ABSTRACT
The better workers' dwellings in America give the impression throughout of the dwelling of a member of the German middle class. It is perhaps the American worker's clothing that shows most clearly that with regard to his standard of living he is much better classified with the German bourgeoisie than with the German working class. The Americans are therefore in a somewhat more favourable position, but they are a very long way short of what one might expect. Thus, even the American worker spends everything that he earns — and more – just as frequently as the German one. Accordingly, he must live considerably better than the German worker, and there can be no doubt that he does so. It may be accepted that the American worker's dwelling has an average of four rooms, whereas that of the German worker does not average even two.
