Disquisition by Scripps, E.W., The minimum wage, October 5, 1908

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A condition of aff airs has presented i tself in England t h'tt is
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The density of population in the British Isles is not greater than
of many other countries, and is less than it is in some other
sh lands,
Yet in England there is a very large percentage of the population
~ s known, to be subsisting on less food than is required to maintain
ONinary' health and to secure full physical development, Beyond this,
in the matter of housing, conditions allover the kingdom are simply
For a number of years past, sociologists with socialistic proclivi­,
and a 1 arge number of the worki ng classes, have. been demanding
Parliame'l- t shall fix a mini= wage and make it a penal offense
any employer t o pay a less wage than the law requires as a minimum,
18 proposed that ' this wage shall bll suffic, ient to procure for the
~ rir~ man . and woman sufficient wholesome food to permit the development
children and the miUntenanQe . of bodily strength of adults, . and 8U~ h
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lIIeilna as win not end~ er the lives of the poor, or directl- r' and
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