The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-03-13
It's First Annual Report as Pre-
pared by Commissioner
Jsmes II. Mills
The Figures Showing tho Aver
age Wages Paid I'm This
State.
Miaerai Prod uotion. school Statistics
Output OF the Montana Ranches
and other Information.

nc ufah hhuual IeIoNN u Nho HAANae "
agriculture labor and Industry Of Montana.
for the year ended Nov. 30. 1888 y epared
under the direction Of Commissionsr James
Il. Mills, has been received. The table Of
contents denotes an unusually interesting
volume. II contains Individual reports OF
wage sarners; cost OF living; labor. bene-
fetal and fiAternsl o Organizations; manu-
facturers' and employers schedules Of in
vestments. production. wages. eto.i eduoa-
tionAl statistics; official directories OF fed
eTal, state and county officers and boards;
population. vote. revenues. expenditures,
debt ETC.; farm and stock productions,
market rates etc; p oduction OF gold, ST.
yer. copper. lead and othe- minerals; me-
neurological record OF Montana from 1880
60 1888; principal Montana laws relating 70
labo.; anu much other valuable Informs
tion. The commissioner saw thst the pri-
mary object contemplated was inqui into
and presentation Of the conditions Of the
wage eaTners OF the state. and that was
made tho special feature Of this
years work. The REL ort gives a suecinet
history Of the development of labor legisla-
tion and organization. A showing OF the
general conditions Of all classes Of trades
and callinRs 10 made by an analvsis Of in
dividual reports. IL shows the average pay
OF the different trades ami oallings TO be 90
follows, all being per day unless otherwise
specified:
Quartz minsrs SO 80. quartz mill men
S3.45 smeltsr men S2.ss, coal miners 1924,
stationary engineers 81. rs, stationary nre-
men 50. % oarpente y milwTighta, ETC..
$LlS bricklayers and stonemasOus So 30.
granite and stonooutts . SA92, painters and
decorators S8.79 mAchinists 1872, boiler
nuE
blaoksmiths $36l, train dispatehe 1928
per month, railroad clerks $500 per
month, railway conductors SltO.bb per
month, locomotive engineers Sl2l.OI Ter
month. locomotive hremsn $40 per month.
railway brAksmen $74.s 81 per month. car
hostlers $2.h7 car inspectors S2.33. ca re-
pairsrs S214. other railroad laborers 81,
switohmen % Is, electric light and railway
employees from IS. SO to 81. II, printers ~
cents per 1000 ems. telea aph opa rators
S76.S3 PER month, telephone lerators
$50. 43 per month. bookksepefs sos. 43 per
month, clerks and ssiesmen @y37S per
month for males and 45l. 65 for females,
jewellers and watehmakers S94 per month,
dressmaksrs and millinefs SL67, sad
dlers and harnsaemakeTs 1886, tailofs
SIS. 80 per week, shoemakers 500 per month.
bakers and confeotioners $2l09 per week,
butchers $84.08 per month. olga makers
Slh33 per 900, BARRIERS S2254 per week,
employees OF sHwmiila aud lumber "a dc
o.. 90. brewers $3.50 ter month, bafteRd.
era &96 per month. drivers, teamaters aud
hostlers $73. Sc GER mouth. herders SIC. DO per
month, fa IN hands $3l. 66 per month, restau-
rant employees 1913. O6 Ter month for cooks,
and S7l. 81 for male walters and S54.69 for
female walters. laundry employees $40. 10
per month for fem Alss and $3.50 for ma %,
domestic help 1886 er month. not In
GLIDING cooks. labofeTs $2.79.
| An Interesting table 10 that giving the
production Of coal In Montana from 1883 to
| 1892. inclusive. IL 10 az follows, In tons;
1888, 10 695; 1884. 80 376; 1886. Sc 40; 1856,
40 SAG; 1887 TO- POP; 1888. Al 467; 1889. 363 8Oli
1890. bI7. All; 1891, 541 SCI; 1892. GAS 7Ol;
total. 2359.367. The value Of this coal a.
the mines was 50, $50 93l.
The school statistics are neatly ar angsd
and very int esting. They show that in
1880. when the population OF Montana was
| 80 1853, the enrol ment In the public schools
was 1861 In 1890 the population had
grown to l32. 1883 and she school onrollmentto
| 10 S07. In 1898 the enrolment was - 40.
The expenditures for school purposes in
1893 we're $6S3, S35.5S. here were 763
teachers employed in 465 school houses in
the state. The value of school prope ~
was $l,b40 722. Statistics are given OF
agricultural productions, manufactures,
etc., from reports OF the assessors OF the
several counties In 1898. According 60
these there were 7,03S ranches. containing
| l. SOS O9l acres. in Montana. On these were
produced S37 $50 bushels wheat 1926 PIP
bushels barley. 33. 25l bushels corr, 3.672.-
| 7l4 bushels oats. 550.613 brshels potatoes.
/, 457. 900 pounds cabbage, 232. 696 tons hay,
sos, b96 pounds batter. 1891 bushels APP
piles, besides othsr ana miscellaneous
thinRs during tho calendar year 1892; and
there we're 1.640 767 sheep shorn, giving
Il. go, 1893 pounds OF wool. The figures on
msnnfac turss give tho following pfoduo-
tions for tire same time: l56. $50 sacks of
| -four and III. 792, 900 feet OF lumber. Vital
statistics show ], S61 births aud 923 deaths.
} Considerable spHos 10 devoted to she stat
Istios OF gold. silver. copper aud lead pro-
duction of Montana. The production 10
given az follows for 1893 BY values; Gold,
So 100 800; silver, e29. go. 600; and of COPPER
curing 1882 ihefe we're produced 164. 800. 600
pounds. Figures for lead include Mon.
tana aud Idaho and are So 500 tons.
The above are only n few of the very
many things contsined IN the report, which
10 one OF tue most complete ever issued In
any state.
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