Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-04-24

The operatives in Paris who earn the lowest wages are
those who work with the needle The working aors and
shoemakers, who form two of the most and
dustrous classes suffer greatly from the extent and
tivity Of the competition among them.
1t should be said in explanation and qualification of the
above table that in every trade there is number of work
men, less considerable who bring their calling
nothing but physical force These of much
less than those who also bring ingenuity and skill The
former, in fact only from % to francs per day.
while the latter from 81 to and 10 francs An
ample of this is to be found among the masons with
whom the common laborer hod carrier earns but %
francs per day. while the mason properly called
generally from to francs.
The wages Of women are in Paris as in most places
about half that of the men.
Of S91 women mentioned in the report 71Os were
the daughters relatives of their employers The
of these estimated A. 57 paid by the week.
the month, or the year. 35,085 paid by the day;
65,54l by the piece The average wages of these two
Numbering together 101 626 franc SO
centimes about 33 per day The lowest wages
paid were 10 confines cents and the highest franc
20 cents per day. $50 earned less than 60cenmes
IL cents per day. 1OOO5O earned from so centmes
francs 60 cents 626 earned than francs per
day. The lowest wages are earned by workwomen but
little acquainted with their trade and very deficient in
ability. Thus the minimum wages above mentioned were
those of two inrm old women the g. the other II
years ofage living charity Thenagan there aarge
class of who work by the piece, and regularly
and whose earnings are necessarily very small.
More than 100000 francs S2, 32S, OOO) paid
nualy to laundresses Of whom 1873 receive from
three francs per day. Their average wages francs
10 centimes Al cents per day. About the amount
paid annually aundresses in the environs of Paris
The average wages Of the in the cotton factories
franc AZ confines, or 80 cents, per day The
rage wages of the in the woolen factories
franc 81 confines or 80 cents, per day.
The wages Of the youth Of Paris not easily arrived
at Many Of them apprenticed under such crcum-
that their actual earnings cannot be estimated
1t only the large manufactures that they paid by
the day, and these not numerous in Paris.
In the cotton factories 1873 boys and girls about
Franc 20 cents, per day average; the lowest
wages being so confines 10 cents and the highest
franc Is centmes % cents per day In the woollen
factories 32 youths under twelve years of age earned
average of franc 33 centimes about 81 cents per day
the minimum wages being Is cents and the maximum
about 35 cents, per day.
Among the manufacturers of painted paper hangngs
there 1881 children whose average wages
franc 20 centmes or "a cents, per day.
From the above facts carefully coated from the report
in reference, you have correct idea Of the nature
and extent of the manufacturing and mechanical industry
of Par the number of large and small employers and
the relative of their transactions and finally the
number of operatives of both sexes and their
earnings per day.
In another letter propose to send you such facts
can collect as to the general condition of the laborng
classes in Paris with valuable statistics to the
extent Of their suerng in consequence Of the revolution
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