Fourth report of the Factory investigating commission, 1915 (1915)
New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission, Wagner, Robert Ferdinand, 1877-1953, McGuire, Laurence M. D · Albany : J. B. Lyon company, printers · leaf 426
would be a fallacy to interpret the expenditures of these monthsas typical of the entire year. What was desired for this part ofthe investigation was the acquisition of a personal and intimateknowledge of the mode of living in workingmens families.Ability to describe the actual stock of clothing,… … 3 PM Appendix VII — Cost of Living 1627 study, a great deal of specific information concerning the variousitems of family expenditure was obtained. The number of house-holds covered, thirty-four in New York City, eighteen in Buffalo,and seventeen in Troy, was not large, but the work was so…
Working class · Factory system · Wages · Building laws · Technical education · Cost and standard of living · Minimum wage
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