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66 about an eighth more people. The production is expressed in more dollars through being multiplied by about 1.7 as an average. Some classes of people get more than their share by virtue of a multiplier of 2 or so, while for others the multiplier is 1.5, or maybe 1.1. We may get a better idea of this by reference to the accompanying table, which shows the compensation of workers in several major occupations.

If we could have similar indices for building mechanics we should surely find them running as high, if not higher, than for railway and factory labor. The indices for clerical labor are not very satisfactory, but are the best available. The compensation for city