The  expenditure  on  food,  fuel,  and  rent  of  the  workman
in  Germany  would  be  to  that  of  the  same  workman  in
England  on  the  same  items,  exclusive  of  local  taxation,  as  119  to  100
It  appears,  therefore,  that  an  English  workman  in  Germany,  and  living
so  far  as  possible  as  he  had  been  accustomed  to  live  in  England,  would  find
his  expenditure  on  rent  (exclusive  of  local  taxation),  food  and  fuel  increased
by  some  19  per  cent,  (or  roughly  by  one-fifth).
As  regards  wages  and  hours  of  labour  :—
Weekly  money  wages  of  the  working  classes  in  German
towns  are  to  weekly  wages  of  the  same  classes  in  England,
in  the  trades  selected  for  comparison,  as  ...  ...  ..  83  to  100
Average  usual  working  hours  per  week  of  the  working
classes  in  German  towns  are  to  those  of  the  same  classes  in
England,  in  the  trades  selected  for  comparison,  as  ...  ...  Ill  to  100
Consequently  the  hourly  rates  of  money  wages  for  the
working-classes  in  German  towns  are  to  those  of  the  same
classes  in  England,  for  the  trades  selected  for  comparison,  as  75  to  100
Thus  on  the  above  basis  the  German  rate  of  money  wages  per  hour  is
about  three-quarters  of  the  English  rate,  and  the  cost  of  rent,  food  and  fuel
nearly  one-fifth  greater  than  in  England.
It  may  be  as  well  to  repeat  here  the  two  principal  limitations  of  this
estimate,  viz.,  (1)  the  data  as  to  wages  and  hours  of  labour  are  based  on  the
building,  engineering,  and  printing  trades  alone  ;  (2)  the  comparison  of  cost
of  living  is  based  on  the  English  standard  of  consumption,  and  covers  only
expenditure  on  food,  fuel,  and  house  room,  or  rather  over  three-quarters  of  the
whole  expenditure.