The Labor enquirer., 1885-01-17

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duct was from to II times the amount
paid as wages If we take purely
business view Of the matter and call
each laborer worth $1,000 tthe cost Of
rearing an able-bodied man J, we find the
value of the laborer about equal to the
capital employed. Now compare the
return to each; for instance in the bust
| ness of
| PORK AND LARD.
Total capital ....................$l2,320 320, ,OOO
Product %, ,Zol ,6OO
Amount of wages. s................ b,845,0OV
| Number of workers, 1880.
The proportion of wages to products is
as s to sS. Still some people wonder
why Iaborers are poor. The Tribune,
after giving these figures, will continue
to urge that this industrial question is
very perplexing and cannot be solved. /
lsl h IRON AND STEEL. H
Capital ,248, 200
Product. 36 446, $50
| Wages d...............,.........4. 8,626,9O0
| Number of workers, 1881. 53
| IL Out of $36 labor gets $S. Of course
other expenses are paid from the total
product, but as the bosses have fnS
houses and the workers have nothing
we may conclude that oil and repaifs do
not. cost much. This is a protected" ins'
dustry. Now of what use is protection
If the worker shall have but $S out Of
$36? Next comes - n
BRASS AND COPPER. ii
Capital 1853 ,0OO
Product........,..... lOO36.99l
| Wages paid. d........................" l,824,50O
Number of workers, 1882. I'll
Wages in this business one-sixth Of
the product. II
WAGONS AND AGR' L IMPLEMENTS. Ill
Capital 5. 1853 800
Wages paid ................. 3.307 600
Number of workers, $685..
Wages one-fourth of the pro oduct. II
tuuc ensr-prOrsa
s to times the capital employed.
Making extravagant deductions for all
expenses, we find profit of several hum
dred per cent on capital. III.
FURNITURE, PIANOS AND PLANNING MILLS.
Capital o,o82l0Q
Product Observation-Disclosures. 27,696I I085
Wages paid Observation-Disclosures. 1887 900
Number of workers, 1870. H.
The most astounding item in the above
are the figures on roller skates: III
Capital ................"..$ 10000
Product...... 225 900
Number OF workers, 30. If
The wages of roller skate makers are
not given separately, being included In
the total. Allowing $500 per year for
each worker, we have $25, 900 paid to the
producers and 100000 to capitalists.
Assuming that 30 workmen represent a
capital of $4,000, we have: dL
| Percent of reward to the capital, 400.
Per cent of reward to labor, 81 -.Ft
The result of this must be extreme
poverty and extreme wealth. If the
wealth and the poverty were not before
our noses, should say the Tribune was
mistaken The roller skate makers pro-
duce each $4,000 and receive $500 of it.
Capital. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 105, 900
D.adrat IA o0o mn
Wages paid. d...."..".......".-" l,133,0OO
Number of workers, 2,57S. 49, H.
Wages one-thirteenth of the product.
Product more than three times the
capital.
Capital I,ffO,uUO
Product L. S5O wy
Wages paid d......................-.. 3,595, ,0U0
I Number of workers, 6,22O. II
Product four times the wages and
twice the capital. Is
TOBACCO AND LIQUOR.
Capital. ,510, 900
Product ............................ q, ,992,5I0
Wages paid. 100000
Number of workers, 1924.
Product nine times the wages.
| CLOTHING. % tts
Capita /. 9,57O,OOO
Product. ......................... 4.393, 900
Wages paid.....,,................ 5,SS3,0Oo
Mum ber of workers, 2O,670. f.
/ BOOKS TYPE AND INK.
Capital $685.. 2,s75,OOO
Product 9,675,OOO
Wages paid d...............-.......... 1855, 900
/ Number of workers, 1896. If
4 FLOUR AND DELlcACIEs.
Capital. $3.50, 900
/ Product. ........................ IL .873, 600
] Wageapaid. id.......................... 1925, 900
i Number of workers, 3,5l0.
Product five times the capital and
nine times the wages. Here is the solu-
ton to the problem Of dear bread and
cheap wheat.
Il Product 3,52o,0OO
Wages paid ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 97I 900
Number of workers, 1885.
i Here are the Tribune's totals:
Number of establishments. 2,282
Il Number of workers. ............. 105,725
Il Total wages. 4S,3S2.4uO
II Capital 1892 700
Il Value of product...............-. 2o2, 236,sli
Il We find that worker produces a
value of 81, 2,7A per year and receives fol