§ Commander BELLAIRSasked the President of the Board of Trade whether it is possible to afford an approximate estimate as to the rise or fall of real wages since 1913 in Great Britain and the United States of America?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDThe available information indicates that the average level of real wages is higher at the present time than before the War, both in this country and in the United States. There are, however, wide variations, in both cases, according to the industry, occupation and district in which different groups of wage-earners are employed, and the statistics at my disposal are insufficient to serve as a basis for trustworthy calculations, on a comparable basis, of the actual extent of the increase since 1913 in the two countries.