§ Mr. GOLDMANasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can state when the Report on the cost of living in the United States will be published; whether such Report will include a memorandum on the United States statistics of unemployment, similar to that published in the German Report; and whether prices, wages, and rents will be given for dates comparable with those originally published in the United Kingdom Report?
Mr. BUXTONThe preparation of the Report on Cost of Living in the United States is being proceeded with as rapidly as possible, and it is hoped that publication will take place in the autumn of this year. It was impossible to obtain, in the year 1909, full and accurate details of prices, wages, and rents in the United States for October, 1905 (the date of the United Kingdom Inquiry), but an endeavour will be made, with the aid of the Statistical Records, to make the necessary adjustments in order, so far as practicable, to obtain a fair comparison as between the United Kingdom and the United States. The question of American unemployment statistics will not be overlooked.