. Income in the United States, its amount and distribution, 1909-1919. /909 tial incomes from investments of one kind or an-other. A study of 1602 school teachers, made by a Com-mittee on Teachers Salaries, indicated an incomefrom investments of 6 per cent, of the total in-come. A similar study of 12,096 families by the DISTRIBUTION OF NATIONAL INCOME 105 Bureau of Labor Statistics, showed from 4 to5 per cent, of the total income as coming frominvestments, but these families were selected so asto exclude those having a large percentage from Chart 23. EELATIYE FLUCTUATIONS IN THE PUECHASING POW
. Income in the United States, its amount and distribution, 1909-1919. /909 tial incomes from investments of one kind or an-other. A study of 1602 school teachers, made by a Com-mittee on Teachers Salaries, indicated an incomefrom investments of 6 per cent, of the total in-come. A similar study of 12,096 families by the DISTRIBUTION OF NATIONAL INCOME 105 Bureau of Labor Statistics, showed from 4 to5 per cent, of the total income as coming frominvestments, but these families were selected so asto exclude those having a large percentage from Chart 23. EELATIYE FLUCTUATIONS IN THE PUECHASING POWEE AT THE PEICE LEVEL OF 1913, OF THE AVEEAGE ANNUAL EAENINGS OF EMPLOYEES IN MINING, MANUFACTURING, TEANS- POETATION, AND ALL INDUSTEIES. 1909-1918. Annual earnings in 1913 = 100, Based upon Table these sources. Chapins study indicated that theNew York working class received about 6 per cent,of their total income from sources other than earn-ings. An investigation by the United States Public 106 INCOME IN THE UNITED STATES Health Service in South Carolina showed that in1917 families of cotton mill workers derived about12 per cent, of their income from miscellaneoussources. The higher percentage in South Caro- Chakt 24. RELATIVE FLUCTUATIONS IN THE PURCHASING POWERAT THE PRICE LEVEL OF 1913, OF THE AVERAGEANNUAL EARNINGS OF EMPLOYEES IN AGRI-CULTURE, GOVERNMENT, UNCLASSIFIED,AND ALL INDUSTRIES. Annual earnings in 1913 z= 100. Based upon Table 20.
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