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Victoria C. Woodhull: “The laboring classes of the country are not so well off under the present system of high prices as they were before the…”

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The laboring classes of the country are not so well off under the present system of high prices as they were before the war, which indicates that the advance in wages has been more than counterbalanced by the increase in the prices of the laborers’ necessities.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

Editor's note · Context

She notes that the laboring classes are worse off post-war due to rising prices outpacing wage increases.

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