The Cost Of Living

Vüluable statisties in regard to the coniparitive cost of living iu America and Burope are given in tho last Massachusetts Laboi' Iieport : " One dollar will buy twenty pounds of flour in Boston, ono or two pounds more in several European seaports, but the same or considerably Ies3 in e, ïnajority of the places compared. In Boston one dollar will buy 5 56 pounds fresh beef, roasting pieces. Tn no place in England will it buy so much by a pound or more, and in Europe Btill less, Copenhagen being the only place where it will buy more. Butter in Europe averages a pound more to the dollar than here, cheeselessby more than that, except in a few spots. As for potatoes they are cheiper here than in England, and dearer than in Ireland or Germany. Seven or cight pounds of pork for a dollar are sold here, and not much. over balf as much can be obtained for that suni in England or Europe, aud nowhere as much. In rice, milk and eggs tliey have the advantage of s. Tea costs less here than in England, but more than on the continent. With coffee it is aboul tho same, though the differonce is little. In sugar the British are a little better off, the continentals a good deal worse. Coal is cheaper herê thau in Germany, and dearer than in Eugland. Merrimac or common prints are cheaper here than any where in England or Europe. Boots are about tbe same here as there, generally speaking. There are but two or three places in England or the continent where brown sheetings are cheaper than here, while in brown shirtings the foreigners are better off. Rent, for four-roomed tenements, is from two to four times cheaper in Great Britain and on the continent than in Boston, in Austria fifteen times cheaper. Board also is from once and a half to twice as cheap in Enropo and i Great Britain as in Boston."