New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-21
Number
OF tStab-
lishmentS
All ,oa,s consid,d. las s43703 s44l90 asA07 a0.t

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The average Of yearly earnings is SAS7 80 in
1890 and SAL 90 ~ 1891. slight increase
amounting to 0.9l per cent.
The total amount paid out in wages IN the eS
,.h,isbments considered in boots and shoes ex
bbts an increase in $50 as compared win 1850
Of 1906 Fer cent; in carpetings All per cent
in cotton goods, 34.o7 per cent in leather ls'4'
ner cent in machines and machinery, 1927 per
cent; in metals and metallic goods, 34OS per cent
in musical instruments and materials, BOSE per
cent: in paper and paper goods, 2e.l3 per cent
in woollen goods, 25 II per cent, and in worsted
goods AZ g. per cent In all industries, for S,sl7
establishments making returns in each OF the years
named. the increase was from $96,237,436 dis
bursed as wages in 1885 to 1925 ,02l paid out
in 1890 an increase of $40, 162 ,466, or 80 o3 per
cent.
The average yearly earnings increased in boots
and shoes 10 the amount Of 1896 per cent; IN
carpetings, 20 per cent in cotton goods, 25@o
Ter cent in leather 1913 per cent: in machines
and machinery. 27.S5 per cent; in metals and
metallic goods l4.43 per cent IN musical instu-
ments and materials. e.l9 per cent in paper and
paper goods, 14.6s per cent: in woollen goods,
1857 per cent; and in worsted goods, 21.46 per
cent. In all industries the average rose from
1856 &c in 1885 to $439 6l in 1890. an increase
Of $72 95, or 1890 per cont. When it 10 remem
bered that these returns are from the same es-
tablishments in each Of the years named the ef-
feet Of the comparison becomes more striking. In
only seven industries out Of the total number con-
sidered Is a decline in average yearly earnings
found. These are cOrks bungs and taps, in which
two establishments entered into the comparison
earthen, plaster and stone ware. five establish
nents being considered; glass, numbering twelve
establishments, in which the average yearly earn
ings dropped from $3.50 63 in 1885 to $414 60 in
1880; hose, rubber linen. etc, numbering only
three establishments; paints, colors and crude
chemicals, twelve establishments making returns
and the decline being very slight from $49l II in
1885 to $4Sl so in 1890; sporting and athletic
goods, numbering nine establishments decln-
ing from $46o IS In 1886 to S44s SO in 1890
and whips. lashes and stocks, eleven establish
ments reporting and the decline being from $42s 90
In 1855 to $4o4 90 in 1890.
The medium wage class or that in which the
proportion Of each sex is about the same and is
also similar 10 the proportion OF all employees
receiving the specified wage, is the class rcceiv
ing 50, but under 80 per week. In this class
appear, in 1900, s23 per cent Of all employees. the
percentage in 1891 being sos.
Industries showing an increase in the average
number OF days in operation and in the proportion
of business done in sol as compared with 1890
are designated as the first class" The leading
industries which appear In this class are carpet
iags, cotton goods, metals and metallic goods,
paper and paper goods woollen goods and worsted
goods The increase In the average proportion Of
bukness done in each of these industries is quite
small when reduced to the percentage basis. The
following industries In this class exhibit an in
crease in average yearly earnings Carpetinss,
cooking, Lighting and heating apparatus, oordage
and twine cotton goods, electro-p plating, food
preparations, hosiery and knit soode ivory, bone
shell and horn goods, etc.. liquors. malt, dis
illed aud fermented; metals and metallic goods