The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-11-10
WAGES IN FRANCE AND.GERMANY

An article furnishing some valuable
information about the wages paid in the
different trades in Paris recently ap-
peared in Revue des DeuX MOnGes. In
that gay capital, strikes are the luxury
of well paid wOrkmen, as this means Of
improving their condition is distrusGed
by those who live from hand to mouth.
Apprentices in the jewelry aud silver
smith trade, as soon as they begin to
WORK on their account, receive As. day;
experienced wOrkmen from l2S. to 24s.
per day. Type settlers getfTOm 6s. to 12s.
per day, and pressmen generally some
thing short of this. Wood engraVers
vary from 6s. to t2s., but those who rank
as artists earn from 12s. to 24s. In the
building trade there is, practically, an
average price paid by all contractors.
The city is the great employer of
skilled labor of this kind, and pays
stOne-cutters los. for II hours work in
summer, and So. for hours work in
winter NasOns receive 6s. in summer
and %. III winter. Carpenters get Is.
In summer and 5s. in winter, and tin
smiths, marble masOns, painters, and
GLACIERS about the same with higher
rates for those engaged in artistic bran
ches such as frescO and other decOra-
tiOns. Wages have advanced 20 to so
per cent, owing to the good example set
by the city. Wood caTVers get from los.
TO 12s. per day, uphOlsteTers the same,
and German and Italian wOrkmen on
interior decoration from 2s Cd. to 4s
Machinists earn from Az. up, according
to employment and ability. The Ordi-
nary day laOOrer, in all trades, gets
from p. Sd. to Is. a day, and foreigners
who arrive by shoals manage to save
something to take home.
The number Of regular wOTkmen in
Paris is estimated at 100000, those liy-
ing by occasional jobs number $4,000,
aud the heggaTS and VagabOnds 1900.
1t Is estimated that "A per cent. of the
working population earn As. per day, %
per cent. earn from 3s. to 4s., while 4
per cent. earn less than 81. So prevail
ent are strikes in Paris that there are
on the lists of those receiving charity
live times as many mechanics of the
best paying trades than those who re-
ceiye the least remuneration. In the
same trades women receive from 20 to 40
per cent. less than men, and in flower
making, embTOidering, dress making,
aud the like, there is a dull season to
tide over for which they must save
enough.
Many industries pay women only %. a
day, due largely to competition in all
kiuds Of sewing in prisons, converts
and charities. There are nearly twice
as many women registered as recipients
of charity as men, the total being up
award of 10000 women, of whom 5000
are day workers, 2,293 servants, 1900
sewing women, 200 dTessmakeTs.
In Germany the average weekly wages,
the working day being 12 hours all
through the week, paid to Berlin stone
masOns vary from 10 to % marks Ga mark
is about % cents of our money!; to turn
eTs about 20 marks; gold and silver ar
tiiceTs, according to the class of work
upon which they are employed, from ~
to 30 marks; belt.makers, wOrkmen in
fOundries, IL to Is marks; lOcksmiths, Is
marks; smiths, 10 to "a marks; wOrkmen
in machine factories, from II to 81
marks; watchmakers and sOapmakeTs,
Is marks; tanners, 10 to IL marks, linen
and calico weayers from to 1S marks;
cloth weavers from 10 to 20 marks; car
pet makers, Is marks; jOineTs and kin
dred trades, 10 marks; butchers, 12 to 20
marks; brewers, II to 81 marks; tailors,
6 to 10 marks; female dressmakers, to
II marks; shOemakers, IL marks. The
wages in South Germany are about the
same as those in Berlin, but the cost of
living is much less.