroad Wage Commission. Moreover, in the Clevelandand Detroit cases Messrs. Mahon and Vahey estimatedan increase of 42 per cent for a similar period. Sincethe Kansas City district is on an average per centunder the Eastern territory, the unions estimate re-duced by this amount would give per cent. The company then took up the question of the rela-. Y e a r Relative Percentage Increases in Costof Living and in Maximum and MinimumWage Rates of Kansas City Railways from1900 to July, 1918. October 26, 1918 The Latest Convert to the Skip Stop—the German Army 741 TABLE I—INCREASE IN THE COST OF LIVING IN Cookingand Lightin Clothes and Rent (Gas) . Food . Clothing Weight Fuel (Coal) Weighl *Weight *Weight *21 *Weight 4. 9 * Per Per Per Per Per Index Cent Index Cent Cent Index Cent Cent Num- In- Num- In- In- Num- In- In- ber crease ber crease crease ber, crease crease 1915 Since 1915 Since Since 1915 Since Since Year Base 1900 Base 1900 1900 Base 1900 1900 1900 64 0 89 0 0 91 0 0 1901 69 8 82 —8 0 91 0 0 1902 72 12 84 —5 0 95 4 0 1903 72 12 89 0 0 111 22 0 1904 73 14 89 0 0 102 12 0 1905 73 14 92 3 0 96 5 0 1906 76 19 98 10 0 95 4 0 1907 79 23 104 16 0 99 9 —75 1908 84 31 95 7 0 99 9 —75 1909 87 36 99 11 0 97 7 —75 1910 92 44 100 12 0 99 9 —75 1911 90 40 96 8 0 100 10 —75 1912
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