Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-08-12


representing 81 in
u u "hl1hl. dustries in 1920
separate establishments It showed
an average increase in wages during
this period Of 1876 per cent. The in
quiry into the cost of living shows
that living for working mems families
having under $1,000 income per year
had increased during this period 15.5
per cent. In order to ascertain this
average increase the labor bureau Sc
cured the income and expenditure in
detail Of 1857 families in thirty three
States, retail prices being taken. The
statement shows that the 2,567 families
consisted of an average Of OBJ per-
sons, and that the average income for
the year 1901 was 1927, the average
annual expenditure for all purposes
$76S, and the average expenditure for
food 1926 per family. The principal
items Of expenditure were: Food, 42.54
per cent of the total expenditure; rent,
1895 per cent; clothing, 14.04 per cent;
and taxes, insurance, organization
dues, religion charity, books and news
papers, amusements, sickness and
death, and intoxicating liquors, 14.51
per cent Each family consumed $40
pounds of fresh beef during the year
Of cost of $50 The lowest average
price Of food from 1890 to 1903 was in
1896. The highest price was in 1902,
when it was 100 per cent Of the aver
age price for the period The average
cost Of food per family in 1890 was
$318; in 1896, 1896; il 1902, 1914; and
In 1908, $342.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion in the case Of the Denison Light
and Power Company against the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas Railroad de-
cided that the freight rate of $1.9O per
ton on coal from the McAlester dis
trict, Indian Territory, to Denison, Is
unreasonable" and should not exceed
S1.25. The commission also decided that
30 cents per 100 pounds was the just
rate for shipping horses from Bayou
Sara, La, to st. Louis, Mo-, instead OF
$1SO, the rate charged by the Yazoo
and Mississippi Valley and Illinois
Central Railway companies, and COM
planned of by @. M. Barrow. The rate
complained Of is on less than car load
lots and upon an estimated weight OF
1000 pounds for each animal. The
commission recommends that the
weight Of the first animal be estimated
at 1000 pounds and each additional an
lmal 1000 pounds.
A startling condition Of affairs Is
shown by a report made public by
Commissioner General Of Immigration
Sargent. 1t shows the number OF
aliens in confinement in penal and
charitable institutions in the United
States during the first four months OF
the present Year, and deals only with
those aliens who have been In this
country less than five years. There
are confined in the institutions cover
ed by the report 2S,939 males and
II. CAB females, all of whom have not
become citizens Of the United States.
OT IQ1S uuLuUeI O,JJo ulC AAupAASoAS>A
for grave offenses, 1856 for minor
crimes, while 2O,279 are insane and
14,6O4 are paupers. New York leads
In the percentages, with Boston second
and Philadelphia third. The investi-
cation is being continued.
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The federal government is generous
to it's hired help and goes down In it's
wallet to the extent of $3,0O0,OOO to
give them a summer outing at the
seashore and in the mountains. This
sum Is for the army of employees In
Washington alone, and does not in
clrde the thousands of others who
are on duty and on the pay rolls IN
other places throughout this broad do
main. Liberal lawmakers decided
that ten months In year was long
enough for employees Of the govern
ment TO work, and that thirty days
,hould be given for sickness and thir-
ty DAYS additional for annual leave
to rest I'D from the laborious duties.
This law was for the clerks and did
not take in printers. pressmen, navy
ward employees, but eventually these
were given the annual leave.