The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-03-27

r..u ~ marked increase in the cost OF
..U4- through changes attending the
General growth Of wealth.
What men called "Iuxurics" in the
VS. are considered but "comforts" to-
.... and the "cOmforts' of those days
1870. now rank ed az necessities"
APART from increased artificial de
..snds the rise in the cost Of actual
living food, clothing. building mate
..r and the like, has sharpened the
...1 for larger incomes along the
.a.c line from hod-caIIIcr 20 the
...-ilcnt Of our country.
"ni- demand has been met in most
."GuGs. notably by those GlIcd b.
.-u priced officials. The worlds at
...iun has been called to the salaries
.. I'D to officers of Insurance COmpa-
.#n. ass we'll as to those employed by
.,.nl great corporations. Comparing
...sc With the incomes from similar
...sitiuus twenty years ago, we see that
Part of the people may now. as then,
enjoy even the %luXuries Of life. The
...ucr'S day mas not come, however.
Iu Europe, n sees n working
..upIc wearing costumes of one make
..ilo the leisure class wears those Of
..uth"I. The one does not set the
Fashion for the other. They live sep
...ro lives, never touching each 9th
u. never crOWding each other in the
Same assemblages. But the fabric Of
rl. American society is 50 knit that
ST.. must all wear from the same loom
..i jhr "fashiOnS' are as dear to the
H.t. E-IaNeI's daughter as TO her whose
Esther holds the TeinS Of government
u. of the Southern Railway.
Both the b~rick-laycr'S daughter and
t.c G~urernOr's daughter rnay be zap
..fui"1' to teach in the same school.
Nuru She becomes q North Carolina
.UooI teacher she finds h she will
.ojlo about $1.20 per month more
H..u she would have been paid twenty
.o..& ago, increasing ner salary for
.uo school ear nearly eleven dollars
u,.r that Of her predecessor of the
TH" girl of hat day could board 70"
sis or eight Ollar per month In
.tuuI#E towns. She could dress on
Ir.fE dollars per ycar if she struggled
D.rr:j~in"IF with mud, chalh-dust and
-.urSn spots. Today in most. country
towns Of $50 to 300 inhabitants, board
COSTS uhojt fifteen dollars per mOnth
|hc young woman who can today
dress as we'll as her pupils or their
.|.ollrr~ on $50 ucr year. must make !
ID speciality of department store litera-
tuJr. She must judge wisely of
'aNmrlce.' She must sit no late and
-u. up early to "stitch. stitch. stitch"
lu order to make the appearance ex-
p..tod of 4 teacher.
In many cases papa" provides for
.'' 'H' ''Sllt3i9 ot oo@iu' lduIidlA' UIe99
and doctors Dills while the teachers
salary may be devoted to the tailor
...1' gown ;lhd The summer Slfls
|''90iS9' out tlele are nuluieUA 81
"''" WHO are biedd- lllieiS loI
.""'@1iFcS ana o.1Gfs. 10 tneSe IN"
-t.'el Stloo!S olleI the pest oltlooh'
'"''| I'VE uolidiS per iholiIIi ioi
nine months represents the average in
come. Boar in places like Raleigh
and Greensboro costs $50 per month.
Nh. T.. nar+ acc - ~ inc
VIII. ,,n iI|o ,ritbin So nor month
d.rino, tho session Tbie leaves hen.
>4n ,LI;th ,vb az 80 rora. n,,- anraaa
I - '"S
p"N pooNo Nl:houl NiliCli NV
=, c'9 80? noI 80
fua''I, 10y tne o'otoa 80 ldlel\
49, Il ,.o CTic -. ( ."c nd ~ -
- - Inu ~
~! iIiI 'o" o"'S N''N7
W. "i'i0'
sneak Dul OF women lcdtlefS. TOT
h'rn 4" not work on SUCH terms, They
.'J't me work Just as soon as "ppoE-
'...t'\ offers escape and no one cIl-
''NeS them for Stepping from the
'0"SS room to the educatlonal oflce OF
To- amy other office which viii furnish
H}Hl2 ana q surplus for the RAINY
'.,
""h1@n' TOO, leave the work as rap
"'l as new openings are maze Tor
|.'HI IN the business or the mdtll-
..-.I"i "oF-o: ine former o. IheSe
'"lSN are ~lncteaSlh6 "aIiH III mum
nus WI! oeIofc dnolnGr HeClce
.'.N' IL Im9oSSlhie L" MI the Sch2oi
'-lN i"I ieSS '"'lpeliSd'ion dldll tHe
'iNNN ""iIu pa Iol Sol >iIc ) Sduii =
'NS preparation an" d Sild''ci Pt-
'''''\ outlay
Mf. Coon probably spoke outside CT
Vulcter Judgment when ne Salh
vat 'North Carolina school teachers
"''M loss about what thcy'Hfc toms
."| get more for it, than any set of
"rupic / know anything about" n
iN" each"rS of North Carolina viii
-"| more money for the work just DIS
-..'n as they deserve it" and The peo-
."" of North Carolina viii rcmuncf- J
I"jIIy for the services rendered
scam. ToWn cooks usually receive
'."ut eight dollars per month. be-
'"~ board, and the daily basket full
'h" home foiks. They arc employ