The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-12
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by the ganEs brought in from Austria. Rus
STA and Poland at harvest and seeding
times.
I am told that the Poles work for as little
as % cents a day. with poor food thrown
in. and that there are farm districts where
the ordinary hand gets only Is cents a
day.
Throughout Prussia 80 cents Is a good
price for farm work. and in some sections
the wages are ~ cents for men and Is
cents for women.
A great deal Of farm work is done by the
women They spade and hoe. weed and do
other back-breaking work
They commonly follow the pillow and scat
ter the manure. working side BY eide with
the men,
Some farmers hire married couples. rent
ing them small houses on their estates and
taking the rent out Of the wages
Sach q tenant agrees 10 give all his work
TO the owner Of the estate and to take -
cents q DAY Tor 1t in the winter and "
cents per day in the SUMNER.
The mans vile may get - cents a day IN
the winter and - cents in the summer.
At such wages. IL one has q GOOD healthy
wife. he may possibly earn as much as ~
during the year.
Women in Germany are everywhere poor
~ palu. / have already given the wages
in the big stores, where as nicely dressed
and as intelligent girls as you will md in
any OF our department stores Of the United
States get from - to SLz q month and board
themselves.
The average wages OF female clerks are
from % 70 20 cents a day. and II must be a
very good clerk indeed who gets tue lat
ter. Some time ago an investigation OF
women's wages in Berlin showed nat there
were el.N women who averaged from E0
TO r. IS per week. snd that there were thou
san1S who got less.
Such girls who do not live with their par
anrz must have SOma CufEda aflnrDrf- for
thev must dress well and look well in the
stores
IN THE SWEAT
SHOPS OF BERLIN.
Berlin is filed, with sweat shops. It Is
one of the manufacturing centers OF Eu-
rope. and II has tens OF thousands OF sew
ing girls engaged in making mantles,
cloaks. mems and women's clothing. jack
cts and infants wear.
Many of these sweat chops are in the
cellars and some in the attics.
The houses look well on the outside. but
within you find scores working away in lit
tie rooms. and not a few working and sleep
ing in the same room
The police regulations require that the
rooms be Of a certain size. but to-day there
are thousands of men. women and children
who live in cellars in this most beautiful
CITY Of GERMANY.
There arc other thousands in rooms which
cannot be heated. and many OF which lack
ventilation and light
Nearly all the sweat shops pay their em-
ployes by the piece. and that at such a
rate that only the best sewers can make
as much as 50 or 60 cents a day There IS
a fine for every mistake. and trumped-up
fines reduce the receipts below the amount
agreed upon.
am told that few sewing girls earn as
much as 81 per week. Girls make Jackets
- - .-F1,A - -EH-- --.g-4- e. =
cents. You can get a girl TO come TO your
house and sew for less than 30 cents n day.
and you can hire a d-essmaker who will
cut. fit. and make a plain dress for you
in two days charging you so cents per day
for her work. and uerhaps 20 cents per day
for the girl who helps her.
Music teachers are paid as little as .
cents a lesson. and singing acher the
same. Girls in some factories receive less
than g a week. In others they get g. while
forewomen receive from IS TO SO.
Some figures taken by the Government
not long ago showed that cloakmakers were
earning g a week and that girls on under
clothes received from si25 to ST5. h lat
ter being paid for skilled hands and over
seers.
Think OF making collars for from 1 to .
cents apiece and cuffs for 20 cents a dozen.
ard you have an idea how some women
work in Berlin.
bsve heard OF some places where but
tonholes are made by hand for a cent a
hole: end where. II the place to work and
the thread and needles are furnished by the
employer. a reduction OF . cents per bead
is made
PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN
WORKERS ON THE INCREASE.
The percentage OF women workers In Ger
many has rapidly increased OF late years.
owing to the enormous number OF men re-
ouIred in the army.
It is estimated that there are more than
seven and a half million German women
who earn their own living. and this IS an
increase of more than a million within the
last thirteen years. OF these - per cent
are employed on the farms. % per cent in
domestic service and 10 per cent in public
Offices.
About Z per cent work in the factories
and 4 per cent act as servants in the hotels
Prd In the beer and wine rooms.
Within the past few years the men have
beea trying to keep the women from doing
certain kinds OF work in factories and