Project Gutenberg 2008-03-18 Public domain in the USA. 214 National Industrial Conference Board Board, National Industrial Conference The Cost of Living Among Wage-Earners Fall River, Massachusetts, October, 1919, Research Report Number 22, November, 1919 Produced by Anca Sabine Dumitrescu, Brian Magee, Clog and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Cost of Living Among Wage-Earners" by National Industrial Conference Board is a research report published in the early 20th century, specifically in November 1919. This book offers a detailed examination of the living costs experienced by wage-earning families in Fall River, Massachusetts, shortly after the First World War. It highlights the financial requirements for maintaining a household at various standards of living during a time of economic adjustment. In the report, the authors conduct a thorough analysis of the costs associated with essential expenses such as food, shelter, clothing, fuel, and miscellaneous sundries for a hypothetical family of five. The study presents estimated weekly and yearly expenditures required to uphold a minimum acceptable standard of living, as well as a more liberal standard that includes greater comfort. The findings reveal a significant increase in living costs over a five-year period, reflecting a 73% rise in overall expenses since 1914. The data serves as both a snapshot of post-war economic conditions and a valuable resource for understanding the financial pressures faced by working-class families during this transformative period. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 65.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Cost and standard of living -- Massachusetts -- Fall River HD Text United States Category: History - American Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Economics Category: Reports & Conference Proceedings 113070 2025-10-10T09:20:54.892486 text/html 106156 2021-01-03T09:54:09 text/html 122501 2025-10-10T09:21:02.105407 application/epub+zip 122620 2025-10-10T09:20:58.477458 application/epub+zip 93272 2025-10-10T09:20:57.067447 application/epub+zip 298400 2025-10-10T09:21:04.437434 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 288773 2025-10-10T09:21:01.200448 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 126796 2022-08-11T10:12:03.306708 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 75398 2025-10-10T09:20:54.220550 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 75434 2021-01-03T09:54:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 75424 2021-01-03T09:54:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20823 2025-10-10T09:21:04.574428 application/rdf+xml 20634 2025-10-10T09:20:57.569481 image/jpeg 4709 2025-10-10T09:20:57.317498 image/jpeg 23852 2021-01-03T09:54:09 application/octet-stream application/zip 26062 2021-01-03T09:54:09 application/octet-stream application/zip 23837 2021-01-03T09:54:09 application/octet-stream application/zip 122991 2025-10-10T09:20:54.900452 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia