 | 1917 - 860 pages
...field of union labor there has been an increase in wages of nine per cent from 1912 to 1916, inclusive. Figures for 1917 are not yet available; but even if we were to assume that wages have risen as much in the first. six months of 1917 as they increased during the period from 1912 to 1916 (which... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance - 1917 - 684 pages
...manner, yet the average wage increase since 1912 has been small, even In union labor. when compared with the rise in the prices in necessaries of life. The index figures published In the April Kerlew of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics show Hint in the large field of union labor... | |
 | 1917 - 690 pages
...began, yet the average wage Increase since 1912 has been small, even in union labor, when compared with the rise In the prices In necessaries of life....even if we were to assume that wages have risen as much in the first four months of 1917 as they rose In the whole period from 1912 to 1916 (which would... | |
 | Amos Pinchot, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance - 19?? - 24 pages
...contribution, it must be through paying very large income and profit taxes. i WAR, PRICES AND INCOMES Index figures published in the April "Review" of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate that, even in the field of organized labor, there has not been a large raise in... | |
 | 1917 - 780 pages
...contribution, it must be through paying very large income and profit taxes. War, Prices and Incomes Index figures published in the April "Review" of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate that, even in the field of organized labor, there has not been a large raise in... | |
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Undoubtedly wages have advanced sharply since the war began, yet the average wage increase since 1912 has been small, even in union labor, when compared with the rise In the prices in necessaries of life. The index figures published in the April "Review"... 