GERMAN WORKERS' BUDGET

Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 March 1916, Page 2

GERMAN WORKERS' BUDGET

T liAKD TIMJSS AT BREMEN. <A private report of an inquiry by vile German Labor associations in men into the conditions ox the workmen iii tile port iias been received a,i •jremen._ Of 178/ families bts. composed ot 360 persons, had had no meat far or margarine lor a week. Ul the others, the average amount omoney spent on meat was a and lOd a week tor margar-

There wer-j 45 families who had no milk, the average expenditure ot uie others being 5d & week. The average consumption of potatoes was olb a day these being their staple food. One-third of the families .had a income than 25e a week, and the average rent was Be. In 238 tamllies the amount spent for tood anu dlotiimg wan not more than 12s 6di, the remainder of thedr "wages goincr tor rent, coal, and war taxes.