48 | 3.20 | 557 |
+-------------+---------------+---------------+--------------+-----+
| Eggs | (Doz.) | .30 | 1.60 | 443 |
+-------------+---------------+---------------+--------------+-----+
| Milk | _(Krushka)_ | .07 | .40 | 471 |
+-------------+---------------+---------------+--------------+-----+
On an average, food increased in price 556 per cent, or 51 per cent
more than wages.
As for the other necessities, the price of these increased
tremendously.
The following table was compiled by the Economic section of the
Moscow Soviet of Workers’ Deputies, and accepted as correct by the
Ministry of Supplies of the Provisional Government.
_Cost of Other Necessities_—(_Rubles and Kopeks_)
+-------------+---------------+-------------+-------------+----------+
| | _August_ 1914 | _August_ | _% | |
| | | 1917 | Increase_ | |
+-------------+---------------+-------------+-------------+----------+
| Calico | _(Arshin)_ | .11 | 1.40 | 1173 |
+-------------+---------------+-------------+-------------+----------+
| Cotton | _(Arshin)_ | .15 | 2. | 1233 |
| cloth | | | | |
+-------------+---------------+-------------+-------------+----------+
| Dress Goods | _(Arshin)_ | 2.
Pages:
394
395
396
397
398
399
400
401
402
403
404
405
406
407
408
409
410
411
412
413
414
415
416
417
418