Excerpt from An Analysis of the High Cost of Living Problem Reliable figures showing the average increase in rents are not com piled. It is publicly known, however, that more or less concerted movements to increase tents have been made in several cities since the signing Of the armistice. The item of rent amounts to from 9 to 15 per cent of the expenditure of the average wage-earning family. Fuel and lighting show an increase for June, 1919, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics index numbers, of 80 per cent over the figures for 1913. Fuel and light amount to approximately 31; to 7 per cent of the expenditure of the average wage-earning family. House furnishings Show an increase for June, 1919, of 131 per cent over 1913. This item amounts to approximately 4 to 7 per cent of the expenditure Of the average wage-earning family. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.