The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-03-22
REPORT
Bureau of Statistics Of Labor
OF MASSACHUSETTS.


The report then proceeds to classified
tiou w cmjluyments vi all wage lahUrers
~ nv, State. first aua!,mg the returns of
the T.. = Marshal ~ Ihe Secretary ut
Safe. and then TIE printed report III the
Chlei VI the r.rsus G.rurfurnt. The
number IT MAJ es an ftma Is are given Ia
each occupation The whole number UNI
trr TIE class ut a1ucultur, IS ~, 500 males
81 females Under thr class Of professional
and I,yrs rua. service. including clerks
mrs tuw. sites Nc., males, 81 JJ4
70 ll,s, yI. y9- total. III. J4I Under
-r..ue suu trar ~rnrtar.nn. including clerl :.
llb.r.rs. sailors. Nc. males 52 SAT
females U4U r.ta- "a 495. Under class
a mtur'n.tur w. ,lal and mining
Dbl .u>'T IS. Hl.l.s -.b DTS females 10 sol
t.tI 2~1.llE lh~ rt.le Is followed Ivy
table Nh principal rap .ntmrnts. giving the
number Nd males auu females III each. BY
-.-. rrm 'ha- Z re are $500 boot
and shoe makers A. 100 arpenters, wood
v .ra-rs. N. ~ $50 factory operatives ut
a.. descriptions 4G.~I5 d.IuysuCs. scrN-
ants l.- l~C .rnnr,rs u.l uther depart
III ur, Of labor, tle sma SIN IL ers ma,Ilg
"a tara. NO 4oDarJ. lhs tables are ae-
The next subject Is daily wages. and nc
tual. annual average earnings OF the man
ufacturu. anu mechanical ymu.uyments
the data being derived from schedule If
the uIted States Ceusus--he Bureau fol-
lowing the classification Of the CELSIUS. The
table gives tle number nj males fcmai.,
and youths in each branch of industry, the
total wages paId rh. average number uf
days ia active operation, the average daily
wages II each class. 3uI the actual average
annual earnings, this last being obtained
by mathematical formula adapted to til,
canes. By thus table Do appears that tn,
total wages paid IN the empIovments emu
HI'I".eu 10y lnal ear was S'li-'o 0-"'l
may Ihe hulnher "i persons thuherate"
"ds t',h"4 the average nun Der or days
n operation ~ thc average ways N
males Ior aaN = A. females Fl ~
youths ana children - cents Ms az II
aye annual earnings to each haie oo9o. %;
females go. ~ youths oiJo.i' number
M occupations enumerated ~ number
# establishments 1910 Then follows
me "a-ts "l'' earnings hi uhsAuied labor
'h'' ''."IHa .i'u N,'h- 'hld.he' 'f'hi
OI ans I.I"Niu'd Z" IHiles whose nam
we're suggested 10y the a7soss"rs 90 the dii-
lereht towns iH Ih' common" ea.tH- ms
table c"iSI~.s w 90 occupations and Il ot
men annual average wages Sl.I2' average
number 81 daA Wurh 81 year - aver
age annual earnings S495, ~. 4 table Is
then gwen ~ the wages and earnings Of
unsAIIl'd lab'rers. beng an es' innate based
ur"n TIE number IL each class derived from
the T. :. census, the average wages re-
turned T. the Bureau ard the number Of
day ",rk Ptr y IT the totaI amount be
ing obtained BY multiplying The wages by
the number ut days To this is aided ex
tracts ;I'm COMMUNICATIONS accompanying
the returns.
Up,n the suhi,ct Of cost tie Bu
reau says u has been one Of the most
'eloaty duties ~ our office u inquire INTO
the minute details Of the eXI enses Of per
s"Is Wlrh whom We are entirely unac
qaalut,a, ana tint for the generous and Of
me ii the trends IF the bureau both Of
the labonuu and the professional classes
We should have been unable 70 present the
following interesting tables The meth
Cd Of procuring these statistics Is then de
scubvd ana "A copy Of the blank gwen
The tables give the name Of the town,
occupation, nauonalltIes. number IN family.
wages, age Of parents, ages Of children, and
the aggregate annual cost n family cxpen-
ses. lhls table Is followed by another,
giving the items ot expenses, showing that
the average cost OF family ot about i've
persons t. be S6yI rs Tins table is fol
lowed by another, giving the quantities OF
artIc e cur sumed. hy items This part u
the report also contains All exact transcript
Of certain laborerS looks. giving items Of
cost and expenses in the most minute man
nrr, accompanied 10y remarks, and a table
~ receipts and expenses of a family for
ltrl,"s, II 20 wears each-the hrst
period ~ ny tr M lo26 to lo43, the second
h@m 1921 Z" $50
The matter If Savings Banks comDrises
by tar the largest tart of the report The
Bureau says Z. Before proceeding to
give Al analysis Of the returns "a blank
number four, W would c,.l the attention
Of the legislature " THE hearing before The
Committee on Banks and Btuking " 1872
space is given To- these re-
ports. because the testimony there adduced
came from bank officers. and were sun
posed To have covered an the ground Of
to the statements ~ our last r.
port Pr TINS subject 4 careful perusal
OF the report II his hearing viii convince
the impartial reader that the statements
made in our three annual reports upon the
subject If deposits and of deyosltors m
Savings Parks are substantiated Nv the
witnesses summoned against Us. And her,
We would say that il seemed not to have |
occurred % committee, counsel, and Wit
resses, that, while charging Us with max