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Show I GORDON THE JEWELER, SELLS j CLOCKS ! How much do you make a minute ? . Average income of the American citizen gainfully employed is one and j one-half cents a minute, according to i N. F. Thompson, of the Clock Manufacturers' Manu-facturers' Association of America, in I an address at New Haven, Conn. "President Coolidge receives fifty cents a minute, for that is what his $75,000 salary comes to," said Mr. Thompson. "Fifty to sixty cents a minute is average pay for railroad presidents, heads of insurance companies, com-panies, and leading tankers. When your time is worth fifty cents a minute, min-ute, you watch the clock. That is why men of this class have clocks in every room in their houses and value accuracy and punctuality above all things. Every second wasted by the mass of American workers costs 59,-980 59,-980 in that much less goods produced for the enjoyment of all. "Income per minute like that of President Coolidge looks small besides be-sides that of Douglas Fairbanks or Charlie Chaplin who are paid eleven cents a second, or $6.67 a minute. Will Hays, director of the movie industry in-dustry is paid a dollar a minute. Former Judge Landis, ruler of baseball, base-ball, is paid 43 cents a minute for profound thought about Tris Speaker and Ty Cobb. Income of everybody at work is approximately $550,000 a minute or 535,000,000 an hour." a |