The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-02-01
WAGES IN FRANCE AND GERMANY.

All article furnishing SOME VALUABLE
information .abOut the wages paid in
the different trades in Paris recently
appeared in the Rcrme des Denr Monies.
In that gay capital. strikes are the
luxury of well paid workman, as this
means Of improving thoir condition is
distrusted by those who live from hand
to mouth. Apprentices in the jcwclrv
and silver smithtrade, as soon as thcS
begin to work on their own account.
receive As. a day: experienced work
men from l2S. TO 24s. per day. Type
settlers get from Is. to l2s per day. and
pressmen generally something short of
this. Wood engravors vary from Is. 10
lbs. but those who rank as artists earn
from lbs. 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
stonecutters los. for II hours work i'm
summer. and IS. for hours work in
winter. MasOns receive 6s. in summer
and 5s. in winter; Carpenters gets Is. in
summer and Us. in winter;and tinsmiths,
marble masons, painters. and GLACIERS
ubout thC ouulC, Will III
those engaged in artistic branches. such
as fresco and other decorations. Wages
have advanced from 25 to 60 per cent,
owing TO the good example set by the
city. Wood carvers get from los. to
Fps. per day, upholsterers the same.
and German and Italian workmen on
interior decoration from %. Cd. TO As.
Machinists earn from As. up, according
to employment and ability. The or
binary day laborer, in all trades gets,
from 2s. Cd. to As. day, and foreigners
who Arrive by shoals manage to save
something TO take home.
The number of regular workmen in
Paris is estimated at 100000, those
living by occasional jobs number rs, O0O,
and the beggars and vagabonds 1900.
1t is estimated that "A per cent. of the
working population earn As. per day,
~ per cent. earn from IS. to t.. while
per cent. earn less than So. So pre-
valent are strikes in Paris that there
are, on the list Of those receiving chart
~, five times Us many mechanics of the
best paying trades than those who re-
ccive the least remuneration. In the
same trades women receive from 20 to
40 per cent. less than men, and in
Hover making. embroidering. dress
and the like, there is dull
season to tide over for which they must
save. enough.
Many industries pay women only IS.
a day, due largely to competition in all
kinds OF sewing in prisons, converts.
and charities. There are nearly twice
rs many women registered As recipients
OF charity as men, the total being up
ward Of 10000 women. OF whom ZOO
are day workers, 1928 servants. 1900
sewing women, 200 dressmakers.
In Germany the average weekly
wages, the working day being II hours
all through the week. paid to Berlin
vary from Is to % marks |
q mark is about % cents of our money!; |
70 turner's about 20 marks, gold and |
Silver artiiicers, according to the class
Of work upon which they are employed,
from II to 80 marks; beltmakers. work
men in foundries, 12 10 lS marks;
|ocksmiths. Is marks; smiths. u TO "a |
marks: workmen in machine factories,
from II to 81 marks; watchmakes and |
IL marks; cloth weavers |
from ~ to 20 marks; carpetmakers. Is |
marks; joiners and kindred trades. IL
marks; butchers, II to 20 marks; |
brewers, q to 81 marks; tailors, 6 to 10 |
marks; female dressmakers, TO IL |
marks; shocmakers. IL marks. The
wages in South Germany are about the |
same as those in Berlin, but the cost of |
living is much less.