The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1889-02-21
Woran's Work

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What is perhaps very Interesting IT,.
cestigatlon 10 the condition Of labor ID
Maine ha. been concluded this year bi
Ms Flora f. HaineH Of Bangor, VITO hss
been employed by Labor ommis-.OLef
Matthews, 10 Investigate the { uditiOu u
the woman wage workers Of Maine. Mr.
lis mes has spent niLety-two day- Of ih'
pat summer and autumn travelling
among the woman wage workers IN Bang
or. Belfast Lewiston, Auburn, alter
Vile, Ea-tport. Portland freeport, Cum
bertrand MILE, Saccarappa, BiJdef0rd and
Saco. Mis- Hsires found Maine women
employed in the following manufactures !.
Boot. and shoes, brushes blank book
cotton sheetings, meal and grain bag.
cotton bed spreads, cotton towe s, cotton
dress goods, confectionery, cigars wool
en- mems and boys clothing, dpsbr-.
spluce and paraiine gum, wpmens felt
hats, hose, matches birthstone pickles,
paper, paper boxes. su>prnder-, meu's
shirts. silk dre-, goods slippers, w9Dens
underwear, waterproof cloth, and
women's wrappers. She saw women a.
| 50 al work at attendants III Libraries
/ book-kecpers and cashiers Clerks ia post
Offices, insurance officers, bakeries, lhuud-
! rles, and dye houses; cOmpositors ID
/ printing and new -paper Offices; cooks IN
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yearly III that county LOT this worn anu
the hfms OF Belfast send WORK INTO every
town out one IN the county ohe OF these
iirins' at whose head Is WIDOW VINO
learned the tailor's trade thirty-eight
Years ago mas on It's DOCKS the name OF
81 women to whom WORK Is let out
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ers, a fehoascot manufacturer VINO mas
been in the business thirty years and IN
derstands it very well estimates the
amount paid to Maine women yearly Tor
the making OF ready woolen clothing.
overails, shirts, etc, at half million
dollars.
Many OF the young women OF Maine,
especially in the shore towns, act as
hotel walters in summer and in winter do
knitting and make fancy work Tor whole
saie Geaieis III otiieT States 'ue young
lady does quite business, employing her
Young friends III making peculiar KIND
of Jewelry. Another is growing an or
chard Another woman, widow, Is
mapa9lng one OF the best hotels III Maine
the Collins House at Fort Fairfield. Ihe
school teachers, 'eacners OF drawing ana
painting, are numbered by the hundred.
There are also many canvasSers. ON one
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women 90 good deal OF netting, making
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