The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-03
LABOR's RATE OF PAY.
Comparative Statement, Showing the
Wages I'm Various Countries.

In response for such information the de-
partment or state at Washington
pared table showing the rates of wages
city has prepared a table show
Ing the rates OF wages IN war;
GUS countries. This statement shows
that only slight changes have oc-
CURED during the last ten year. the fig
ures for lsS4 being substantially those
prevalent now. and IL anything, a little
higher than present rates. There Is no de-
partment compilation showing average
wages prevailing In the United States. but
figures are taken from a report In the
senate upon Transportation. Wages and
Prices In Certain Localities in Connect
cut. Delaware. Illinois, kentucky. Mary
land. Massachusetts. New Hampshire.
New York, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.
Actual weekly working hours OF labor in
the several countries are stated TO be as
. follows. Countries on gold basis:
Australia-New Zealand. As hours
Victoria, Is hours.
Brazil. 90 hours: Belgium. 81. CO. - and
q hours; 60 hours generally
Canada, 90 hours. Denmark (Copenha-
gem, - hours: France, 90, 81 and -
hours: 60 hours generally.
Germany, 81. g. 6s aud y hours: On and
IS hours generally
Holland CO and IS.
Italy. 90, 65 and - hours: 60 hours gen
orally.
Spain. 81. s. and = hours; co hours gen
orally.
Switzerland, co and c. tho latter gener-
ally.
United States. 60 hours.
Countries on silver basis:
Austria, %. o. and - hours. generally the
latter.
China Nmoyl. generally 60 hours. In
Southern China and generally throughout
China. working hours are from daylight
10 dark" with an hour for monday meal
and n few minutes in the forenoon and
afternoon for tea and refreshments
Colombia. 6o 20 = hours.
Japan, Ike those prevailing In China.
Mexico. % hours.
Persia. sunrise 10 sunset Winter. hour
al noon. summer two intermissions first
al II o'clock breakfast and few minutes
i0 afternoon for lunch. No labor per.
formed Friday.
Russia. %. - and = hours; latter most
prevalent.
Venezuela. 50 hours.
In Germany bv constant work ma
chinist earns SO yearly. "a hricklaycr or
carpenter. S2S3; and a tlrst-class workman
IN n stone quarry, So. Weekly wages in
the shipyards district, Hamburg, range
from 81 10 St50 In tho country the price
Of skilled labor is lowest i'm the textile i'm
dustries and highest in parquetry, stove
and glue factories.
England's street car drivers get & 50 per
week. Telegraph operators. nrst-class.
men 50 =. women. S6S4. Midland railway
operators are paid from s97 for the first
wear 20 $500 for the tenth year. the in
crease being year by year. Great Western
railway operators arc paid from $50 70
STsa per annun1. At the Liverpool ship
var,is weekly WAGES range from So IS down
70 S4Sf These figures are a trids lower
az tho Belfast Urclar) shipyards. while
on the CLYDE Scotland, weekly rates run
from SO 50 n $50
\ good workman on che docks az Rot
terdafn Holland. can make frow 50 % So
"A week the wear round the rates 8n hour
being from 70 % cents In the shinyards
OF Holland s. down 20 $ie0 per week are
the prevailing rates
Daily vases IA italv for glass blowers
80 as high as e. s.. while lahorers get as
low as - ceats. Stevedores throughout
ITALY set the highest weekly wages, S1A
Swiss work ngnten are satisfied with rec
Enumeration 90 per cent. below English
men. and % 60 - per cent below Fronch-
men. rates being a little higher In THE
French than the German Cantons. o.
fcial estimates place the average daily
wages AZ % cents
Austrian factory hands receive from u
cents lowest to s. ~ highest daily rNIunn-
GRAFTON. and err the Trieste shipyarts the
resi~,4 ~ue from g. - 90 s. la per week.
Ae~o-sinr 20 figures furnished bv IRE
Nfexirsn Central railway, lahorrrs re-
-efye from 81 cents 80 Is cents per daN. ac-
.or,3trr 90 location on the road Egake-
,,,., S4- tn So per month Narh.uisrs. 81
~ & daily. nsasoos. 81 &c s.. carpenters
s. 20 70 $50, and some as high as sLl5.