The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27
OHIO STATE NEWS.
LABOR FIGURES.

| stoves and Iron Castings.
COLUMBUs, o., Feb. 90 The forth
coming annual report of State Labor
Commissioner Mcbride will contain n
great many interesting statistics The |
liable on boots and fine shoes shows: |
The cost of materials, So, 69l, ,2l2, added |
to- Si,70S $40, the amount paid in
wages and salaries make $500, 752, |
the entire cost Of production; this, de.
ducted from s., 00j, 323 or the whole
value of product, leaves net profit of
e505, 57l, or 35.G4 per cent of the whole
capital invested.
The capital invested equals S3s3.40
per employe. by deducting the cost of
materials from the value of product,
the balance is the combined earnings
of capital and labor, of which labor re-
ceives ~. Ia per cent, and capital % 50
per cent. Labor here includes wage
earners and salaried ofticials.) Of the
IS, 800, 75o entering into the cost Of pro-
ducton, SIG per cent was paid in
wages and salaries and the balance,
6S.4 per cent, was paid for materials.
The total number of employees draw
ing 81, 70S, $40 in wages and salaries, is
1851; of this number 159 are managers,
book-ksepers, statesmen and clerks,
drawing in the aggregate S2o3, 40l.S4,
nm average salary of 81, s45. 80 each.
Deducting 159 from 4,351, and S293, 40l. 81
from ST., 7OS, $40 we have 4,192 wage
: earners, receiving 81, Ais, 1873. lG, an aver
age of S337.60 each per annum.
Dividing the number of days worked
during the year by the number of en-
ployes, gives n working year of 800
days. which at 1887 60 per year gives an
average daily wages of 81 13.
, The average number of hours work
l ed per day is o. Z; this gives an average
hourly wages of lie cents.
The table on stoves and iron castings
. shows: The cost of materials, S4, So,
Q O22, added to So, 3,471, $50 the amounts
paid in wages and salaries make SS,
. O41, 9O5, the entire cost of production;
Q this deducted from S9,Os3, 4O4 or the
2 whole value of product leaves a net
Il profit of Sl,O4l, 499 or 2L61 per cent of
the whole capital invested. The capi-
= ital invested equals S746. "a per cmployc.
i BY deducting the cost of materials
x from the value of production. the bal
:, ance is the ombined earnings of capital
. and la abor, of which labor receives 7G.9
h per cent. and capital 90. per cent.
n (Labor here includes wage earners and
l. salaried officials.) OF the SSOI1, 9O5 en-
i tering into the cost of production, 43. II
e per cent. was paid in wages and sal
+ aries and the balance, sc. So per cent,
e was paid for materials.
~ The total number of employees, draw
10 ing 50, 472 sS3 in wages and salaries, is
G. 769; of this number 333 are managers,
3 booll-keepers, statesmen and clerks,
q drawing in the aggregate S419, ,02S an
n average salary of S1,25S "a each. De-
p Quoting 333 from 6, 160 and S419, OPS from
a S3, All, ,sS3, we have G,436 wage earners
lc receiving SO, 052, Sj5, or an average sal
i. airy of S474,34 each per annum.
10 Dividing the number of days worked
in during the year by the number of en-
Is ployes, gives working year of 2Sf
y. days, which, at S474. 81 per year gives
C. an average daily wages of Sl.65. The
average number of hours worked pei
O. day is o. s. Tins gives an average hourly
MT wages of 16.S cents.
o. Rosa PATRICK, of Ironton, who il
a but IA years old, was forced ny he
so father to marry John Blevens, 53 year
'U ,O old.
IT. EARL, the ten-year-old son of Jane
nc Starrette, while playing at school a
0o Norwich, fell and crushed his skull
d. Several physicians operated on him, bu
N he died in few hours.
NJ NJ. AT an election held by Company C
re Fifth regiment, of Norwalll, Chas. II
Stewart was chosen captain, and Ere
on w. Christian second lieutenant.
IS: MAMIE WELSH, of jackson, attempte
'ts to leap into the grave of her lover, Cor
'al ductor Williams, who was killed by tn
~. cars.
he TOLEDO is flooded with counterfe
ca. quarters.
Oh Oh DEFIANCE ladies have organized a co
ro' fee club.
ice JOSEPH SERE was killed in rupawa
la at Titfin.
n Jn. BIG oak tree throws q shadow o
m. Hancock, Seneca and Wood counties
The MRS ALBERT BENTzEL, of Lima die
lis under her brothers faith cure trea
w.. ment A physician had her almo
200 well.
in A CRATER with soap pick-out JON
400 skinned all the farmers around Monro
;. MAssLLoN S charity ball was 4 gran
VS.: success.
TO SAMUEL LEE was indicted at Defant
W.. ,.,o for selling tired meat
to A BILL introduced by Mr.. Hars
.lc- barger provides that all goods made,
,r,' NJ whole or in part, by convict labo
OF whether made in Ohio or imported in
to the state for sale, must be brande&
y as to show that they are prison made.
A STRANGE case has just been doc
eted for speedy trial in the court
common pleas at Woodstield. Aft
ris forty five years of welded life c. Web
DDS and his wife separated. They sot
ore longed for the society of each 9th
and, without the formality of ma
vor riage license, resumed their relation
Mr. Weber died and left small fc
va, tune. His brother has stepped in a
claimed the estate. The widow is {
NH fendant in the remarkable suit, t
ask brother denying that she is legally t
relict of his dead brother.
are FRANK TURvEY was fatally injuT
md in dynamite blast at Nelsonville,
red JOSEPH GILL, Sa!ineville miner, W
I'M horribly mangled by falling down
rec shaft.
nee JOHN KUNzELMAN, manager of
Lima Brewing Co., was serious
cy, burned the other night While lig
II, inr fire up6ar tho boilnr tba oil 1,s