Table C.

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Articles.       |Percentage higher |  Percentage higher
|     in Mass.     |   in Great Britain
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Groceries       |         16.18    |        —
Provisions      |           —      |      20.00
Fuel            |        104.98    |        —
Dry goods       |         13.26    |        —
Boots and shoes |         42.75    |        —
Clothing        |         45.06    |        —
Rents           |         89.62    |        —
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Having agreed that wages are probably 62 per cent.
higher in Massachusetts than in Great Britain, it
would be easy, if we could ascertain what proportion
of a working man’s income is spent respectively
in groceries, provisions, clothing, etc., to determine
what advantage an operative derives from the higher
wages of the United States.  Dr. Engel, the chief
of the Prussian Bureau of Statistics, puts us in possession
of this information, and, as the result of a laborious
inquiry, has formulated a certain economic law which
governs the relations between income and expenditure. 
From him we learn (see Table D) that: 
Table D.
A working man with an income of L60 per annum

spends as follows: 
Per cent.

of income.                  
    Shillings.

/ meat....   
   248

1.  On subsistence     62        or  \ groceries
     496

2. " clothing         16        "                
   192

3. " rent             12        "                
   144

4. " fuel              5        "                
    60

5. " sundries          5        "                
    60

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Total shillings
1,200

Or
 L60
Now, referring to Table C, it will be seen that the
same man’s expenditure in America would be: 
Shillings. 
           S.
1.  On subsistence    / meat....
   248 —  20 p.c. = 198.4

\ groceries   496 +  16  "  
= 575.3

2. " clothing                      192 +  45  "  
= 278.4

3. " rent                          144 +  89  "  
= 272.1

4. " fuel                           60 + 104  "  
= 122.0

5. " sundries                       60 +  50  "  
=  90.0

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Total        
1,536.2

Or           L76
16s.
In other words, a workman earning L60 per annum in
Great Britain would receive L99, or 62 per cent. more
wages in the States, but living there would cost him
L77, or L17 more than here, giving him a net advantage
of only 28 per cent., instead of 62 per cent., derived
from living and working in America.