Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-17

anyone who studies the facts finds
that this is falin) Ia 1910 two
thirds OF the people ~ themnlt8
lived ia apartments OF three rooms
or less themnts has population
Of $4,000
found In the New York public
library interesting documents show
ing results uf Investigations OF
European costs ~ living In Chem
nltz I'm 1910 Il was costing II fanny
uf six persons between 81 and S. "A
week for food. including beer 20 the
extent OF so cents. Meat, fish, and
sausago aggregated S225.
These figures represented tho
plane Of living Of high-salaried
workman, very much better than the
average Eggs cost at the rate OF
20 cents for u and coffee was 22
cents "A pound lie used butter.
cheese, milk, and bacon. and grew
somo of his vegetables IN his garden.
Sometimes the family ate horse
flesh,
Food and rent together cost him
more than 50 week For coal he
paid over 81 n ton.
Ills Income tnX--and II was a time
Of peace. remember amounted 10
pality together, while his other taxes
we're between $40 and SIS
After paying for his living and
for such meHger amusemcnts as he
found IN an occasional visit TO a
cheap show or concert or perhaps
a trip with his family 10 the park,
he was able 10 save only $50 year.
Every document | found and
every statement made 20 me by
Americans who had managed great
plants in Europe or had lghored
there. utterly dlsproNcd the theory
that European wages were relatively
as high az American For the ay-
etage man 20 get Fhsad financially
U Germany was practically impos-
slble,
Certainly We done propose 20 have
In this country any form ~ govern
lucut Coutrhutury to tho grinding
down of our people 10 the state OF
hopeless suhmcrgencc
Now glance ut Ni'lua. whore wom-
on we're hodcarricra when the war
began and had been an along
saw them myself carrying bricks mp
long ladders. and l was shocked a,
the slght
In Vienna tho skilled artisan nm
uellr lived IN o couple ~ rooms sew
ernl floors up on an income that did
not exceed 81 or ~ week. Mos,
~ these artisans had fajr-sized fam
ilies, ana FOR a group OF five or six
the food Cost alone was around 81 30
a week, and even then they sacri-
fiyci cEgs and butter, and. 10 q large
extent, meat Al the rest OF the in
v,mc ordinarily Yves. eaten up by
} a. L..
Ing aud general expenses. and ~ was
tie custom FOR those families to take
In unmarried men a. lodgers With
tho stipend thus received aud at 2
sacrifice OF nll approach 20 domestic
comfort IL wrS possible tu Keep
away from pbI".t poverty
In Vienna plasterers earned tl.l0.
q day and plumbers &igU. paint
ers tl2b or lcSs, pattern makers,
s.. 30 20 week leather workers toy
makers bone workers musical in
strumout makers and tailora 50 10
81 u wcck Blncksmiths earned s.
q week, brewers ana miliers fN 10
50. shoemakcrs in factories. 50 tn 81
These. remember were skilled
workers There were sWprWs OF I'M
skilled hands iRborinC from II 90 -
hours @ day for wages that ranged
from go to qG-yeu'a
might go ou citing these fcuree
indefinitely The evidence 20 ,,r.-
vi Ginning In America We have risop
"a far above Euoh industrial cuul.-
tions that We can NOT compare them
The American Workman Bs class.
has asserted himself claimed bis
rights. and proclaimed hlnseir
man Thcfo are industries OF
D1urtc, where conditions tla not an
they Ourht 10 hp but even here tho
same uuth holds good However
duwUtTudicn any workman may CON
slHer himself 20 this country. he ls
a ircr man ua compared with the
lower industrial workers ~ Cor
MANY. and Austria Ills oppurtuni.
u"s .tn cot uu' of bondage ave aIuast
uu'inltn' here and depend ou his
dr'crm nation 90 study mud make
himself capable az better things
over there. vorkwpn are lp against
H8s'y and customs and against laws
thJt are wellnigh insurmountuhlr
tct uf doCife then. once ami FOR