The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-03


 ton.
 As a result we found the following facts to exist: Fifty-nine out of the seventy-two teachers have deficits averaging $198.93. There are seven teen teachers that have one or more dependent upon them.
 Here are a few of the statements taken from individual questionaires:
 No. 58 has had eleven years ex- perience, yet her sister had to give her money and she worked during vacation, but came into school this fall with a S60 note at bank to pay.
 No. 5s has three dependents and began this years work with a deficit of $40.
 No. 62 had a thousand mile mileage given her and a large percentage of her clothes, yet has a deficit of $83- No. 53 earns extra money in vaca- ton and has to receive financial help from parents. She states that she has the feeling of a dependent. i No. 52 boards herself, rents small unheated room, with use of q l kitchen, does her own laundry, mend : ing, remodeIling and dressmaking Last year her expenses were S976.80 and her salary s75O. Her deficit of $226.S0 was made up from a small : bank account acquired by inheritance. ! No. 48 lives at- home, no carfare nor laundry and little for board, yet she has to pay s136.50 out of this year $ salary to those from whom she borrowed that amount last year No. 47 lives at home, pays no board and has all she can do to come out even.
 {C +@ anything for the future. j No 23 boarded herself, brought eatajbles from home, dental work was done by brother, spent $3. for Fecrea- tion, her last Bond is still unpaid , and she had to borrow money during
 the summer.
 No. 25 with twenty years experf-
 ence has a deficit or S113 from last
 year. Who will support her when
 she ceases to teach?
 No. 13 had one dependent upon her last year, two this year. She came into school in September. owing SIS afer working part of the summer. No. 6 would like to attend summer school but must work next summer to pay her brother S200 that she bor- rowed last year. It will be impos- sible to pay him from her school salary.
 No 3 lived at home and found it necessary to cash bonds and W. s. s. to pay for expenses of an illness and a rest following.
 No worked all but three weeks of her summer vacation to keep out of debt and pay what she had bor- ; rowed during the preceding year. Recent Investigations show:
 In Illinois Average monthly
 wage of miners SPLITS. Average
 monthly wage of teachers s85.OO. f 2.-In 13 states, engineers get from $3,696, to s4704 yearly. The average salary of teacher is $553. 3-New York pays is street clean CTS $1095 yearly; its refuse collec- tors $1277.5o.
 An Chicago, drivers of milk 3 wagons get $35 week. 5.-In the recent steel strike, some of the strikers were earning nearly E $2O DAILY.
 Fl 6-Before the war, a daily wage of $500 was worth 500 cents; now il is worth s2.15.
 ! In Stratford: Electricians-S45 pei s week. Carpenters-s.70 and up, pei l hour. Plumbers (estimate) S.80 anC { up, per hour. Police Cast year)- f $1,5OO and up. Washwomen-S2.5 5t s and up daily and carfare, with ont meal This would amount to at leas s3 to s325 a day A teacher in frs year, experience gets $500 S-4 dail, ] (retirement fund deducted). Coult
 the washwoman take the teachers | place
 Finally, from personal experience of a teacher who taught here befor the war, and is still teaching here: Increase in cost of clothes-24S pc
 cent.