108 INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND WAGES

to have his due share of the comforts, joys and recreations
of life.

JOSEPH HUSSLEIN, S. J.I

Every toiler has the right to a living wage, a right which
takes precedence over every other consideration, excepting
only the right which the employer himself has to a remuneration
 which will enable him and his family to live in reasonable
 and moderate comfort according to their position in life:
It is important moreover for both employer and employee
that the continuance and welfare of the industry itself be
wisely consulted. Beyond this there can be no question of
any profits until the living wage has been paid to the emnloyees.
 . . .
What then is a living wage? In general it is defined by
Pope Leo XIII as a remuneration “sufficient to support the
wage-earner in reasonable and frugal comfort.” For the
adult male worker, according to the spirit of the Encyclical,
it is a wage “sufficient to enable him to maintain himself, his
wife and his children in reasonable comfort.” For the adult
woman worker it is a wage whereby she can reasonably and
decently support herself away from home.
CHARLES EDWARD RUSSELL, ECONOMIST AND AUTHOR?
In determining what is an equitable wage, there should be
taken into consideration the profits of the industry concerned,
the requirements (scientifically ascertained) for normal and
wholesome life, with a reasonable margin to be added for
comfort, culture and recreation.

ROBERT. G. VALENTINE, FORMER COMMISSIONER OF
INDIAN AFFAIRS?
How, then, to settle the amount due the president, the office
boy, and the truck hand? Clearly the first duty will be to
1 “The World Problem,” P. J. Kenedy and Sons, 1918, p. 91. .
2 Resolution by Mr. Charles Edward Russell, President’s First National
Industrial Conference, October 14, 1919, p. 288.
8 “Work and Pay: A Suggestion for Representative Government in Indus.
try,” reprinted from the Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. XXXI, February,
 1917, p. 253.