Chapter Ix--the Living Wage 177

§ 1. The reasons for seeking separate principles for the settlement of the wages of the lowest paid groups.

§ 2. Wage statistics of these groups a matter of familiar knowledge.

§ 3. The definition of the living wage idea. An inescapable element of indefiniteness contained in it.

§ 4. The living wage principle put in the form of applied policy.

§ 5. Should the living wage principle be applied to male labor? The arguments for and against.

§ 6. The theoretical case for the living wage principle. The verdict of past experience favorable to its extension.

§ 7. The dangers which must be guarded against in applying it.

§ 8. It should be administered through machinery which makes possible careful study of facts of each industry. This machinery discussed.

§ 9. The question of the relation to be established between living wage for men and women difficult. Alternatives considered.

§ 10. A plan for the adjustment of the living wage to price changes. The basis of adjustment.

§ 11. The policy of adjustment--already discussed.

§ 12. The hope of the living wage policy.