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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412 PLACEN. 5 per cent, of such value. Thus the sum of 10s. will purchase a packet containing either 1,000 stamps of the former or 200 of the latter face value. These stamps are issued by the shopkeeper to his customers according to the value of the goods purchased by the latter, the rule being that all members of the shopkeepers’ association shall allow a l ' discount ” of 5 per cent., neither more nor less, on cash purchases. The purchaser of goods to value of, say, one mark, therefore receives with them a stamp, or stamps, of that face value, which he pastes into a book. The books used for this purpose are issued by the association, and are considered to be “ full ” when they contain either 1,000 stamps of 20 pfennige or 200 stamps of 1 mark face value. They are then accepted by the Municipal Savings Bank as equivalent to a deposit of 10 marks (10,?.). Each book contains a list of the shops (numbering 740 in 1906) which belong to the association, so arranged as to facilitate reference. Thus a person desirous of buying a pair of boots finds that he has a choice of 34 shops, at any of which he will receive discount stamps corresponding to the value of his purchase. For groceries he has a choice of .158 shops, and for bakers’ wares a choice of 142. One of the results of so much organisation among those who supply the daily wants of the people of Flauen is that little scope is left for variation in the price of any given article at different shops. Groceries and other Commodities. The following Table shows the predominant retail prices charged in Flauen for various kinds of household provisions of the quality usually bought by the working classes. The price shown for each article is based on the statements of several retail dealers in that article (including the workmen’s co-operative society) doing business in different parts of the town. Predominant Prices paid by the Working Classes in October, 1905, and September, 1906. Predominant Price. Commodity. Coffee (Java or Campinas) Sugar (White Granulated) Bacon :— 1 at ... ... ... Streaky Eggs (imported Austrian) Cheese (Limburg) Butter ... Margarine Potatoes... Flour, Wheat „ Rye Bread (of Rye) Milk ... Coal Paraffin ... per lb. per Is. per lb per 7 lbs. per 4 lbs. per quart per cwt. per gallon October, 1905. 11 (7. to Is. 1(7. 2^(7., 2f (7. 9 \d. 9# 17 5^(7. Is. 2f(7. 8# 2# Is. 3p7. 9\d. to Is. 0\d. 4f(7. to 5 f(7. 2^(7. Is. 2|(7. to Is. 4(7. Is. 0(7. September, 1906. 11(7. to Is. 1(7. 2^(7., 2^(7. G 9# 9# 14 5^(7. to G|(7. Ms. 3p7. 8# 2# Is. 3^(7. 9j(7. to 114(7. 41(7. to 51(7. 2^7. Is. 2|(7. to Is. 4 Is. 0(7. From the above it would appear that for a number of the principal household provisions the price was the same at September, 1906, as at October, 1905. Slight rises took place in cheese, butter, milk, and eggs, while rye-flour became somewhat cheaper. Meat. Dissatisfaction is expressed among, all classes' of the population in Flauen as to unprecedentedly high prices and declining consumption of meat, a condition of things which is ascribed to the prohibition of imports of foreign cattle, the whole of the meat consumed in the town being German, and more especially Prussian produce. The most recent figures which can be adduced in support of the complaints as to declining consumption are those for the year 1905.

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