Hourly wel yee. sump- earntion. wages. ings per employee. Avarage 18901899..... +44.4 -5.0 +28.8 +22.4 +20.6 + 6.8 +1.5 1890 ................... +52.3 -5.7 +28.4 +21.2 +17.8 + 9.1 +2.9 1891 ................... +48.4 -5.5 +28.4 +21.4 +16.2 +10.6 +4.5 1892 ................... +45.0 -5.5 +27.8 +20.8 +18.4 + 8.0 +2.1 1893 ................... +45.3 --5.3 +27.7 +20.9 +15.5 +10.6 +4.7 1894 ................... +53.5 --4.8 +31.6 +25.3 +21.0 + 8.8 +3.6 1895 ................... +49.8 -5.1 +31.0 +24.4 +23.3 + 6.3 + .9 1896 ................... +40.5 -4.8 +29.2 +23.0 +26.3 + 2.3 -2.6 1897 ................... +43.1 -4.6 +29.3 +23.4 +25.2 + 3.3 -1.5 1898 ................... +35.7 -4.7 +28.5 +22.5 +22.2 + 5.2 + .3 1899 ................... +28.8 -4.2 +26.3 +20.9 +21.2 + 4.2 - .2 1900 ................... +24.9 -3.7 +22.1 +17.6 +19.3 + 2.3 -1.5 1901 ................... +21.2 -3.2 +19.3 +15.6 +14.6 + 4.0 + .8 1902 ---------------.....+16.8 -2.4 +14.8 +12.1 + 8.7 + 5.5 +3.0 1903 ....- .... ........ +14.2 -1.7 +10.7 + 9.0 + 9.3 + 1.3 - .3 1904 ................ +14.9 - .9 +10.1 + 9.1 + 8.0 + 2.0 +1.1 t 1905 ................... + 8.1 -.9 + 8.3 + 7.4 + 7.3 + .9 + .1 1906 ................... +1.0 - .4 + 3.7 + 3.3 + 4.2 - .5 -. s This demonstrates that until 1907 the purchasing power of an Isours wages increased each year. and from incomplete n data at hand it is believed the same condition has existed since 1007. In fact. there is no evidence to show that the cost and as long as we leave open our ports to the floods of immigration of liringnetis rising.. it seems to be about stationary. for from lowwage countries. just so long will our population increase rapidly and only marvelous progress in invention can keep real wages the statistics furnished by the census reports and Bureau of from falling. Labor show that wages per hour have. from 1890 to 1910. The following table shows the composition of the family increased 31 per cent. while during the same period the con- income in the American group.
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