The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-11
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WHERE. LIVING is POOR.
(Toronto Globe,

The first part Of the report of the
Liberal Land Committee will shortly
be published. and deal with rural con-
ditions in England. Sir Alfred Mond
in his Informative address before the
Canadian club IN Toronto regretted
his inability to go into details regard
ing the results Of the investigation
carried out as a preliminary to the
Liberal land campaign inaugurated at
Bedford by Mr.. Lloyd George. A re-
cent issue Of the London Times states
that the first chapter Of the report Of
the Liberal Land Committee will be
devoted to the wages question in its
various aspects.
Discussing low wages and the stand.
ard Of living, the report says 1t is
obviously impossible to dogmatize as
to precise sum that constitutes IN
adequate wage, because, apart from
is dificult to fix the amount requisite
to give color to life after the neces-
sartes Of more physical efficiency have
been provided" lit Is added, how
ever. that it is possible, I fix with
considerable accuracy the minimum
sum necessary to maintain a family
OF average size in a state of physical
emciency, and this, it IL held, is the
essential preliminary to fixing an ade-
total wage. The adequate
wage. or the wage necessary to main
1t is declared that the number of aeri-
cultural laborers' families whose unit
ed Income falls below the level Of
physical efficiency. is still exceeding
~ large, though the level desired is
not stated In figures. An inquiry CON.
Quoted in the parish of Corsley in
wiltshire. by Miss NJ. F. Davies show
ed that one-ffth of the agricultural
aDorers IN regular employment were,
WIN their families. living below the
v OF physical efficiency through low
wages or largeness Of families; while
IN the case Of Ridgmount in BEDFORD
shire, Mr.. p. H. Mann a few years aeo.
1t Is said. found that nearly one-third
of the household lived below such
about one-eighth of them
being in that condition owing to low
wages and largness Of family.
are also made from Mr..
Rowntree's and Miss KEN
oars publications. to show that in the
case OF ~ agricultural laborers' fam-
ines J one Of the families obtained
:; ~ "a.r,Ment necessary to maintain
~ IN physical efficiency" stress ia
laid in the report on the fact thai M
Two adjoining farms the wages NJ the
laoorers on the one are sometime. an
Mucn as 80 cents a week more than
tne wages on h other farm. To an.
tain a true estimate Of the condit;on.
1t is necessary to consider
the question of wages in relation to
n cost OF. living in each locaiitw tn
report shows that, ''whereas in lam
!ne cash wages were placed at tbs in.
oex number OF 100. and the nerc.ne-
age OF variations of retail nricss ~
food consumed by Agricultural No.
ers at the same index figure IN 100
the figures had reached 1n1o 80
1863 respectively" ~ ""'
One of the grievances Of he rnp,;.,,
agricultural laborer is that he ~ na;ad
partly in kind. The report saw t%st
h desire to handle monev and r. To-.
1t out after ones own fashion L. daan
~ rooted, and that the turoi
iaborer feels 1t to be a grievances fhat
he has no control over part NJ what
are called earnings, with regard to
agricultural laborers feels the long
hours and the absence Of HOLIDAYS
nearly as much as the lowness OF
g In this connection the recent
strike in Lancashire is cited. where
the hours Of labor vas one Of the
chief grievances. Dealing with the
loss Of wages through wet weather.
the report states that out Of 1920 re-.
plies received it was found that in
903 cases time was lost when the
weather WAS wet.