Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-06

acre; rye, Ia barley, NV oats,
2l SO; potatoes, 20324.
The same official statement shows
that the average size of farms in Bavaria
is about thirty acres, Of which over
eleven acres, on an average,is woodland.
The average wages Of male field hands
are 24S cents per day, and female hands
10 cents. Male servants by tho year,
average $69 62i, female $54 l2i, In
this connection we present table Of
wages and salaries per day paid to
those engaged in various avocations in
Belgium. The table is arranged and
furnished by Mr.. Forney, now in Eu'
rope, to his paper, the Philadelphia
Press. There are many persons in the
United States who will be greatly sur.
prised at this statement of the wages
received by workers in the various
trades. They appear to be extremely
low, and TO an American they
seem to be far below living prices.
But it must be borne in
mind that the figures presented by
Mr.. Forney represent gold and silver,
and that provisions, clothing, and, above
all, reEts are much cheaper in Belgium
than in the United States. 1t should be
stated also that the figures in the table
represent francs and centimes, franc
being l84 cents, and 100 centimes max
ing one irasc. Five francs are a little
short of one dollar in silver. To make
it plain to all readers, we state that
when stone masons are put down at 90
to 2 90, and women lace makers at LOO
TO $50 por day, it means | to 2 francs,
and l franc to p francs. From the
statement il appears that tailors, com
positors, jewelers. and glassmakers re-
ceive the highest daily wages, ranging
from four to six francs per day. We
imagine that the compositors in any
American newspaper office would think
themselves candidates for the poor house,
if they could earn by their labor only
from rs to III cents per day. Our tai
lors, however, might charge lower prices
than they do if compelled to pay to their
cutters only from seventy'iive cents to
dollar per day. 1t will be noticed that
conductor receives 1900 francs per an
mum, or less than four hundred dollars.
That would be deemed poor pickings on
any American railroad. But what would
poor woman shirtmaker do in New
York or st. Louis, who could earn no
more than from one to two and half
francs per day-eighteen and three
fourth cents to fifty cents2 2 But look at
the table: t....
Stonemasons, to 2 francs forgemen,
3 to francs; bakers, | to 2 francs;
shoemakers, 2 to s; tnilors, 2 to 3;
tailors, cutters, to 5 coachmakers z
to B. servants, mon, to q servants,
women, ! to l so; butchers to 3;
glovemakers, 3 to 4 bstters, to 3;
cabinetmakers 2 to 4 GLACIERS, to 2;
house carpenters, to 3; farm servants,
men, locksmiths, 2 to 3; stove makers,
| to 90; bookbinders, 2 to 3; women
lacemakers, / to 2 so; pressmen, to
3 So compositors, to 6 clerks,
2 to 5 women shirtmakers | to 2 so;
watchmakers 2 to 4, jewellers 4 to s,
workers in brass to 4, harness makers
2 to 3, house painters 2 to 3 so, roof
makers 2 to g. upholsterers, 2 to 2 so,
pastry cooks to 2, workers in porcelain
2 to 3, lamp makers to 3, plasterers
to so, laborers to 2, PAYERS to 2,
coopers / so to 2 so, glass makers, 4 to
6, gardeners, 2 to 2 so, dress makers to
2, cigarmarkers, l so to so, cutters 2
to 3, chief conductor (year) 1900, assis-
tant conductor (year) 1000, stoker or
fireman (year) 1900, engineer year
2000,-% Louis Republican.