Word: wage
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...tendency in municipalities to control the ice supply, the slaughter houses, and even in some cities the bakeries, show the same condition of collectivity commonly known as "Progressivism." Mr. Walling then showed that the minimum wage law and the recall if carried through would not produce a condition of Socialism. These reforms would prepare the road, but they are only a step. Political democracy which would be produced by them may still exist along with a privileged majority which is contrary to the socialistic theory...
...women voters of California succeeded in putting through the last legislature a minimum wage bill, with the power to enforce; an endowment bill for teachers; and a home rule and taxation bill which relieves the farmers of exorbitant taxation on property and puts some of it on idle land. They also succeeded in passing a child-labor law which prohibits a child under 18 years of age from working for more than eight hours...
...wage-earning investigation is being seriously hampered by the failure of many students to respond to the inquiry recently set on foot. In order to make the record complete, all men who have received blanks are urged to reply. Some have withheld a response through neglect, others may have thought it unnecessary to reply since they had no earnings to report. The records of both are necessary to make the investigation successful...
...benefit of any wage-earners who have not received the letter of inquiry, a statement of the information is given below. Answers to these questions should be sent at once to J. Dovingdon '15, 47 Irving street...
...movement is on foot to investigate and, if possible, determine the average wage-earning capacity of the undergraduates in the University. This is being done with a view to the settling of two important questions, namely "How can the College best provide employment for self-supporting students?" and "What is the average earning capacity of men while in college...