The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-05
Is 90 and 1870.
The Cost Of Labor. and Living

of the scale or changes IN prices
of labor and cost of living for the past
year. We have not the data at hand
to make an accurate comparison of
these facts for Evansville, but we find
in the Cincinnati Gazette detailed
statement for that city, which. with a
few exceptions, will answer very well
for this locality, at least as to the COM
parative increase or decrease, Except
that the general average is a little
higher than with u.s..
SALARIES AND WAGES.
From the published table it appears
that the tendency Of skilled labor is
upward. while that of unskilled labor
is downward. We give some of the
leading classes as follows:
BAKERs-Per week, 1869, $15@25;
1870, $12025.
BLAoKsMITHs-In 1869, 81 500
SO % per day. No change 10 price.
BooKBINDERs-In 1869, S15@21
per week; in 1870, $12@21.
BoOT AND SHOEBfAKERS-Jo Quincy
men were paid In 1869, $28@50 per
month; in 1870. $24@50.
| BRICKLAYERS-NO change.
BRICKMAKERs-Per day in 1869,
S2@3; in 1870, 1902 so.
BOoKsELLERs-Very little change
from last year.
Observation-Disclosures 1869 about
$18 per week; in 1870, $1,000.
CABINETMAKERs-P week, 1869,
$15@18; 1870, S12@18.
| CARPENTERS-HOus per day, 1869,
50 50@4 so; 1870, 1904 80.
| CARRIAGE MAKERS-1869, $15@2O
per week; 1870, $12 00@20 90.
| CIGAR MAKERS - Per thousand
cigars, 1869, So 00@15 90; 1870, So 90
ole 90, in the union. Out Of the
union not so much.
COoPERs-Same as last ye8 and the
year previous.
ENGINEERS, sTEAM-Same as last
year.
GUNsM4THs-310 to $18 per week,
which is below the rate a year ago.
HATTERs-The range of prices the
same.
HOUSE AND KITCHEN SERVANTS
1869, $6916 per month, with board +;
/
minimum about 81 per month.
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS change.
LABORERs-1869, laborers at the
New Year got 81 80 per day, with
work scarce; 1870, same. During the
year their wages have ruled lower
than last.
MILLERs-$15@20 per week last
year. At present the minimum
/ &c ha IL,
higher maximum is sometimes paid.
PATTERN MAKERS - Skillful men
working by the job, may make $40.
and even $50 per week, when they get
constant work. Day wages 81 to So,
with the rate in exceptional instances
slightly below the minimum or above
the maximum, as the case may be.
The number receiving the maximum
prices has been reduced since last
year, which is about the only change.
PAINTERs-House sign and steam
boat, $15@21 per week last year, and
this year the same, with little more
fastidiousness in allowing the highest
rates.
PLAsrERERs-1869, 50 5O@4 90 per
day; 1870; 1904, according to speed
and skill.
PRINTERs-Received last year SOC
per thousand; this year the same.
| Good steady WOrkmen make $50 per
| week.
SADDLERs-Are getting from So to
$18 per week, according to skill,
| which is less rate at the bottom OF
the scale than last year.
STONE MAsONs-In 1859, s. per
day; 1870, $4@5.
STONE CUTTERs-Range Of prices
in 1869, 1904 so; in 1870, g 1904,
and in rare instances So.
STEAMBoATING, 1869 - Captains,
per month, $3.50 G. 200; first clerk,
$125@150; second clerk, $50 O. 10;
first mate, 800; second mate, 5000
SIS; first engineer, S100@125; pilot,
$100@125; steward, $50 GO; deck
hands, $25@35; roustabouts, $20@25;
cabin boys, $1,000. Prices for the
lower grades of labor higher than last
year; no change in others. Board
and lodging are furnished in addition
to the above rates.
TAILoRs.-There is no letting down
of prices since last year.
TIMERS, 1869-Per week, S12@ is;
1870, $10@16.
COST OF LIVING.
We extract a few of the standard
items in the cost of living. 1t must
be taken into account that the prices
are wholesale, not retail. 1t will be
seen that in the important item of
clothing there has been a decided de-
cline. We give the best brands, as
follows:
1860. Hszc.
Brown sheetings, siandard.I59l6 151z0l6
| Bleached, N. Y. Mills. ........25 28
/ Bleached, LonSdale........-....17 II
Prints MeEFima s'-'--'-'------.I I5;s Ii279
I Prints, Paclnc5... ia
In provisions and groceries we find
the following given as the Cincinnati
wholesale prices:
Hogs, net Mill OO9S12 90 slI 5O9sl2 so
Mess Pork ......... q 500 28 90 . 90
Il Beef Cattle, gross COG so 8 09@ 90
Lard ...s-.s.'..-..-....llc. 1l12c-
Butter..........-....... 45c. 23935 C.
| Sheep. gross .......S 009S so 00gs 90
Chickens, dozen. 2 500 4 90 SOC 4 90
/ Turkeys, Dds GU c. II @15 C.
| Coffee ..................I8 tg34 {. IS15@35 C.
/ sugar ..................10 Gl6%c. l2I@I614c.
Tea........... ..........t0c g 81 90 soc. q 81 70
| MolaSseS .............7Oc q 81 p 40c. q 81 Is
/ Wheat, per busn.....Sl 75g2 10 81 0991 50
/ Corn, " GIG IS 709 IS
/ Oats, 81 500 63 500 81
/ B9rIev. / 90S2 20 COL Is
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