In 1901 11,156 1905 200 REPORT OF THE RAILROAD WAGE COMMISSION Number Up $600 $1000 Up of to to to to Date Families $600 $1000 $2000 $600 17 265 51 42 35 COMPARISON OF VARIOUS FAMILY BUDGETS. PERCENTAGE OF EXPENDITURE FOR SPECIFIED ITEMS. BY INCOME GROUPS TABLE 2. comes comes comes comes comes comes comes comes comes comes comes comes comes comes comes comes comes comes 43 44 44 45 26 41 41 46 Rent Clothing 37 40 19 22 17 19 17 127 20 17 12 17 Fuel and Light 14 10 16 16 15 6 Food Rent Clothing Fuel Sundries Total 57 15 100% 55 100% 53 100% 100% 52 16 6 5 11 6 5 1222 5 11 7 In 5 4 12 5 17 5 13 These ratios were used in arriving at the combined per cents of increases for all items of family expenditures, from January 1, 1916 to January 1, 1918 as given in Part I. See also Table 4 of Part II. The ratios for specified incomes under $600 were taken from the U. S. Bureau of Labor report of 1901, adjusted to bring up to date. These %s as adjusted were Income Up to $200 $200 to $300 $300 to $400 $400 to $500 Family budgets giving incomes and expenses in detail for the calendar years 1915 and 1917 were secured by the Commission through newspaper editors in selected cities in different parts of the country. The results furnished fresh data on the proportion of expenditures for each main item of the family budget, and also threw some light on the relation of expenses to income in 1915 compared with 1917. Appendix C shows the form of questionaire used. Table 3 gives a brief summary of the results and Chart No. 1 illustrates the relation of expenses to income. These results must be used with caution, since they are at best nothing more than a composite of careful guesses, as very families keep trustworthy records. The "Annual Income" shown for the different territories and income groups must not be accepted as showing a differential in wage scales. The variation is purely accidental due to the varying size (income) of families selected by the editors. The amount of "Surpluses" and "Deficits" should be interpreted as tendencies rather than precise amounts or relationships. Table 4 shows the percent distribution of total expenses by objects of expenditure. These ratios are generally consistent with other budgetary experience (See Table 2 of Part I). Table 5 gives the percent increase in the total income and total expenses reported for 1915 and 1917. For all of the 265 budgets combined the increase in income was 10% for the smaller income group and 14% for the larger, compared with 27% increase in expenses for each group. The increase for expenses is not as large as the known increases in relative prices for the various items that enter into the family budget (see Table 1, Part I), and a comparison of the two gives some indication of the economies and substitutions practiced. Table 6 is a detailed summary of the absolute figures shown by the 265 budgets with the computed ratioa and averages. d Deficit TABLE 3. Annual $ 720 $ 944 741 1,111 914 1,508 900 1,412 818 743 1,031 1,162 955 1,210 106 152 46 123 15 127 76 임의 63d 10 1054 1d 484 Number of Families Reporting Surplus Deficit Surplus 31 7 24 27 41 5 18 2 5 33 1 23 55 55 114 169 Income Group No. 1 Comprises families with incomes up to $1,000. # # #1 #1 # " 96 Deficit 52 23 2 12 30 31 84 56 140 CHART NO. 1. PERCENT EXPENSES ARE OF INCOME. 265 FAMILY BUDGETS COLLECTED BY R.R. Commission. (The ratios under 100 indicate a surplus; those over 100 a deficit) 1.C.C. Territory INCOME ANNUAL YEAR 80 AVERAGE 90 100 110 120 119 1915 1917 3-1-18 Key 1 Total U.S.. Income up to $600.. Income $600 to $1000... Income $1000 to $2000..... I.C.C. Food Rent Clothing Fuel & Light Sundries Total Income Income Income Income Income Income Income Income Income Income Income Income TERRIGroup Group Group Group Group Group Group Group Group Group Group Group TORY Year 1 2 EAST- 1915 44 35 ERN 1917 48 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 13 2 23 1 100 20 20 16 38 17 13 17 22 100 SOUTH-1915 51 WEST- 1915 40 1915 38 35 21 “#| 1917 51 42 35 PER CENT DISTRIBUTION OF TOTAL EXPENSES --OF-- 35 42 56 18 39 1915 20 17 2Q 20 21 18 17 14 17 18 TABLE 4. 15 20 28 14 16 8 18 13 14 15 1917 1915 1917 1915 17 15 16 11 14 16 7 5 6 6 7 6 Income Group No. 1 Comprises families with Incomes up to $1000 11 " " 11 " 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 1917 100 100 100 100 |
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