|
|
Number of Families.
|
|
Average per Family.
|
|
|
1840.
|
1877.
|
1840.
|
1877.
|
1840.
|
1877.
|
|
|
|
|
£
|
£
|
£
|
£
|
|
Rich
|
86,833
|
222,500
|
2,507,000,000
|
5,728,000,000
|
28,820
|
25,803
|
|
Middle Class
|
782,100
|
1,824,400
|
1,126,000,000
|
1,834,000,000
|
1,439
|
1,005
|
|
Working Class
|
4,841,007
|
4,629,100
|
101,000,000
|
398,000,000
|
44
|
86
|
The following figures disprove Mr.
Georges assertion that the working class have not reaped their
share in the increase of wealth. And who can doubt that, with
a little more thrift, temperance, and sobriety, and with an intelligent
co-operation, tl1e working class have the power to greatly improve
their material condition?
|
|
1868.
|
1879.
|
|
Annual Incomes
|
Persons.
|
Sums.
|
Persons.
|
Sums.
|
|
Over £5,000
|
8,500
|
£126,000,000 ..
|
9,350
|
£164,000,000
|
|
£1,000 to £5,000
|
48,800
|
83,500,000 ..
|
53,650
|
£109,000,000
|
|
£300 to £1,000
|
178,300
|
88,000,000 ..
|
197,000
|
£114,000,000
|
|
£100 to £300
|
1,026,400
|
111,000,000 ..
|
1,128,000
|
£144,000,000
|
|
Under £100
|
1,497,000
|
81,500,000 ..
|
1,647,000
|
£106,000,000
|
|
Working Class
|
10,961,000
|
329,000,000 ..
|
12,057,000
|
£428,000,000
|
|
Totals
|
13,720,000
|
£819,000,000
|
15,092,000
|
£1,065,000,000
|
"If we compare the wages of the
working class fifty years ago, and the price of grain, with those
of the present day, we see how much improvement has taken place
in the condition of this class:-
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|
1821-40.
|
1865-75.
|
|
Wheat
|
58s. per quarter
|
50s. per quarter
|
|
Masons' Wages
|
6d. per hour
|
9d. per hour
|
|
Farm Servants' Wages
|
10s. per week
|
16s. per week
|
|
Blacksmiths' Wages
|
25s. per week
|
32s. per week
|
|
Cotton Spinners' Wages
|
16s. per week
|
24s. per week
|
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