The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-24
JERSEYS WAGE WORKERS
STATISTTCS FROM TIE LABOR
BUREAUS ANNUAL REPORT.

General News of the State.
y Some of the figures given by the
o State Bureau of Statistics are un-
SIS questionable; some are quite the re-
verse. The attempt in the last be-
lated volume TO give facts rs to wages
III paid is an example of both kinds; but,
on the whole, the figures are rather
better than usual, SO far as the In
quiry went. There should be more
employees interviewed to get general
d results. The figures in the leather
trade furnish an example. They were
Q obtained from reports made by thirty
q eight japanners, thirteen beamsmen,
p thirty-Six laborers, ten splitters and a
3 lesser number in the other branches OF
the trade. OF the thirty-eight japan
ners interviewed twenty reported
making SIS and eighteen reported
earning $15. Laborers reported max
ing 50 and $40 per week; five tackers
reported that they earned $13.50 per
oEeek, yet any leather worker knows
that tackers' wages average about
sAt$S per week. OF all the curriers'
employed here but three were in
terviewed. One reported that he OBJ
tanned $25 per week, the other two
III said their wages were $40 per week.
Two of the six splitters interviewed
reported earning $35, the other four
earned $25 per week. Leather-workers
glaveraged nine and ten hours a day.
geThe japanners reported as having lost
fifty-two days in the year through
slackness of trade. They reported
their yearly earnings as 1922. Morocco
finishers reported having their wages
,o1..oAlA x1,aAx- GrA Nh anvlf noH
earning but 1923 during the year.
Any leather worker can tell at a glance
how, correct the above figures are.
The report of the condition of the
hating trade is more extensive and
probably more correct, for the reason
that one of the deputies who collected
the figures is a halter and was per-
sonally familiar with his subject.
Forty hat makers reported receiving
500 per week, ia received $18, ia re-
ceiyed SIG, and about 400 reported re-
ceiving between SO and $40 per week.
Forty7seven hat pouncers were ques-
toned. Eleven reported receiving $24
per week, 8 received 1913. so, 5 received
$14, 3 received SIG and 4 received $21.
Twenty-Five sizers reported. Twenty
received $13.50 and 5 $22.5 so per week.
Three hundred and thirty-six finishers
reported earning $50. 100 earned $21
and 30 earned $28. The wages of
trimmers (women) ranged from So to
$t3, per week. The majority of en-
ployes in the hating trade are ex-
.pected to work ten hours a day, but
they average about eight and a-half
hours per day. During the year they
fail to go to work from 10 to 1876 days,
excluding legal holidays. Their
average earnings for the year range
from $500 to $3.50.
In the jewelry trade seventeen fore
men reported earning an average
weeks wages of $24.29; toolmakers
average $25; stonesetters, $3.50; engray-
ers, $3.50; enamelers, 1874: helpers,
$3.50: women helpers, 81 80; case
turner's, $25; inishers, $18 ;chainmakers,
$12; jewelers., 1855; women, 81;
poiishers, $14. IA; women $s.70.
Among ) the saddlery hardware
workers the highest average weekly
Wages are paid the platers and pat
tern makers, who earn $15. The fin
ishers earn SO. The turner's, buffers
and pOiishers earn about $12. fn Ss
Local cigarmakers are reported as
working eight hours a day and losing
from 40 to $50 days during the year
through siaekIiess of business, and
their average earnings ranging from
$272 to 1864.
Baker are reported as working
Twelve and a hal hours a day and.
earnlng%7lo during the year. Clerks
ana statesmen are quoted as working
Twelve hours a day and earning about
500 a year. "
The thread mills employees work on,
an average of ten and a half hours
daily. Through various causes they
lose from five to forty days work ia
the year. Bieachers average $500 a
year' e esI1e y $ Soao 10 Soeu, sP saea
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