Notes and tables for a study on "Dependence and Wages", 1914.

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Notes and tables for a study on "Dependence and Wages", 1914.

These records document the preparation of a report on the relationship between wages and dependence on charity. The Charity Organization Society, the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor, the United Hebrew Charities (all in Manhattan) and the Brooklyn Bureau of Charities transcribed case file records created from January through March 1914 onto cards (Form 11; no original cards extant) supplied by the commission.

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New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission

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The General Wage Investigation was carried out by the Commission to provide background information for reports and recommendations regarding wage legislation. Field agents employed by the Commission used standard-form data cards to collect and compile detailed information about the wages and personal history of employees in four representative industries: department stores, shirt and collar factories, paper box factories, and confectionery factories. The field agents interviewed employees and em...