The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-18

What q Comparison Of Schedules In the
Building Trades shows.

What q Comparison Of Schedules In the
Building Trades shows
Mr.. John S. Stevens. o former president
of the National Association of Builders, is
IN the city attending the mid-year meet
ing. By virtue of having been head of the
American association. he was made an hon.
orary member Of the National Association
of Master Builders of Great Britain. When
he opened his mail yesterday he was grail
fed to receive a printed pamphlet giving
. comparative statement. showing the
hours worked per week and the rate of
wages per hour in the various branches of
the building trades in the cities and
towns of Great Britain. The pamphlet was
fourteen pages, containing the wage sched-
uies of workers In the following building
trades: Masons. bzick-layers. carpenters,
plasterers, skaters. plumbers, painters,
mason's laborers. brick-layers' laborers.
known here as hod-carriers, and plaster
ers' laborers. The following are some of
the earnings of mechanics and artisans of
these trades. as x from the reports in
the report:
In Birmingham masons work fifty-four
hours per week and earn y pence per hour,
equal TO 10 cents in American money. The
scale IN Indianapolis Is about 40 cents an
hour.
Brick-lsyer's work nine hours and receive
8 pence. Americans receive about 40 cents.
Carpenters work nine hours q day and
receive 8 pence. The minimum Indian
apolis scale Is 80 cents an hour.
Plasterers work nine hours and receive s
pence. The Indianapolis scale is over
double the Birmingham scale. Hod-car-
rfes receive in Birmingham 5 pence. or 10
cents per hour. They work tifty-four
The Indianapolis hod-cerrier earns more
than double that. and eats meat twice q
day, the Birmingham man once a week
The rates III Glasgow for masons. brick
layers carpenters, plasterers. skaters.
plumbers. painters and their laborers, or
as they are termed here, helpers. runs from
z pence to 7s pence for the skilled workers
and from 4 To IA pence to the helpers.
They Work fifty-one hours q week.
In Lewes they work sixty-one hours q
week, and receive from ia TO S1a cents per
hour. Carpenters there receive from G to
6e pence an hour for slxty-one hours in
the week.
In Liverpool these workers put In fifty
i've hours In the week, at s pence an hour.
In London masons receive 9 pence.
Brlck-layers. carpenters. plasterers and
skaters receive the same. Plumbers receive
10 pence, or 20 cents; painters. 8 pence, or
about half the Indianapolis scale. HOd-
carriers receive from 54 pence to 6 pence.
Tho figures are absolutely reliable. They
are the figures reported for circulation
among the builders of Great Britain. The
proof is positive that the English working
men receive from half to q third what Is
paid In Indianapolis. This demonstrated
why protection Is necessary To the Amer
lean workingmen. The building trades of
this city combIDded last spring to protect
themselves against the competition of
-unorganized labor of other cities, imported
by non-union contractors. They lent oil
the assistance they could possibly muster
to protect the local contractor paying the
union scale from sucn competition. The
nrInRfnla nf V~nfn0ttnn N ara fNuf fhn hUolfuH
-workingmen and the English manufact-
urer Is identically the same.