=========================================== Item | Weekly | Yearly ----------------------+---------+---------- Food | $12.15 | $631.80 Shelter | 3.50 | 182.00 Clothing | 6.20 | 322.25 Fuel, heat and light | 1.62 | 84.25 Sundries | 6.80 | 353.60 ----------------------+---------+---------- All items | $30.27 |$1,573.90 ----------------------+---------+---------- Between October, 1914, and October, 1919, the cost of living at a minimum standard in Fall River increased 73% and at a more liberal standard, 74%, the advance for the separate items being as follows: ================================================== | Minimum | More liberal Item | standard | standard ----------------------+------------+-------------- Food | 77% | 82% Shelter | 15% | 20% Clothing | 125% | 102% Fuel, heat and light | 46% | 46% Sundries | 75% | 74% ----------------------+------------+-------------- All items | 73% | 74% ----------------------+------------+-------------- Publications of the National Industrial Conference Board 15 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. _Research Report No._ 1. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACTS IN THE UNITED STATES--THE LEGAL PHASE. 60 pages. April, 1917. Revised, August, 1919. $1.00. _Research Report No._ 2. ANALYSIS OF BRITISH WARTIME REPORTS ON HOURS OF WORK AS RELATED TO OUTPUT AND FATIGUE. 58 pages. November, 1917. $1.00. _Research Report No._ 3. STRIKES IN AMERICAN INDUSTRY IN WARTIME. 20 pages. March, 1918. 50 cents. _Research Report No._ 4. HOURS OF WORK AS RELATED TO OUTPUT AND HEALTH OF WORKERS--COTTON MANUFACTURING. 64 pages. March, 1918. $1.00. _Research Report No._ 5. THE CANADIAN INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES INVESTIGATION ACT. 28 pages. April, 1918. 50 cents. _Research Report No._ 6. SICKNESS INSURANCE OR SICKNESS PREVENTION? 24 pages. May, 1918. 50 cents. _Research Report No._ 7. HOURS OF WORK AS RELATED TO OUTPUT AND HEALTH OF WORKERS--BOOT AND SHOE INDUSTRY. 76 pages. June, 1918. $1.00. _Research Report No._ 8. WARTIME EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN IN THE METAL TRADES. 80 pages. July, 1918. $1.00 _Research Report No._ 9. WARTIME CHANGES IN THE COST OF LIVING--JULY, 1914, TO JUNE, 1918. 82 pages. August, 1918. $1.00. _Research Report No._ 10. ARBITRATION AND WAGE-FIXING IN AUSTRALIA. 52 pages. October, 1918. $1.00. _Research Report No._ 11. THE EIGHT-HOUR DAY DEFINED. 12 pages. December, 1918. 50 cents. _Research Report No._ 12. HOURS OF WORK AS RELATED TO OUTPUT AND HEALTH OF WORKERS--WOOL MANUFACTURING. 69 pages. December, 1918. $1.00.