The Marshall republican., 1913-12-26

are the homes or old people. In a
h~alf-dozen visited In Oxfordshire there
was not a man under sixty years OF
age. The young fee to the towns. to
Canada, to the British colonies or to
the United States. No farm laborer
wishes his son to renain on the land.
Houses are difficult to obtain. Low
wage and the dearth of cottages dis
courage young people from marriage.
The young laborer may get only $3.50
n week In the big town, which In the
ordinary wage In this locality. but he
has the chance OF q home for his
young wife, society and the oppor-
tunity Of being something more than
a farm laborer.
$3.50 Weekly for Family OF Five.
As a working woman's weekly bud
get Of housekeeping expenses has
been given. let us examine some
specimen budgets of the living OF the
rural laborer. For this I am indebted
TO Mr.. Seebohm Rowntree. Tho bud.
get ia from Oxfordshire. where the
historic and beautiful university city
of Oxford Is the c~ounty-town, II is
the budget Of a family OF five. a farm
laborer, his wife and three children.
The total weekly earnings are $3.50.
The rent OF tho cottage and garden
is SIS a year. The man Is "a thor
oughly sober fellow. who neither
drinks nor smokes and who bears o
good character for industry" Tho
wife trusts TO charity for the chill
dren's clothes and makes and remakes
anything given TO her with great
skill" She has not had n new dress
herself in the thirteen years OF hef
married life. In times when work IS
not to be had the family ia forced
on the parish poor fund. Condensed
milk IL used. I'VE haven't had ans
new milk ia the house for sever
years" said the wife.
This is not an exceptional case
The cab driver nj bennington pointed
out hla tiny home. in which ha,
grown up eleven children. four nov
out In service. he proudly said, an,
counted himself fortunate because BIZ
earnings averaged six dollars
week. MY wife hclps out i lot Will
sowing and washing and ! work Il
, tho garden after dark"
! Budget for Railway Workers Family
Here IN another housokocpor'
{ budget. Her husband In n railwa
car washer earning $3.50 for six days
work and S5.25 for seven days worl
=, lie pays all he earns TO his wife. Their
mrs three children. This Is how IN
= s5.2b IL expended: Rent, Si.75; clotl
, Ing 1.-TWO woeks). 90 cents: inauranc
I 1.-TWO weekB). 81 cents: coal an
wood. IS cents: coke. six cents: gai
(, 20 cents; sonp and soda. 10 cent0
[, matches. two cents: balance for foo
A for flvo persons. two dollars n weol
How can Ave persons live on two do
lars n week for food7 This is the BIZ
OF faro with It's weekly cost:
Eleven ioavos. 70 cents; -four. ]
cents; meat. i5 cents; potatoes an
green's. 10 cents: butter. IL cents
Jam, @ cents: tea IL cents: suga
s cents; cocoon, s cents; suet, 4 cents
and condensed milk. s cents.
Women Made Insane on Farms.
II is the women who have 10 bes
the largest share OF this burden
Great Britain as everywhere. u
nino cases out OF ten where there
extreme poverty" said Mr.. George f.
wards, the secretary sof the Agricu
tural Laborors' union. "the woma
husband and her children. As n r
suit OF chronic un~derfeedlng wa taN
n very large percentage OF insaniI
among the mn on the farms.
am on the asylum committee OF N
Norfolk county council and we ha,
more than 300 farm wives In our car
I attribute this large number to n
anxiety necessitated in making boI
ends meet and 10 the poor food"
Yorkshire woman, whose husbar
earns $3.50 q week. said: when
have seen other children In war
clothing and mine Jealous. then
haven't known what to say. ] kno
master wasn't rich. We hn'
got a roof to cover us and he hadr
where TO lay his head. 30 l dar
say It's all for the best. But they 81
tnsiibn people ousht 10 DC htrohs ~
brave and ] don't know how they G
4, pect them-livlng as they do--to'
strong and brave and cheerful"
X 1T may be taken as an establish
OF fact" said Mr.. Rowntree. "that a IA
oil lily OF Ave persons. whose total week
MI income does not exceed Ave dolia
eb and whose rent Is 80 cents. is llvil
below the poverty line" Will
means. II the government figures a
IL correct. that the majority Of Ensli
Hf-fsrm labeEsrsA do not Eeceiye was
oIdsnfidept to- maintain their famili
g.. In, physicaI efficiency. The able.bodi,
M, male Iaborer's Wage throughout Ell
,e land at present averages about 81.
nc and in southern rural England abo
he $500. +,
20, Unrest Bringing Progress.
ne There Is unrest among the lahore
in England. Low wages and lack
he opportunity are the chief causes II
Id. field is ripe for the harvest OF agii
IT, tIop ppfo nroOraaa And this ~a0itafi