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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476 STUTTGART. prepared—and the working classes are not alone in stocking it. It is supposed to be an unfermented fruit juice, but its taste can be very insipid. A sparkling perry, to which the name champagne is given, is also made in large quantities from a small pear. Coke is the universal fuel at Stuttgart. It is delivered in large panniers containing a hundredweight, at about from Is. 7^d. to Is. 8§d. per cwt., with a slight reduction when half a ton is bought. As working-class families often have cellar storage for fuel such large purchases are common. Coal is hardly used at all ; the price is Is. 7j¡d. to Is. 8%d. per cwt. for nuts, and 2s. 2^d. for anthracite. A considerable quantity of wood is burned. The following Table summarises the prices for the chief commodities other than meat in October, 1905, and July, 1906, when the town was visited for the purpose of this inquiry :— Predominant Prices paid by the Working Classes in October, 1905, and July, 1906. Commodity. Predominant Price. October, 1905. July, 1906. Coffee Sugar :— Loaf White Granulated Bacon :— Fat Streaky Eggs Cheese :— Limburg Swiss Butter Margarine ... Potatoes Flour (Household) Bread :— Mixed Rye and Wheat <k Black” Rye Milk Coal Coke Paraffin Oil ... per lb. per Is. per lb. per 7 lb. per 4 lb. per quart per cwt. per gallon 1 Id. to Is. Id. 2\d. 2\d. 8 £(7. to 9£(7. 8£(7. to 9p7. 14 to 15 54(7. to 6^(7. lid. Is. 2p7. 8£(7. 2\d. Is. 1# 5£(7. 4# 2\d. Is. l\d. to Is. 8£(7. Is. 74(7. to Is. 8f(7. 10(7. 11(7. to Is. 1(7. 2W. 24(7. 8K. 81(7. to 8f(7. 14 to 17 51» (7. to 6(7. 11(7. Is. 24(7. 8§(7. 3(7. to 3|(7. Is. 1|(7. to Is. 2^(7. 5# 4# 2&(7. Is. 8f(7. to Is. 9j(7. Is. l\d. to Is. 8|(7. 10(7. to 10^(7. The co-operative movement has obtained a strong hold in Stuttgart and the neighbouring small towns, and between the stores and the private traders very strained relationships exist. The Central Co-operative Society at Stuttgart has 20 shops, and the Cannstatt Society has seven shops ; the former society has a membership of 24,000, one half being industrial workpeople, and the latter a membership of 2,900. The success of the stores has called into existence a counter-movement on the part of the shopkeepers. Several hundreds of these, representing 80 branches of business, have united in a Discount Association, the object of which is to attract the smaller consumer from the stores and large warehouses of the “ universal provider” type by the offer of a discount on all cash purchases above a minimum of 20 Pfennige or 2|(7., the return being roughly 5 per cent. The discount is not given at the time, but takes the form of stamps whose face value is that of the purchase made. These stamps are affixed to a book provided for the purpose, and when 1,000 stamps of 20 Pfennige, 200 stamps of 1 mark (100 Pfennige), 20 stamps of 10 marks, or any combination of these tokens making up the same aggregate, have been affixed, a discount of 10 marks is paid in cash at the Central Office. Purchases may be made at the shop of any member of the association, so that the system of discounts covers the entire range of household needs, and affords consumers a wide choice of tradespeople. The same system has been introduced in other towns of Wurtemberg, and the interests of the tradespeople so united are further

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