The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1876-07-01

The ssventh annual report Of the Bureau
Of Statiatica Of Labor, just published, in fa1
more complete. and valuable than sny on it
predeceseore. ~ = -.
Of sturns, "a, $50 are from the ware.
class and 9, 80 from the salary-claas. In
many cases It hes naturally been difficult
TO draw the kns, but Col. Wright appear
70 have separated the two classes carefully
nd inteallgsntlFy The average yearly
sazninW of ths former are eA82. % Cor men
[<p4 el96.66 for women, and ot tha lstter
,y16. 16 for men and e429s36 Tor women.
- addition 70 these sums, many earn CON.
11lnbls amounts from other sOurces than
1egukar oc0gpstions, and they bare
IN many ceses, the income. Of
rffq6 6nd chiidrsn. OF fhe so, sos answer
~ 80 malss 6nd !, ,9S5 females re-
tE6f IL $50 peopls dependent upon
49, ~ a1nport i30. .1p6 on the males
1okHsl1T s. ~ a. 49, females. The
tttesss 49, ~ senr1sysl. loF 7Bt .eHa
employees. published in former report,
it was found that the average yearly wages
were $413, The average, a. returned
was 1922. 10 according to the United States
cencus of 1870. The amoLnt as gwen by
II ,339 employees, in the present report,
is $418.39. These show rem arkable small
difference ; but it must be borne in mind
that the present returns were made in q
year of extreme depression, an ought to
show considerable falling of . compared
with 1870 and other prosperous years. 1t
appears that, while the average number
dependent upon each wage-receiver who
makes answer is 3. .O8, only 26. A are depend
ent upon each salaried person answering
The average number Of hours employed,
for males, in wage occupations, is 1921 /;
and for females, 10.49 The average for
salaried persons is TO- Al for males, and
9. "a for females. The report contains
many curious particulars in regard to the
length Of the days work in different coun-
ties and in different occupations, for which
we refer the reader to the document itself.
The daily wages Oi women appear to be
about two fifths as much as those Of men,
Among salaried persons they were over
three-tfths as much. The difference is
ascribed to the fact that the wage-class of
females includes large of domestic ser
wants who receive board in addition to the
money wages paid them.
Twenty three per cent. Of the male wage
receivers are found to own the houses in
which they live, and of these 44t per cent.
have their houses mortgaged, a surprising
ly large proportion. In Suffolk County
the percentage is %, and in Barnstable only
"a. Suffolk County has the smallest pro-
portion of males owning houses and, where
they do, the smallest proportion Of mort
cages, but it is exceeded by only one
county -Hampshire-in the average amount
of each mortgage. The average rate Of
interest paid on mortgages is Z. a per cent,
the highest rate, IL, being in Suffolk
County. The average amount paid for
rent is $1O9.O7 per annum, or 22A per cent.
of the average income. Only one per cent.
of the male wage-laborers have replied that
they have libraries of one hundred vol
umes or over, and less than one per cent.
Of the females. The average number Of
volumes to the former is 159 II and for
the latter ll945. Among the male sala-
ried laborers. il is found that IS per cent.
have libraries averaging 4O0.19 to each.
Three per cent. Of the females Of the same
class answered affirmatively, giving an
average Of 1875. 81 volumes to each. The
report concludes with an interesting his
tory Of the Bureau since its organization in
1869, prepared for the Centennial Boston
Commercial Bulletin.