Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-23
Isnn rrnncIsco chronIele.l

tsan Francisco Chronlclel
Mrs. BERNARD Bosanquet author Of
"Rich and Poor" and The STANDARD oi
life and other Studies" II an English
writer who takes a distinctly common
sense and practical view or certain
social and Industrial problems. when
have been mye:ined BY a muliitude
philosophical dfeamers. am WIN
marked clearness and perspcaclty en-
forces them TO simple rational and ap-
parentN effective solutions llet
'stardard OF Life" "a an especially
thoughtful and suggestive treatise, lnl
her discussion of It's relations 10 WHY
has been designated "thc living was.
cofnmonds Il TO the confederation on the
American. AZ well az 90 ne lndu''rl''
cron6mlst Of the United Kingdom
Tho standard NJ life. In ihc sense OK.
planned BY the author. is .1o standard
by which every man. conscl1usiy ~ we
consciously. orders his lii' ana
Inmates his success nr failure. II il-
ciudes. as a whole. his hopes anu auln,.
tions. the food. shelter and riimrni WIZ
which he IL mcasurahiy conv T. ~
the occupation and wage with WnI
il apparcntly satisfied. By the siadail
no accepts IL determined his WELL B. W.
moral and economical. and u applies 10
come extent 10 classes, 90 wei ~ ~ lh-
diyldualH. VIVA II called "the liNlnt
wage" il defined as meaning the leasi
upon which a man can i've mo MIN
tain the standard n living which ne ms
set up for himself as nccefsary 10 MS
leading satisfactory ne
Everything else being equal. the ser.
xfces nj n fssd per diem wage. ~ ih'
man who II amply led and comf1Fianly
housed. are worth more 10 the employer
than the services ~ the man VINO ls ln-
adequately fed and unrpmfdrtnhly fhel-
tered. Their relative capacities Tor wofk
may be- fairly mrnrurrd bf she dlU.r-
euce IN the labor value NJ she hair.
starved and the wcll-fcd horse. 10 w.
Therefore. TO the advantage u the cfi-
ployer that hia workman should bflnE
90 his tack the strength ana enduian ~.
Of liberal nourlshment and the alncf.y
Of a cheerful heart. A. n simple matter
OF business. then. aside from humanl-
tartan considerations. well-fed labor. a.
a rule, comments itffif 90 ihe employer
ns profitable, and thus prcdlfpnseH MIN
60 the payment ~ the living wage on
generous living STANDARD. According 10
the calculations ~ some writer's, an
average italian workman consumes no
more than about onc.hnf ih' food al
iowarce OF Frenchman, and 0nr quar-
ter % that OF an Englifhmin. The cNs
tent to which labor Il affected BY nutrl.
ton II summed M by Professor Mia In
thsse words; An Enrllahnan eats
WORKS moro and better than brrman'
an American eats more and better shan
n German. or a frcufhman. or an Eng
tshman. and works morn and better
than any OF them"
II has become an axiom ~ the Amer
lean pfotcctionis, that cheap wages
tend 20 make cheap mon. ana u II none
the less true that cheap men tend 20
make cheap wages The man whose
standard Of living IL iow-snd In Amer.
tea this standard includes something
more than mere food and ahclter-gnd
h content 10 submit on the bare husks
Of life. will soon ind himself rcconclied
10 ware rates which viii enable him
20 procure nothing better. Statistics
show that. since the beginning % the
present century money wages IN Eng
land have been advanced more than 70
per cent. with a shortening u 20 per
cent In the hours Of daily labor. while
thor. hnA been no general Increase In
the prices OF tho general commodities
Of popular consumption. Similar TN.
provementr In tho conditions ~ labor.
but somewhat more emphatic. have
occurred Ia the United States during
the same period.
These general and beneficcnt indur-
tnai changes with the passing years
~ this century % nnpfeceden hu.
man advancement nave undoubtedly
been largely due 90 a steadily incrcaf-
inr beticrment IN the standards % liv-
ing % the iaboring ciaarcn " both
countries. Tho iuxuricn % the decade
have become the necessities u the next
ana the food OF the rich has become
morc and more the fare Of the POOR.
The iAb0rer has been constantly cS.
tending the list 81 his wants and adding
20 hia personal comforts. ana the lly-
nE wage has been ndvnnccd-forced
M. and may perhaps be rnid-to meet
the Increasing expense ~ his mainten.
ancc. II wan not the Increased wage
H the lahorer that multiplied HE wants,
n wis rather his enlarged wants that
compelled the bciterinent ~ his wage,
partly through natural adjustments n
prices and profits, and partly NJ n r..
tuit Of his augmented productive ca
pacity. IN consequence Of his improved
standard 81 hving. Hence, Il Il not
unrennonably held that. although sub.
joct 90 mank checks and Limitations,
according 90 the conditions ~ dlnor.
ont times and places. In the long run
II IN the standard " life aimed at by
any class which determines what the
wages % the individual of that class
class win be-
There Is manlf,aily too much truth