The progress of the German working classes in the last quarter of a century . 880 and 1896 the popu-lation of Leipzig changed from 149,000 to 400,000,owing to the incorporation of the new industrialsuburbs. Percentage of Assessed Persons in Dresden, Leipzig and Chemnitz whose Incomes Fell into the Several Classes, 1880-1896. Dresden. Leipzig. Chemnitz. Classes. 1880. 1896. 1880. 1896. 1880. 1896. Under 600 marks . 50 32 47 36 56 41 600- 950 28 37 28-5 295 25 30 950-1250 105 16 11-5 175 10 14-5 1250-1600 6 8 7 10 5 85 1600-2200 »» 5-5 7 6 7 4 6 110 PROGRESS OF GERMAN WORKING CLASSES Dr. William
The progress of the German working classes in the last quarter of a century . 880 and 1896 the popu-lation of Leipzig changed from 149,000 to 400,000,owing to the incorporation of the new industrialsuburbs. Percentage of Assessed Persons in Dresden, Leipzig and Chemnitz whose Incomes Fell into the Several Classes, 1880-1896. Dresden. Leipzig. Chemnitz. Classes. 1880. 1896. 1880. 1896. 1880. 1896. Under 600 marks . 50 32 47 36 56 41 600- 950 28 37 28-5 295 25 30 950-1250 105 16 11-5 175 10 14-5 1250-1600 6 8 7 10 5 85 1600-2200 »» 5-5 7 6 7 4 6 110 PROGRESS OF GERMAN WORKING CLASSES Dr. William Bohmert has sought to visualise thechanges which have been taking place by the very-ingenious graphic diagrams reproduced below. Theyshow how very substantial has been the relative in-crease of the income classes above the lowest. Lookedat, so to speak, as a piece of social mechanics, it isevident at a glance how much more stable the struc-ture of society was becoming in those years. Diagrams —The Changes in the Economic Structureof Saxony, 1880-1896. /88O. Illltlil II.—The Kingdom as a Whole. /880.
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