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-In 1905, five dollars a day was considered a good wage for a journeyman carpenter (for a ten hour day!). Doing the math, that translates to fifty cents an hour. Taday a carpenter in that same area is lucky to get fifteen dollars an hour, so.... even though a dime is still worth ten cents, the buying power of that 1905 dime is about three dollars in todays market.

-http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0873707.html (this link shows how much food costed in the 1900's)