/tab\s. d.
/tab\Brought forward....... 116??
/tab\Beer......... none
/tab\Tobacco......... none
/tab\Insurance (" Prudential ")....03
/tab\Laborers Union..... o i
/tab\Wood, tools, dispensary, etc..... 06
/tab\Insurance (" Foresters ") and margin for clothes......... I][ t
/tab\Total

The guardians of the workhouse in the above
Union pride themselves on their rigid economy.
It costs per pauper per week:

/tab\s. d.
/tab\Men......... 6 i
/tab\Women......... 5 6|-
/tab\Children......... 5 i??-

If the laborer whose budget has been described,
should quit his toil and go into the workhouse, he
would cost the guardians for

/tab\s. d.
/tab\Himself......... 6 i??-
/tab\Wife......... 5 6
/tab\Two children........ 10 2??-
/tab\Total......... 2is. o??d.
/tab\Or, roughly, $5.46

It would require $5.46 for the workhouse to care
for him and his family, which he, somehow, manages
to do on $3.25. And in addition, it is an under
stood fact that it is cheaper to cater for a large
number of people buying, cooking, and serving

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