Cost of living in German towns

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Identifikator:: 866449027

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-93831

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Cost of living in German towns

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: Stat. Off.

Year of publication:: 1908

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (LXI, 548 Seiten)

Collection:: Economics Books

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.CREFELD. 161 “ multiple shop ” system exists only in the case of a large coffee company which has several shops, which deal, however, only in coffee, sugar, and biscuits. Black pure-rye bread, grey bread, containing an admixture of wheat, and also white bread are all consumed by the working classes ; slices of black and white bread are frequently eaten together, in sandwich form. Loaves are sold at various prices, 45, 55, and 60 pfennige (5¿d., 6Jd. and l\d.), and not by weight. The price of a 4 lb. loaf of black bread in October, 1905, was 3\d. to 4d., of a grey loaf of the same weight 5\d. and 6^d., and of white bread 6|d. and l\d. The prices of most groceries are fairly uniform throughout the town, the only important variations being in coffee (which is everywhere of all qualities and prices), sugar (which seems to be the commodity mainly affected by competition among grocers), and cheese. The price usually paid for coffee is 11 d. per lb. The practice of buying at small grocers’ shops “coffee water” (boiling water ready for use) is still common with a section of the factory population, especially where the wife works in the mill ; the sign “ Coffee water with milk sold here” may be seen in the windows of these small shops. The housewife takes her coffee in a jug, and obtains the necessary infusion at the price of \d. for two quarts. The principal kinds of cheese sold are Dutch and Swiss, but there are a good many other kinds upon the market, and in particular Limburg cheese. A very inferior Dutch cheese is obtainable for 6d. or 6|rd. Coal is principally used for fuel, little coke being burned, while briquettes, which are also used, cost 8Jd. per cwt. In connection with the question of food prices it may be noted that though wages are distinctly lower for the weavers (whether home or factory workers) outside the town and within it, food prices in the rural districts are no lower, and are frequently higher. An investigation made by the Landrath of Crefeld Rural District on 1st September, 1905, as to the average prices in the seven areas which make up that district showed that for pork, bacon, beef, veal, salt herrings, sugar, and petroleum the prices were in almost every case higher than in the town of Crefeld, and that for most other commodities the town and rural prices were about level. As the following Table shows, the prices of butter, milk, cheese, flour, bread, coal, and paraffin in September, 1907, were distinctly higher than at October, 1905 ; the prices of sugar, bacon, and potatoes, on the other hand, had fallen slightly :— Predominant Prices paid by the Working Classes in October, 1905, and September, 1907. Predominant Price. Commodity. October, 1905. September, 1907. Coffee ... ... ... Sugar :— Loaf **• ... ... White granulated ... Bacon :— Fat ... ... ... Streaky Eggs ... ..# ••• Cheese :— Dutch .. ... Limburg Swiss Butter ... Margarine Potatoes Flour :— Wheaten Rye ... M. ••• Bread :— White Grey Black Milk ... ... ••• Coal ... ... ••• Coke ... ... ••• Paraffin per lb. per Is. per lb. per 7 lb. per 4 lb. per quart per cwt. per gallon 11 d. 2# 9# 13 8| d. 5 \d. 9\d. to 9|d. 10 id. 16 9# 7\d. 9# Is. Id. 7 d. 2fd., 3d. 11 \d. 9fd. to lOfd. 6W. to 7\d. 5\d. 3\d. 3\d. 4d. 10 ^d. 9\d. 9 id. 11 d. 2W. 2\d. 8|d. to 9\d. 9\d. „ 9fd. 12 „ 14 lid. 3\d. to l\d. 11 d. to Is. Is. 2\d. to Is. 3\d. 8# 2# Is. 0\d. to Is. lfd. 10£d. to ll\d. 7\d. 3\d. to l\d. 4RL 2# Is. Ofd. 9\d. 11 d. 29088 X

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