Text this: State of labor in Europe: 1878. Reports from the United States consuls in the several countries of Europe on the rates of wages; cost of living to the laborers; past and present rates; present condition of trade; business habits, and systems; amount of paper money in circulation, and its relative value to gold and silver; for the several consular districts, in response to a circular from the Department of State requesting information upon these subjects; together with a letter from the Secretary of State transmitting these reports to the Speaker of the House of Representatives.