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Show wage of S'jOO, at present allowed in New York, in regarded by the coru-' mission as "not properly speaking, a living wage," and an Increase to ,?7:,'i is urged. One of the principal subjects taken up by the commission was a comparison compari-son of the work of men and women teachers. They took the records of 300 teachers, half of each sex. in rooms taught ! men attendance pw. motions were slightly better. Men teachers were found to be tardy more frequently than women, b':t the wo. men were absent two and a half tlrtie as much, the total of the nbsences r.f all teachers In the greater cltv amounting to a million hours In the course of the school year. Women teachers remain In the service longer than do the men. The proportion of me n has been . steadily increasing for a number of years. MAPCP UPC mhlb i IlAIIilKo New York Commission Recommends Increase of $1,700,000 New York. Oct. IS. A New York Cltv commission, appointed by- Ihe board of estimate and apportionment, I has bcn studying the problem of school teachers' ial;iries for nearly a year. The commission has just presented pre-sented Its repert, recommending increases in-creases of $1.700,0110, of which 03 per cent Is to go to women teachers and only seven per cent to the men. The commission has studied public school conditions, not only In New York, but in most or the larger cities of the United States. During the last five jears, it finds tenchers' salaries in the 25 largest cities of the country coun-try have boon Increased 20 per cent, but in New York they have remained nearly stationary. The amounts paid In New York, how ever, are si III far above the average. The beginning |