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" Making, therefore, a reduction of one-fifth, it appears that half of the adult males of the United States are earning less than $500 a year; that three-quarters of them are earning less than $600 annually; that nine-tenths are receiving less than $800... "
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1912
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The Advance Advocate, Volume 22

Railroads - 1913 - 1430 pages
...first time what Is the average income of the American wage-earner. "The results are summarized thus: Half of the adult males of the United States are earning less than $500 a year; three-quarters are earning less than $600 annually; nine-tenths are receiving less than $800 a year;...
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Wages in the United States, 1908-1910: A Study of State and Federal Wage ...

Scott Nearing - Wages - 1911 - 248 pages
...but some reduction is obviously necessary. Making, therefore, a reduction of one-fifth, it appears that half of the adult males of the United States are earning less than $500 a year; that three-quarters of them are earning less than $600 annually; that nine-tenths are receiving less...
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Militant Socialism

James Oneal - Imperialism - 1912 - 36 pages
...assume that the sum necessary to live decently is $600 instead of $900. Prof. Nearing says : "It appears that half of the adult males of the United States are earning less than $500 a year; that threequarters of them are earning less than $600 annually; that nine-tenths are receiving less...
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The Distribution of Incomes in the United States

Frank Hatch Streightoff - Income - 1912 - 186 pages
...i all males). Classified weekly earnings. 111 Under $8 18 g 1* g Under $15 jfi Hu 60 78 g 08 80 g g adult males of the United States are earning less than $500 a year; that three-quarters of them are earning less than $600 annually ; that nine-tenths are receiving less...
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Social insurance

Isaac Max Rubinow - 1913 - 554 pages
...with the year, the location, and the industry. Making, therefore, a reduction of one-fifth, it appears that half of the adult males of the United States are earning less than $500 a year; that threequarters of them are earning less than $600 annually; that ninetenths are receiving less...
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The Minimum Wage and Syndicalism: An Independent Survey of the Two Latest ...

James Boyle - Minimum wage - 1913 - 144 pages
...comes to these remarkable conclusions : After making reductions for unemployment, etc., "it appears that half of the adult males of the United States are earning less than $500 a year; that threequarters of the adult males in the country are earning less than $600 annually; that nine-tenths...
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The International Socialist Review, Volume 17

Algie Martin Simons, Charles H. Kerr - American periodicals - 1916 - 770 pages
...author of a book called "Wages in the United States" in which he makes this statement: "It appears that half of the adult males of the United States are earning less than $500 a year; that three-quarters of them are earning less than $600 annually ; that nine-tenths are receiving less...
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Labor and Freedom: The Voice and Pen of Eugene V. Debs

Eugene Victor Debs - Labor - 1916 - 182 pages
...poverty and slavery. Professor Scott Nearing has shown in his work on the wages of American workers that half of the adult males of the United States are earning less than $500; that threequarters of them are earning less than $600 a year; that nine-tenths of them are receiving...
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Problems of Social Well-being

James Herbert Siward Bossard - Income - 1927 - 682 pages
...but some reduction is obviously necessary. Making, therefore, a reduction of one-fifth, it appears that half of the adult males of the United States are earning less than $500 a year; that three- fourths of them are earning less than $600 annually; that nine-tenths are earning less...
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Popular Science Monthly, Volume 80

Science - 1912 - 712 pages
...location and the industry. Making, therefore, a reduction of one fifth in those gross earnings, it appears that half of the adult males of the United States are earning less than $500 a year ; that three quarters of them are earning less than $600 annually ; that nine tenths are receiving...
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