The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-10-13


Hoy Thev Compare With Those Paid in This Country.
The Hours That the English Artisan Works ow Apprentices
Are Treated
From Exchange:
the rates of wages England generally political color
ing by papers publishing t The following interesting statistics
ont the
OF the respective trade dealt with generally paid
shipbungPaters and angle Smiths ST. 80 day. paters
helpers 80 per day. rveters engaged day. SIZE
day. strikers 81 day. ship carpenters
81 per day. boat sma builders per day. Makers 81
per to $o week and turne1s
So. 25 per
The hours Of labor in each branch are 81 per week.
Dock given below fixed by the Nation
and with hours etc., vigorously
The hours are from a. to Saturday a. M to
breakg ships hold $l46 hatch $33
ordinary work. $121 aborers $09 landing
clerks 81 weight $133 receivers $1ss $133
checkers $133.
wages Mediterranean follows
Sailors $1e4e and $2oe7 month To
the wages Sailors $2 80
month fmen $2433 per month To the southwark the
Sailors month fmn $2oe month
sailing paid $459 month The following
are paid on steamers per month
per generally paid $1459 month
This of includes iving]
Various II Apprentices
for the 81 the
seventh In the the
week. and in the winter Az
are paid Is cents an hour Apprentices are paid 81 per
week increasing yearly until the seventh
receive per wen the AK the
ne aners and writer's are the above
paid hour and required work IS hours
per During months winter where there is artificial light
hour for SO Apprentices this
paid the plumbers apprentices.
plumbing painting and ioiey trades paid from
1918 to $12.10 per week according to arrangement
Skaters pas receive II cents hour Apprentices
range plumbers apprentices.
to 49, week second class
$3.50 $780, third Glass; 81 80 to 1884 Foremens
vary from 1915 to $14 per week
hours the brckayes Carv
in building stone earn s. SIS per day of
following the branches this
$s5 week. warehouse
ters per- abo per day. porter per day.
wers 81 day. markers day The hours are from
Labos chemical works paid per day per
night to arward do exceed SO
night work. Boys under 1s paid SO
cents per day.
Labo boys, handling palm oil paid from 1892
$3.50 per week.
Drivers OF all conveyances
BARRIERS wages vary $3.50 per week. few
shops large majority paid the
The hours from to p M Saturdays from a. to
Hp:m.
paid $3.50 according the ability and the
class OF upon which they engaged.
Common labores paid 81 SO week
Mechanics wages $11. per week of SIS hours
The wages of ones 1851 per week Of SIS hours.
paid the of 1851 but
dom earn more than $6.O7 per week.
81 this
generally SO with overtime When required work Sum
days and employed night work five
to the week.
provision tradesThe following fair and liberal e
mate for employees this trade per week;
1884 JUNIORS 1892 s. week The hours are from Is
to IS per week.
Tanning radeTh of employed the tanning trade
as follows. Femong curriers'
ober 81 wool Is cents day. breaking
splitting 81 machine 80
day. saing per day. 48 68
per day. carter day. joiner $46 day. peing 10
cents per hour
the trade follows Miners 60 cents day
OF eight washers day of eight hours Ia
centsp per ton; packers, Is cents per ton
teethThe employees this manufacture
their raised annually until
they competent paid from 1852 81 week
cording to ability.