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While
the majority of them turned their money over to the family chest,
there was quite a significant minority who would themselves be
holders of their earnings, pay regular board to their families,
and either save or spend money for themselves. This change in
their lives which allowed them the right to do whatever they pleased
with their own money, and gave them standing and authority because
of their earnings and contributions, was for them a very significant
item in their lives. They acquired the right to a personality
which they had not ever possessed in the old country.
Source:
Abraham Bisno, Union Pioneer (Madison, 1967), 212
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