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Better Pay for Our Hard Working Consuls
A 1915 report urges Congress to raise consular salaries and post allowances to offset rising living costs abroad. Cost of living varies by country and city, with food and rent surging 15 to 125 percent since 1914. Officials argue higher compensation, moving allowances, and merit-based promotions would boost efficiency and trade support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harles E. Hughes
United States
House of Representatives
Congressional Committee
House
Secretary of State
State Department
Chamber of Commerces of the
Congress
Department of Commerce
Indiana
Great Britain
Germany
J. J. Slechta
New York
Senate
Rio de Janeiro
Buenos Aires
Hia
Slechta
Liberty
Consular Service
William C. Redfield
Department of State