| Communication and traffic - 1918 - 906 pages
...be noted, are not pre-war figures ; they represent conditions after a year of war and two years of rising prices. And each dollar now represents In its...in which to live, food to eat and clothing to wear, only seventyone cents, as against the 100 cents of January 1, 1916. That there has been such steadfast... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce - 1919 - 46 pages
...of war and two years of rising prices. And each dollar now (the report Ťať made Apr. 30. 191ft > represents in its power to purchase a place in which to live, food to eat. and clothes to wear, bat 71 cents as against the 100 cents of January 1. 1916." WAGES. Wage increases granted... | |
| William Gibbs McAdoo - Railroads and state - 1919 - 60 pages
...year of war and two years of rising prices. And each dollar now (the report was made April 30, 1918) represents in its power to purchase a place in which to live, food to eat, and clothes to wear, but 71 cents as against the 100 cents of January 1, 1916." WAGES. Wage increases granted... | |
| United States. Federal Railroad Administration - Railroads - 1919 - 136 pages
...year of war, and two years of rising prices. And each dollar now (the report was made Apr. 30, 1918) represents in its power to purchase a place in which to live, food to eat, and clothes to wear, but 71 cents as against the 100 cents of January 1, 1916. WAGES. Wage increases granted... | |
| Public Ownership League of America - Government ownership - 1919 - 110 pages
...year of war and two years of rising prices. And each dollar now (the report was made April 30, 1918), represents in its power to purchase a place in which to live, food to eat, and clothes to wear, but 71 cents as against the 100 cents of January 1, 1916." It must also be remembered... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Interstate Commerce Committee - 1919 - 1816 pages
...year of war, and two years of rising prices. And each dollar now (the report was made Apr. 30. 19] 3") represents in its power to purchase a place in which to live, food to eat, and clothes to wear, but 71 cents as against the 100 cents of January 1, 1916. WAGES. Wage increases granted... | |
| Frank Julian Warne - Industrial relations - 1920 - 266 pages
...to be noted, are not prewar figures ; they represent conditions after a year of war and two years of rising prices. And each dollar now represents in its...wear, but 71 cents as against the 100 cents of January i, 1916." So much for the question of wages. How about hours of work and other conditions and terms... | |
| Clerks - 1922 - 608 pages
...be noted, are not pre-war figures ; they represent conditions after a year of war and two years of rising prices. And each dollar now represents in its...eat, and clothing to wear, but 71 cents, as against 100 cents of January 1, 1916.' "That shows how rapidly the purchasing power of the dollar had declined.... | |
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