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 468
ssumed that recrular store prices, not bargain pricesand not secondhand sale prices, should be used. This rule wasadopted for a reason similar to that favoring its application whendiscussing the working girls. Although some can be accommodatedby sales and by secondhand stores, the number of working… … 5 ^ «v^ ■Vi Appendix VII — Cost of Living 1661 make a good many of the garments for herself and for the chil-dren. So, when a price is given, for instance for the waists of aboy, the sum refers to the cost of material which it is supposed themother uses. Finally, it was taken for granted that the…
Working class · Factory system · Wages · Building laws · Technical education · Cost and standard of living · Minimum wage
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