The Standard Of Living Among Workingmens Families In New York City Being The Report Of An Investigation Conducted Under The Auspices Of A Specia

Author : Robert Coit Chapin
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ISBN 13 : 9781330611852
Total Pages : 300 pages
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Download or read book The Standard of Living Among Workingmen's Families in New York City written by Robert Coit Chapin and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-27 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Standard of Living Among Workingmen's Families in New York City: Being the Report of an Investigation Conducted Under the Auspices of a Special Committee of the Eighth New York State Conference of Charities and Corrections At the seventh New York State Conference of Charities and Corrections a committee was appointed to report to the Conference the following year. 1907, the essentials and the cost of a normal standard of living in the cities and towns of the state. This action was the outcome of a spirited discussion of the subject by a committee appointed the previous year. The Committee as finally constituted consisted of the following persons: Lee K. Frankel, Chairman, New York; Rev. Adolph Guttmann, Syracuse; Edward T. Devine. New York; Cyrus L. Sulzberger, New York; Wm. H. Allen, New York; Abram J. Katz, Rochester; Rt. Rev. David H. Greer, New York; Rev. Wm. J. White, Brooklyn; Homer Folks, New York; Wm. Drescher, Rochester; John J. Fitzgerald, New York; Rt. Rev. Thos. F. Hickey, Rochester; Walter E. Kruesi, New York; Mrs. Wm. Einstein, New York; Wm. Guggenheim, New York; Frank Tucker, New York. The Committee, at its first meeting, Jan. 21. 1907, elected Robert C. Chapin secretary, and appointed a committee on schedule, consisting of Messrs. Frankel, Tucker, and Chapin. The schedule was prepared, and early in April was ready for distribution among volunteers. Some 500 schedules were put into the hands of volunteers, and a number of extremely valuable schedules were returned by them, but it became evident by the first of June that, in view of the fulness of the schedule and the pressure of many duties upon these willing workers, the number to be expected from such sources would be small. In the end only 57 family reports were received from volunteers. It appeared necessary, therefore, if any considerable number of family reports were to be obtained, to hire visitors who should give their whole time to securing the desired information. The funds at the disposal of the Committee, however, did not suffice for any such expenditure. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.