Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-04-17
I0NEN WORKERS WAGES.
tsrestinq Statistics on the Subject
From indiana.
|StpALLY BELOW A DOLLAR NDAY.
u.ceive Even Less Than Fifty
u" u.narts Fran Establishment
Employing Blight Thoasnnd'

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I,..,nond. Ind, April 1s.-1'nc State nu-
4. ~ statistics. in it's latest bulletin.
INA some Interesting statistics with
"a 10 the women wngc earners OF In
H. Tho bulletin says;
|s~ro are In the 9ss manufacturing ss-
[shmcnts OF this State from which re-
M bayc been received, sis2 women ana
4 ware earners; from these women s07
a,nsnts have been received, which is
III cent of the whole number. These
,sn and girl wage earnerB are employed
liz thirty-two following industrics. IS
! q BY name, with the number employed
Mach: ~, o,..
Kan mills, 79o; Hlass factories, 4ts; fur
t,se fnctofies, Ssl; packing companies.
4 iron foundries, 100; hnts and caps, u6;
M and wagons, 1lh, bread, crackers
4 candy making. i5l paper mills. ~;
4 s eou, ioS; spsciaities in wool, 90:
fdts and fruit packages, "a; agricultural
Hlevents, 50: chenloain 90; collins and
[keta y: musical Instruments, ~; ce-
kdne and homlny. II; washing machineg.
Xsn1les, s; car shops. u planning mills. 5:
Mn and paint. 4; pulleys and shafting,
narbts 2. oils, s.: tannerien. 2, saddle
* sid names. 2; cement. 4; misceliane-
\ ,sralysis Of the reports shows that tne
Fty-lhrce women employed in the car
M cement works, tanncrlea, pump fac
~ musical Instruments, planning mills
pulleys and ahafting housea, twelve of
" IN furniture factories and sixteen OF
10 IN iron roundries ara stenographers
j bookkeepera, whose average wages
no day. The number and wages OF
70 employed IN wearing apparel, cotton
b. hats and caps, wooden mills. encaus-
Htile and terra Gotta, candles and bread
chemical works following. IN aEcer-
ing these numbers and different rates
Eages II Is assumed that the 1916 per
u reports which have been received
~ represent the whole number em-
X thus nnaiyslne there IA found in the
flng-apparel houses that of the 4052
Mloyed, " per cent, or col OF tho mum
a receive 70 cents or less In wages q
y per cent, or 1904 receive from 50
30 2 cents TO 81 and per cent, or 32t,
hive more than 81 a day.
the us employed In cotton mills 1872
per cent, receive 90 cents or less; 40
cent, or SsI, receive from so TO 10 cents;
bef cent, or iS. receive from 10 cents
and ! per cent or .. recsive above
day.
~ no employed In wooden mills, l4l. or
|rr cent, receive 60 cents or less a day;
~ or y per cent. receive from 50 to %
3 tsi III. or q per cent. receive from 20
IS TO st. and 1l5, or 10 per cent, receive
10 than II a day.
~ the i76 working in hat and cap fac
Ne7, %, or 30 per cent, receive 60 cents
less u day; 50, or % per cent. receive
n v 70 70 cents a day: Us, or 81 per
receive from 10 cents to 81, and 3.
X per cent receive more than 81 a
The i57 n, candy and bread making
IA, q, or 90 per cent, receive 30 cents
~; <, or q per cent. receive from 50
cents; ., or l6 per cent, receive from
rris 70 y, and ,. or per cent. receive
The los employed IN the encaustlc
and terra gotta business 81 or 81 per
receive 10 cents or less: sS. or SO per
receive from 30 TO rs cents, and re-
from Is cents to ST. t
NE % In chemical works 4 receive
sn's or less day; 20 from 80 TO rs
from 20 cents to 81. and above
glass works Sc. or 20 por cent, re-
cents or less a day; aa6, or u per
receive from 30 to rs cents, while 81,
~ cent receive from Is centR TO 81.
w " employed IN furniture factories
pl = per cert receive 20 cents or less;
or per cent receive from 80 TO Is
or ~ per cent, receive from Is
70 w. and 90. or 10 per cent, receive
- msshirs siipioyseu IN IRON iounarles
IIS,s nl,, SHOPS ~ or y per cent re-
from " Or 4essi ~. o. % psf eenl re,
w rom 20 cents 70 81. while =, or 10
81 tent receive more than 81 u day.
[tr "a ner aa,t = IA aan,s az is sss
.Ity, IL. ~. 4, ~, c.n, ro,sss,s f,a,,, n
ia cents and iO ~ < ~ .a,. ,.ecai,ss
u Is een,s 10 ii - e'' 'S0''e
III the ii5 smnloysd In yvaror and h,,v,,,
|oriss II rrcdive 10 cents or iess a dsS
ION 10 Ia TX cents 1e ,ror, X can,a e
|nd "a mar ,hs,, ''o'' - es'A ~
|iII The 10 ennioveS 4, ho, ,aetorias Al
klvs 20 cents or leas * from 5o 10 75
"a and IA frnm * cs,,,s x q
the ia Oh, y,l,,cd Il, nanarr Mill. ana
wboaid WORT 4 ,.ca ain ~ ca,,s nr less
|pm 10 10 IA sent. snd "a frons * cents
q day, N''' "'N " ,.o'' ~ sN'
ss y elnnp,oyea ~ spseiaiues N wSou,
frult pastsras ~ ~ cnfs,ps ~ ~ ar9 cssk-
apd h n,si ,nstrvmshis, IL ~ Ter
handl" taa,or,ts :" TT ~, i,nrs 4,
linz rnills I in ns, ,,a arniub
puiioys ana ~hastinr in oils in
us and in tannerios' ! In saddle trees
celve "A csn; hump.rihs ~, q ~ w ,n n
8, l0i from X cAnts ',, 70 q, and "a more
HI a dav uei''s " - 49, "a ''S'N
ne lS9 In ,r,-..,,.n.o,,e om,,invmant
Isceive IN cana. -. ~. INA ti1' from
u 10 cents n dav -"
further anaivsis ana classification In
e.ss serse OF tno women M s sna
n. Y Y tSs stats, issS, o y per ssa as
1leb or AZ per cant. rcctiye from 80 tc