The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-26
IN OKLAHOMA 1T COSTS
10 PER CENT OF IN
COME TO LIVE
PRINTERS ARE HIGHEST
PAID WORkMEh
Report Of State Labor Com.
missioner on Organized
Crafts

Gratis
hi the annual report oT his depart
ment. State Labor Commissioner
Daugherty will show that Of twenty
seven organized crafts and schoo
teachers OF four grades, the average
cost Of living in Oklahoma Is ~ per
cent OF the total income. Reports
were only taken from heads OF fam
Hes aud on an average they are eacn
providing FOR three persons. The av-
erage annual income from all sources,
which include thei. salaries and rev
enua from any investment they may
have, Is given as $66S.5a tor each per
son, while the average coat ion 1000
I one Is S.f0.99 per year or 5G per
cent The report shows there To be
an additional average Of Sl32.2l ~
he living cost for fuel, clothing, sick
ness and rent. making the total aver
age cost ii oklahoma $413.Z0 for the
person reporting The average daily
expense per person for food alone IS
given as 2lc
( Conductors Leaders.
Railroad conductors top the list AZ
/ individual wage earners, theli aver
age income being $L443.33, and they
a. shown TO work 342 days per year,
which Is the greatest Of any craft,
I with 81 per cent the cost OF their lly-
ing. The lowest in the cost of living
scale is the retail clerks, who aver
age $65S per year income. spend $3o9
for living, Of which sl54 's for lood
making tn total cost OF their living
"a per cent Of their total income The
lowest income per year Is recorded
for machinists' helpers, who draw as
wages an average OF $502.40, very III
tie coming from independent invest
ments, with the average cost OF fool
for each person only 2lc, the tota
cost Of living for this class being
per cent greater than their ayefag'
incomes.
Printers Second.
Printers who put in an average o
296 days at their work are second II
the list of wage earners, ayeraglnl
t$13l1.S5. or CSC per hour. the cost o
living being $71S57, or IS per GEM
T This craft is closely followed by loco
J motive engineers who average 20
7 DAYS at the throttle. daily wage o
A.5S. with a total average income 0
Q 81 ,302 20 They buy less food tha
J. nrinters. with their total cost Of IN
ng per cent higher. Plumbers VIII
almost exclusively follow an insid
lob, average only 277 days at Sac pc
houf. their average income being 81
ll6, The cost OF living being Ss2tC'
!" or 80 per cent They spend 81 pc
cent for food
Boiler Makers.
Boiler makers show ST ady emplo'
' ment for 325 days per year, receiyn
u an average OF $l,0S060 income, COS
" Of living being $S0S.25, or "A per cen
y 36 per cent being fof food supple
y Locomotive iircmen push the lai
!, named craft closely, showing a tot
v average income OF Sl,05l.66, with ii
cost Of living cqualing 80 per GER
y and food 81 per cent Ele.ll Niai
p get In 321 DAYS al their 1obs, reerN
he per hour ON an average, show
= total income of $l,0IGbO with Il
IT, cost OF living "a per cent Their foe
only costs y per cent Of the total e
tpeudlnres. Maehinists average =
y days work. an income oil SlQO5.2
" show 6i per cent as the cost OF II
ie ing. and ~ per cent for food alone.
- t4od Carriers.
VI ilod carriers are accredited VII
VI 1870 days at their trade, with a ,
ma kahly low income OF $3.50 aud II
cost of living reaching 81 per cen
which is the second greatest of Il
|, crafts shown. Their food costs 5l p'
cent of their earnings, and few
.hose reporting show ownership
~ property or income from investment
Bickayers receive f3c per hou
,; work on an average Of l52 days
n year. and earn S9ll.i0 OF which
per cent Is spent In living. Their foe
s costs on the average $500 per yeai
- Carpenters.
NJ Carpenters, another skilled era
get In 233 days. at an average
'; AZ l-2c per hour, and show an ave
" age income OF SSl9il, and tne cost
living 6S per cent Painters are q
e credited with soc per hour pay, woi
g. 2i5 days, aud II costs them 81 p
cent to live BARRIERS usually put
H. twelve hours day when working.
e S25l per day. and spend u per ce
Of their average income or SS0S I
la living expenses Miners are drawn
y. on an average of 81 l6 per day wo
v lGg dave year with an average
come OF S5Sl, OF which IS per ca
g goes for living
's,l School Teachers.
So Teachers were not included in c
last report Of the labor commissions
m, Those holding state certificates she
&c an average income of s7S0S5, tn,
la living expenses e1ualing 66 per eel
ed First grade teachers average S671
II year Income and carve the livi
RS problem down 10 63 PEI cent OF tn
as amount on an average. Second gra
Iir certificate holders can only gaIl>
rs, $527.95 a year, with tastes that &C
m sumo 60 per cent for living, VIII
third grade teachers are shown vi