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In the first six months of its operation the War Risk Bureau had written insurance for more than 1,700 ,000 soldiers , sailors , and nurses for a grand total of $ 14,000,000,000 , with an average valuation of $ 8,500 .
In the first six months of its operation the War Risk Bureau had written insurance for more than 1,700 ,000 soldiers , sailors , and nurses for a grand total of $ 14,000,000,000 , with an average valuation of $ 8,500 .
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A Chicago slaughter - house in 1912 paid eighty - two per cent of its workers less than twenty cents an - hour , and the average working week consisted of 245 ] ATTITUDE OF AMERICAN LABOR TOWARD THE WAR 31.
A Chicago slaughter - house in 1912 paid eighty - two per cent of its workers less than twenty cents an - hour , and the average working week consisted of 245 ] ATTITUDE OF AMERICAN LABOR TOWARD THE WAR 31.
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hour , and the average working week consisted of thirty - seven and one - half hours . Fifty - five per cent of the men received a weekly wage of $ 6.37 . In the steel industry in the United States in 1910 twenty - nine per cent of the ...
hour , and the average working week consisted of thirty - seven and one - half hours . Fifty - five per cent of the men received a weekly wage of $ 6.37 . In the steel industry in the United States in 1910 twenty - nine per cent of the ...
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... earners at the average of $ 500 . Statistics of income for the calendar year 1917 issued by the United States Treasury Department , Commissioner of Internal Revenue , throw further light upon the subject of incomes in this country .
... earners at the average of $ 500 . Statistics of income for the calendar year 1917 issued by the United States Treasury Department , Commissioner of Internal Revenue , throw further light upon the subject of incomes in this country .
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The assumption is made that conditions in these states are typical for the whole of the United States ; and as there are no records for from two - thirds to three - fourths of the men dying , a round sum is assumed as the average for ...
The assumption is made that conditions in these states are typical for the whole of the United States ; and as there are no records for from two - thirds to three - fourths of the men dying , a round sum is assumed as the average for ...
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| Title | Labor Problems and Labor Administration in the United States During the World War, Volume 1 Volume 8, Issues 3-4 of Illinois studies in the social sciences Labor Problems and Labor Administration in the United States During the World War, Gordon S. Watkins Volume 8, Issues 3-4 of Studies in the social sciences / University of Illinois Studies, University of Illinois, in the Social Sciences. Vol. 8. No. 3. 4 Volume 8, Issues 3-4 of University of Illinois studies in the social sciences |
| Author | Gordon S. Watkins |
| Publisher | University of Illinois, 1919 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
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