The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-11-19

! ground, leaves and stalks together. An
acre in full bearing wiz produce not
less than three tons, and when fit foI
market it is worth from $50 to S100 pel
ton. The manufacturers, as the
cuTers are called, pay about one cent q
pound for 1t in green state. A sumaC
mill costs about So. 600
Wages in Europe and the United
States.
So far, during the present year, the
statistics show that emigration to this
country has fallen of nearly 40 per
cent. as compared with previous years,
and, indeed, large number of emf
grants have actually returned home, be-
ing unable to find employment. This
being the case, and as reduction IN
the price of labor is now being dis
cussed, the following tables, collected
by the National Bureau of Statistics,
and by the Massachusetts, Labor Bureau,
have an important bearing on the ques-
ton:
II we take an ordinary farm laborer
in Massachusetts,, we find that his weekly
wages are So, with board-whieh is nm
doubtedIy equivalent to $40. The
highest wages in England, paid in Lin
colnshire, are IS. II, without board in
Kent, Sc. 81 in Devonshire aud Corn
wall, S4O8; in Ireland, 4.9I, without
board; in France the highest weekly
wages are 81. 96, with board in Prus-
STA, g. 50; in Denmark, 81. 43; IN Italy,
S3.S9-all with board.
If we now take the trades, the differ
ence is even more remarkable. We find
that blacksmith in Massachusetts, re-
ceives $3.50 per week in England,
$3.50; in Scotland, S7.62 in Germany,
Sc. 70; in Prussia, 1929; in France,
S60l. In the book-binding business
the wages are eqaully remarkable in
Massachusetts,, as compared with Eng
land. A first-cl finisher gets S26 in
Massachusetts,, and S10.S9 cents in Eng
land; a forwarder earns SlS here, against
So 80 in the old county female folder
is paid 50 in Massachusetts, and 50. 81 in
England. Again, in the great trade of
Massachusetts in boots and shoes, a
first class upper cutter will earn SIS,
while the European is paid S7.0S; the
female machine hand is paid SO, and
s.. 20 in Scotland and a mender of
shoes earns Sl5 here, against 50 53 In
England. S6 70 IN Germany, 81 3S in
Prussia, and 50 3S in Italy.
Our most expensive trades here are
the building trades, and in them we see
the enormous difference of wages be-
tween the two continents. A first
moulder of bricks earns $40 70, with
board, in Massachusetts,, and 50 "a, with
board, in England. A mason is worth
S24 here against S1O.17 in England,
50. So in Scotland, 81 80 in Prussia, and
1921 in Italy. A brick-layer is paid
S24 here against S10I7 in England, and
S5.97 in Germany. A plasterer COM
mands $24 in America, while his wages
in Europe vary from S6.08 in Italy to
S1L10 in Prussia. A carpenter earns
SIT in Massachusetts,, while in England
he would earn 80. II, in Scotland 81. go,
in Germany So %, and in Switzerland
s. 10. Plumbers earn the comparative
ly low wages in Massachusetts, of $40;
in England they are paid $9.7S; in Ger
many, S4S6. In the business of stating
houses the wages here are SIS, TO about
50 in Europe; in painting they are Sl7,
to about SO in England, and about Sl2
in Germany.
Considering the unexampled good
harvest, both at home aud abroad, and
the consequent decrease in the price of
food of all kinds, it would seem from
the above figures that wages in this
country are disproportionately high,
and that the tendency will be to lower
figures.