A Seasonal Industry a Study of the Millinery Trade in New York
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Our study of the year's history of the girls interviewed at home showed a median annual income of $365. Aside from its significance for the millinery industry, the whole process is an interesting illustration of the char- acteristic dangers in handling wage data. Ir- regular employment from many diverse causes is a complicating factor of great importance. In the millinery industry, the data show a situation fully deserving consideration by a state commission.
STANDARDS OF LIVING Is $^6^ an adeq...uate annual income? lit was not possible in this investigation to make a budget study. Moreover, we were less interested in dis- covering the exact expenditures of low-wage girls than in learning what standards they themselves 125 Digitized by VjOOQ IC A SEASONAL INDUSTRY thought necessary. We therefore asked the opin- ion of a number of girls whose ways of living seemed typical of the group. Item by item the investi- gator talked over the year's budget, and the girl's own privations were clearly demonstrated when she explained that she could not afford to have any one do her washing for her but that it was very hard to have to do it herself after a long day's work, and that the wages ought to be big enough to cover it; or that she had never been able to buy a hot-water bag, but that every girl ought to have one; or that she walked to work and saved carfare, but that many girls lived too far away from their shop for that; or that she never had had enough money to go away for a vacation, but that a working girl needs the rest to keep her well.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Our study of the year's history of the girls interviewed at home showed a median annual income of $365. Aside from its significance for the millinery industry, the whole process is an interesting illustration of the char- acteristic dangers in handling wage data. Ir- regular employment from many diverse causes is a complicating factor of great importance. In the millinery industry, the data show a situation fully deserving consideration by a state commission.
STANDARDS OF LIVING Is $^6^ an adeq...uate annual income? lit was not possible in this investigation to make a budget study. Moreover, we were less interested in dis- covering the exact expenditures of low-wage girls than in learning what standards they themselves 125 Digitized by VjOOQ IC A SEASONAL INDUSTRY thought necessary. We therefore asked the opin- ion of a number of girls whose ways of living seemed typical of the group. Item by item the investi- gator talked over the year's budget, and the girl's own privations were clearly demonstrated when she explained that she could not afford to have any one do her washing for her but that it was very hard to have to do it herself after a long day's work, and that the wages ought to be big enough to cover it; or that she had never been able to buy a hot-water bag, but that every girl ought to have one; or that she walked to work and saved carfare, but that many girls lived too far away from their shop for that; or that she never had had enough money to go away for a vacation, but that a working girl needs the rest to keep her well.
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