The National tribune., 1892-05-19
WAGE-EAPNERS.
Seventh Annual Report of the Commission
of E.ahnr.

Seventh Annual Report of the Commissioner
of Labor.
Carroll D. Wright, Commissioner of Labor.
has sent to the President the seventh annual
report of the Department of Labor. Extracts
from it follow:
In a cotton yarn establishment in the North
ern district of the United States it was found
that 3S8 different employees earned on aver
age SI.02 per day, but worked only 70 days out
of six months, their average earnings being for
that time $50 per capita.
In the Southern district Of the United States
in one establishment working six months, BAT
employees. earning 69i cents each per day,
worked On an average 81 days, earning $38
each during the time worked.
In an establishment in Great Britain which
worked six months, it is found there were 300
different employees earning sc cents the
average and working on an average 131 days
out of the period, earning thereby 1885, For
the three establishments the direct comparison
is AS follows: Taking all the employees in each
establishment, they earned in the establish
ment in the Northern district of the United
States sI.02 per day each; in the establishment
Of the Southern district of the United States
69l cents each, and in the British establishment
GO cents each.
On full time each employe in the establish
nlents named could have earned in the one in
the Northern district of the United States $3.50;
United States 500, and in the one in Great
Britain SOB. The total average income of
families from all sources from The following
different countries was, for the cotton industry
1857 in tho United States, 1865 in France,
1902 in Germany, $3.50 in Great Britain and
1886 in Switzerland.
In the wooden industry the average family
income from all sources, 1868 in the United
States, 1924 in France, 1915 in Germany, and
S5l5 in Great Britain. In the glass industry
the family incomes were in the United States
$3.50, in Belgium 1927, and in Great Britain
SOL. Bringing these averages into comparison
with those of incomes in other industries the
Commissioner finds that in the United States
the total average income OF families engaged in
the pig iron industry was S59l in Belgium 1914,
and in Great Britain S456. The bar iron workers
are we'll paid class, and their incomes per fam
lily were as follows: For the United States 1874,
for Belgium $3.50, for France 5464, for Germany
1882, and for Great Britain $5l9. The ex pend-
lures for food by the families of cotton workers
in the United States was, on the average, $257,
in France $l6s. in Germany, 142, and in Great
Britain S246. For the families engaged in the
WOODEN industry, the average expenditure for
food in the United States was 1862, in France
Sl56. in Germany $40, and in Great Britain
S223. For the families Of glass workers the
average cost of food in the United States was
1924, in Belgium 1927, and in Great Britain
1920.
Examining the total average expenditures
per family for all purposes, it is found that the
families in the cotton industry in the United
States expended S6i0, in France 1888, in
Germany 1892, in Great Britain 1902 and in
Switzerland S346. The families in the WOODEN
industry in the United States expended 1894,
in France 1884 in Germany 1921, and in
Great Britain S4S1. The families en- gagged In
the glass industry In the United States ex-
pended S7G9. in Belgium 1892, and in Great
Britain $3.50.