for everyday staples. they spend almost a day s wage to buy things dozen eggs, which cost one u.s. dollar. or seven bars of soap, almost as well a full day s wage. in the u.s. we could buy the very same things after working nine minutes. but that low wage attracts retailers. china is three times more expensive. other asian producers twice the price. bangladesh says it will announce wage suggestions within three months here. and if they were to double the wages, bangladesh would still be in the average at about $75. now, the worry is higher wages will hurt a prospering garment industry that s helped halve the property rate over the last decade. adam davidson of the new york times looks at the upside in the so-called low cost t-shirt phase. how nations over the past 350 years struggled through it including the united states before reaching broader economic prosperity. as we know, chris, there s immediate concerns right now. there are, indeed. we re going to continue to follow this st
up that playing field and help the family farmers. meantime, the rfk center is having its sixth annual spring auction for human rights. i hear you might be close, what, to a million dollars so far? it just went over a million dollars. that was two minutes ago. we were looking at it. so if you want to have coffee with apple ceo tim cook it s currently $600,000. having said that, there are a lot of things that a lot more people can afford. like coming to see you right here. people can come and have day at jansing & co., yes. go meet robert de niro. have a walk-on roll in the next jim carrey movie. have coffee or dinner with quincy jones at his home. visit francis ford coppola at his vineyard and drink his wife. that would be rough. tell us quickly before we have to go, kerry, about the work they do. if people go online and they bid for this, where does the money go? the money goes to the robert f. kennedy center for justice and human rights.
with its workers. consumers more and more search for these tags on what they buy. the guarantee, just wages and safe and environmentally responsible work conditions. the official made in the usa logo is another guarantee. to use it, companies have to adhere to strict ftc guidelines similar to fair trade, but only 950 have passed that test so far. one note, chris, if we wanted to buy styles like the ones we re wearing right now but fair trade, almost impossible to find. well, used to be a lot easier to find made in the usa, it seems to me. maybe there was a time they were doing a lot of ads and we were looking for it. it s important stuff. thank you very much. that s going to wrap up this hour of jansing & co. thomas roberts is up next.
that and basically accepted that they might die there but they just do what they have to do. it s something buried in the heart of every cop, every firefighter, every emergency service worker in this town and we saw it on display the other day. amazing. some thought it was biological weapons but they weren t and some civilians helped out. kevin cullen from the washington post and chris jansing from jansing & co., thank you for your time tonight. thanks, al. thanks. ahead, the first lady on what we can all learn from boston. stay with us.
moments after the blast. the man in the cowboy hat, he saved jeff s life. i ve got to talk to this guy, jeff s mother told reporters. the stories of heroism as we try to figure out what happened on monday afternoon. joining me live in boston is msnbc chris jansing, host of jansing & co. she went this afternoon to talk to people in dorchester, the hometown of the youngest victim of the blast. chris, thanks for being here tonight. thank you, rev. tell us, what was the mood in dorchester today? reporter: well, i should first say that this is a very strong community and you can t help when you get there to notice that. i spent a lot of time at the community center, spent a lot of time at a local play ground. the kids are out of school. it s spring break.