Show AVERAGES AVERAGE S L INCOME TERMED inadequate editor san juan record july 11 the worker said byoir daughter has a job but sad the mother he fhe is is pre preparing naring to go to college 17 but replied the worker she is no not obliged to go to colage co lege it is her duty to remain at bo home bone ne and take c care are of you an aal the je worker was vve the last word of authority in utah it is not trat our dividends are exported 7 that our wealth and population remain all but stationary tio nary that our must be educated for some task outside of the state it I 1 is our misfortune that an outmoded out vision of reality prevails because new idea disappear upon the exodus of those who have been trained to regard the plan pla n facts and who are pot not controlled by affirmation under that smooth in the use of words does our luty compel that which is an impo impossibility sivility lity our average income is ve the outcome of toil in a study of salt lake city for 1934 where the returns were below a month it was found that an average income f for or the family was 1 but the acin denance level was 1243 that word includes only the bare necessities over a number of years no comforts and no luxuries no trade in of the old car and the old radio no trip to behold our scenic wonders of america just the plain cost of our everyday needs and these are not depression figures imagine how they would appear they do not include unemployment the bread winner wis on the job and his addition was increased by the occasional task of some other member in the family then how can you support two old people upon the df ference between your income and your level of existence a difference here of sea a combined income for two of it will require just three and ons one half times that amount f for or one person or seven times that much for two at a maintenance level see U S bureau of lebor statistics 1938 division of research W P A intercity differences in cost of living march 1938 alvin borgquist |