The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-03-28
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FARM JOBS AND SAVINGS

In a we'll directed effect to pro
mote the back-tO the-farm move
ment the Ohio State Council Of De
Tense has undertaken a complete
and detailed survey of labor condl'
tons both urban and rural; anc
while it's work is not flashed, it has
progressed far enough to enable the
council to submit some wage com
narisons which are decidedly inter
esting. -.
The employment division of the
ORGANIZATION. has undertaken to show
CITY workers receiving moderate sal
aries that they would be better oil
financially if they were to 90 to the
country, even though the rural wa
ees sound much smaller. 1t has COM
piled table of comparisons, taking
into account the necessary normal
living expenses as compared with
wages or salaries, both in the city
and in the country; aud its report
stresses the fact that the inVestl-
gators have exercised particular
care not to exaggerate.
This table shows that for a mar
ried man a farm job at $50 month
equals a city job paying sos; that
a $35 farm job equals a city job at
s11O; farm job that pays $40 a
month is on par with one in the
city paying Sis, and that farm
job at $45 is worth one at Sl20 in
town, not taking into consideration"
the report adds, the possibility of
raising some STOCK or produce on
shares, which is usually customary"
AS for the unmarried man, the in
vestigators claim that a farm job at
S25 per month equals a city job at
$50, that a job in the country pay
ing $50 is equal to one in town pay
ing $85; a farm job that pays $35 is
equal 10 a city job paying $50. and
that the farm laborer getting $40 a
month is as we'll off financially as
though he were drawing down" sos
a month in the City, which does
not take into consideration possible
shares in profits or privileges, such
as the use of horses, usually Gus
tomary.
The figures are based upon a
comparison of living cost on the
farm and in the average city, which
taking the case Of the married man
getting 500 in the city as against
a job in the country, runs as follows:
House rent, nothing on the farm,
$40 in town Groceries, exchange ot
produce, nothing on the farm, S33
in the city. Fuel, So on the farm,
SIS in the city. Light, 81 on the
farm, 81 in the city. Insurance and
taxes, So either place. Clothes and
incidentaIs, including luncees, car
fare, amusements, churches, ETC.,
S13 on the farm and $28 in town.
Total expenses on the farm, 500; in
the city, $95. leaving a balance saw
ing of, $50 for the farm laborer as
against SIS for the man in town.
The unmarried mans account is
figured thus:
Total cash income S65 on the
ia m, 800 in the city. Board, room
and laundry furnished, nothing on
the farm, $3.50 in town. Insurance,
So in either place. Clothes, $6 on
the farm, SO in the city. Car fare,
amusements, churches, lodge, ath-
letics, charities, etc SIS iP the coun-
try, $50 in town. Total expense,
S13 on the farm, $40 in the city;
leaving a balance saving in either
instance of S21.
AS a matter of precision farm la
Dor commands considerably higher
pay than is reckOned in the forego,
ing comparisons; but even as they
stand they stand they leave one
wondering why it is that so many
able bodied young men, married and
single. persist in clinging to a hand
tp-mouth existence in the cities, ap-
parently deaf to the alluring call of
the country.
And the compilers If these esti-
mates fail to mention the really
most cogent advantage the country
offers: That having to do with pure
air, health, pure water, lots of sun
shine and open space in which to
breathe deeply and watch nature in
the performances of its miracles.
HOW KING ALBERT LIVES DUR.