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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846 MANNHEIM. costing nearly 2^d., which works out at Is. 4fd. per cwt. or 28s. per ton. Less usually a large “ Eimer ” of coal, containing a quarter of a hundredweight, is sold at a proportionate price. Many working-class families, however, obtain their coal supplies in larger quantities and at a cheaper rate from the factories at which the bread winners are employed ; here the cost is only Is. or Is. Id. per cwt. and the value of the quantity supplied is deducted from the wages at every settlement. Coke is used to a smaller extent and is obtained from the municipal gas works. Another fuel must be named which is peculiar to Mannheim working-class households, viz., the shavings and saw-dust which accumulate at the large timber- yards. Sacks of this refuse are sold at the rate of 1 \d. each, and in many of the poorer homes no other fuel ever enters the stoves save in the cold seasons of the year. The paraffin oil mostly used is American costing KM per gallon. The co-operative movement has made considerable progress in Mannheim since its introduction a few years ago, and between the " stores ” of the working classes and the private businesses keen rivalry exists. Of the 3,500 members of the co-operative society, over 30 per cent, belong to the metal trades. The following Table summarises the prices of groceries, &c., in October, 1905, and also gives comparative prices at the time of the investigator’s visit in August, 1906. Milk and bacon were slightly higher at the later date, but other prices showed no sensible change. Predominant Priées paid by the Working Classes in October, 1905, and August, 1906. Commodity. Coffee Sugar :— Loaf ... . « White Granulated Bacon :— Fat Streaky ... Eggs Cheese :— Limburg ... Swiss Butter Margarine ... “Palmin” ... “Kokos” Potatoes Flour, Wheaten Bread :— Grey Black Milk ... Coal ... Coke ... Paraffin Oil per lb. per Is. per lb. per 7 lb. per 4 lb. per quart per cwt. per gallon Predominant Price. October, 1905. 11 d. to Is. Id. 2hd., 2|d. ~2&d. 8§d. to 91d. 9^d. 13 5 \d. Is. Id. to Is. 3fd. Is. 3Id. Id. to 8fd. Id. Id. 3d. Is. lfd. h\d. 5d. 2§d., 3d. Is. 4fd. Is. 3%d. to Is. 4|d. " lOd. August, 1906. lid. to Is. Id. 2# 2\d. 9|d. 9|d. to lid. 13 5 \d. Is Id. to Is. 3£d. Is. 3\d. 7d. to 8|d. 7 d. Id. 3d. Is. lfd 5 hd. 5d. 3d. Is. 4|d. Is. 3\d. to Is 4|d. lOd. Meat. A large proportion of the meat supply of Mannheim comes from the Grand Duchy of Baden. Wurtemberg is next in importance, particularly as concerns beef ; Bavaria also sends a good deal of beef ; while the pork comes chiefly from Mecklenburg, Hanover, Schleswig Holstein, Pomerania, and Baden. The mutton comes for the most part from the neighbourhood, but the consumption is not large. Of foreign countries only Austria is of importance, and that in respect of beef. During the last few years the meat consumption of the town, as estimated from the returns of the municipal slaughter-house, has steadily decreased both quantitatively and qualitatively. In 1902 the daily consumption of fresh meat was 0'363 lb. per head, in 1903 0*372 lb., in 1904 0*374 lb., and in 1905, 0*350 lb. ; but in 1901 it was 0*389 lb., in 1900 0*409 lb., and

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