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Industrialization - Interpersonal


Blacksmith American



Earnings: Of father $864

Condition:
Family numbers 5-- parents and three girls aged two, nine and five years, all three attend the public schools. They rent a pleasant house containing six rooms, in a healthy locality in which they pay $15 per month. House is neatly kept and nicely furnished and carpeted. Have piano and sewing machine. Family neatly dressed and members of the church. They were fortunate in not having any sickness whatever in the family during the past year. Father secures work forty-eight weeks in the year; at $3 per day.

Food:

Breakfast--Bread, meat, sundries and coffee.
Dinner--Meat, bread, vegetables, pie, tea, etc.
Supper--Bread, cold meat, pie and tea.

Cost of Living:
Rent $180
Fuel 36
Meat and groceries 345
Clothing, boots and shoes and dry goods 210
Books, papers, etc. 15
Sundries 10
TOTAL $796