This is Jesse G from period one. How many kids are trying to find a job? How many adults are out trying to find one? Money is all anyone cares abou anymore. When are they going to get paid and how much are they getting paid. The cost of living has skyrocketed since the 1900’s. Prices have gone up immensely for the necessities, as in clothes, food, water and shelter. Many people were out of a home in the 1900’s. That number has just increased since then. With all of the immigration and people coming to America from over seas we are giving them jobs that belonged to good American citizens. The recession is another big factor as to why the cost of living has increased since the 1900’s.

1 bag of flour $1.80
Small measure of potatoes daily at .17 per day $1.19
1/4 lb of tea .38
1 qt milk .56
1 lb cheap coffee .35
Sugar 3 1/2 lb $1.05
1/2 ration meats per week $3.50
4 lb. butter $1.60
2 lb. lard .38
Dried apples for treats .25
Vegetables .50
Soap, starch, pepper, salt, vinegar, etc. $1.00
2 bushels of coal $1.36
Kerosene .30
Sundries .28
Rent $4.00 week

Total $18.50

This is a list of necessities that a family needed during one week. The family’s only income was their father, who only made $16.00 a week. The family’s costs were $2.50 more than what the father made. This just goes to show how you can work 14 to 16 hour days and made as little money as that during the recession and the depression era. Later on as necessities’ prices rose so did the income to the regular family. The regular income of a family of four was $25,000 a year. Things started looking up toward the 21st century. The average paycheck according to being payed minimum wage is around $275.00. This amount of money in the year 1915 would be worth $5,900.25 in 2010. This just goes to show how the years have changed the economical world.