New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-13

they did not know. The men themselves when
SPOKEN 10 said they had a union but either
couId not or would not tell the union scale The
men, range from So day for bread baker down
TO 80 for helpc on bread and cake The bakers
or fancy cakes and bread receive So 50 and 81
u gay, put thcy are specialists in their line, and
their wages, therefore, are not a standard The
proprietor Of the establishment last referred TO
oald that he was paying about 10 per cent higher
wages than he was four years ago.
here are as many kinds of candcsticl makers
Us thcrc are varieties OF candcsticks. As a mat
ter OF iact, however, candlesticks can hardly be
regarded a. standard of manufacture on which
a fair comparison of wages can be made They
are either cheap tin or pewter affairs used chiefly
IN spaIscly settled portions Of the country, where
even kerosene lamps are not available, or are
ornamental pieces made of precious metals for
the decoration of homo or church. Still. work
men have TO be employed in making them. Any
lourneyman tlnslnlth can make a tin candlcstick,
and Jonrneyman IN that trade, if his ability is
Of the first class. earn 80 80 a day BEFORE
the Mckinley bill was passed he was lucky if
he earned 81 - or s. day So the Mckinley
bill has benefited at least the makers of Tin
candlcsticks. In the manufacture of silver and
gold candcstlcis the wages depend upon ln1l-
\ first class silvcrsmith can earn $50 week.
while even higher wages are paid 10 those who
are employed in the making Of gold ornaments
That the wages paid to expert gold and silver
workers are from | o TO 90 per cent higher than
they ever before is proof enough that gold
and silver candlcsticll makers have also benefited
tariff
Factions writer's have poked fun at the in
ordnatcly wealthy plumbers for many years
The usual crop Of Jokes will he Icapcd as soon
as frost comes and the water pipes begin 10 burst
But if any plumbers become inordinttrlY rleh
they must he thoS" who undertake large con,
tracts. The journeymcn plumbers earn good
wages great deal better than they used 10,
but not large enough vet TO enable them TO buy
railroads Those people who will have need f.
employ plumbers to make repairs this fall can
compare the wages cared by the men who DO
the work with the bill rendered by the " boss.
There are three GRADES Of skill in the trade.
iourncvman receives 81 80 a day, for day OF
eight hours: second man" who is not cutie
aS expert as a journcvm1N. earns ~ a daN ana
the pay Of 4 junior is :! 20 day. This sam"
daily rate of wages prevailed up 10 two years
ago but the men were compelled tiHn TO work
nine hours a day. Thus, for eight hours work
two wears AGO thc plumbers earned :? -. - 90
and IS il as against - 80, 81 and IS % at
the present time.
These trades were selected for Investigation at
random. Thousands of mon are cmplOy'l in them
The all ioyfully admit that their WAGES
are better than ever before. They are trl icS,
cxcrptirc the candlcetck making with which
the tariff has ~ direct connection: II l. ONLY
natural therefore, that the workm"n whose
in so-calicd protected trades, should he grateful
for tho policy that has MAD" 50 genera showing
of prosperity possible in all trades alike.