New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-16

All OF tne ,tieiuents are presented win this same
deti ana giys picture Of the home economies OF the
state that il both nere ting aud Instructive TO all wage
luorGrs. BY these statements 1t IL shown that five fam
lies out 3g7 invested in furniture and carpets Pa
faInilip1, or 6G1 per cent OF the whole number.
pended average OF 50 yary for books and newspi-
pers "a per paid society dues, aud the per
ceuiagc devoted money 10 religion. OF tie 397 families
II per cent have pianos or cabinet or.ins "a per
cent have sowing uacb3ues, and, in addition to this
wing article many possessed wringng ihnes
"a Will be found By reference to the iamy statements
ST. uer cent had carpeted rooms IN m y y
instances stated In the individual presenat0n the
tenement OF I'VE or SIX apartments being car
peicd; &C per cent paid rates for church pews.
OF the IA families in which the father the on "
wurKrr the average Income was 1928 49, or the 2j5 fam
lies IN which the children assisted tho aver.
age income was 1854 49, The average income Of the
ftnIies OF skilled abOrers Including overseer-)
.ta 80 while of unsknlpd iabOrers' families 1851 O5
formed tue average IncOme aud OF the total expeu-
ture OF the 397 families IS per cent was required sub
per cent for fuel and the balance of per cent de-
voted 10 sundry expenses
Bureau has drawn the following conclusions, which
appear 70 90 verified by tho figures presented:
As regards earnings: That In tue majority Of cases
workingmen In this Commonwealth do not support their
families their individual earnings alone; that the
amount OF earnings contributed ny wives, generally
speang is small That they would save more by stav-
lug home than they gain by outside labor; that
fathers RELY, or are forced 10 depend upon their chill
family earnings; that children under is years OF age
supply, by their labor from oneeighth 70 onosxth OF
As regards expenses That judging from the propor.
tion0tc outlay for dress, as regards entire expenses
obedience 10 fashion, iadugs In an excessive or
portIOBatc pendture thnt, from nvestigatons
we mud evidence or indication That wOrkngmen
spend large sums OF n0pey eXtrayagauty or for bad
habits that as regards subsistence rents and fuel the
families which we visited paid therefor
larger percentages Of their income than DO working
mens families, with like incomes, In Prussia and other
European countries and that, regards cloth ng aud
sundiy xpenses wongmen's families paid there
for smaller percentages OF their Income than do work
ingmeus families, wlh Ike Dcomes, IN the countries
mentioned above.
A. RECORDS manner OF living: Tat, among the fam!.
lies visited. those containing tho greatest number Of
child Cccupy the most crowded and the
inferior class OF tenemeuts that about three quart
of tho wOrkin gIneus homes which visited are In
good condition regards locality aud needfu sanitary
provIsons Dut that nearly one-haf OF the unskiIled
lnbOrers 1--we in the inferior tenements that the work
cations, well fed tnaf, far as our investigations
extended our worklngmen are, on the average, we'll
tDly clothed that tneir manner
AT least capable or most favorable comparison with that
in foreign countries; that largo proportion OF the
skilled workngmeu visited have sewing and other Ia bor-
evidences OF material prosperity TO certain extent
significant numbers OF tue families. the aid OF child
aDor being fully allowed own pianos or
have peJed rooms aud mai tain Pews In church,
As regards savings: That more than half of the
families visited save money less than one tenth are
deUt and the remainder make both ends Ineet that
without chdren's assistance, other things remaining
ty or debt that savings by families and fathers alone
are made In branch OF oocnpatien investxatod
but only few 10 thero evidence the Dos
ability Of acquiring competence, and In those cases
Il would DO result Of assisted family labor thsS
the higher the Income generally speaking, the greater