The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-07
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Il hen Horac vi Greedy said S:".Go West,
yonng man he probably did not have
1T his disposal 4 the sta istics to prove
the sound las ss o. = his advice. The
fronHe West has 81 disappeared. ami
nneH West has been born neyerthe-
less would appear that 1T holds out
greater Ind dement's to the wa ge.earn-
8 o:days than any other section
|sot the United States q
The estern man or woman who
semplo Dyed 10 ia manufacturing es.
tabli shnent receives a much greater
compensati on than his fellow work
men elsewhere, ccordlng to a state
faents Issued today by the Census BIZ
fean The average gper week through:
1t1t the West ;is 81 S.G5 81 as against
1862 I'M the central north States;
SOIL sSins the north Atlantic: $3.50
insthss south central. and 1871 in the.
South tlantic. Is Is;
ollars lis the average weekly
wage through ont the country Some
Trades aVerngefSl double this amount
diamond schtt erss earn sci es per week
r = ana on the other hand. the ignor-
aIt i11iterate workers IN the turpen.:
tine tndustr those who gather the
crude gum; receive only an average
of 23 q eek. Workers in tho
ttonseed oil and cake Industry re.
|scetye on an average only sG.C4 a
Both or these last two classes are
1aEgsl employ ed In the South. and
thefr poor compensation emphasizes
the fact that the Southern workman
Sreceives less than his brother crafts
man anywhere else in the country.
The Census Bureau explains the low
IN aI measure by directing ut.
atention tor the Comparatively recent
daxelo pment 8of the Z factory system
+ and the large proportion of women
and hildren Sand negroes employed.
In$ all statistics which the Bureau
has complied, Including 123.7o3 es-
Etablis hments and s3, 297. sis: wage-earn.
err. It IL shown that women earn far
less than men. In the cotton mills.
female operatives make 5000 "a week:
I'm shoe factories they earn 500. AS
dance OF the extent Ito which wo-
men earn their own livelihood. out.
three Million odd employees. 5Ss,.
1913 .szor 20 per cent, were OF the
sgantler sex However women drew
ason1Jy A. per cent. OF the. total wage
Ills, OH s. 1884 81. as against s2e .24O.-
287s earned by the men. s. - +.
tatistics Sof Z child la Dor are start
ling Out OF Ithestot oil: employees, 9o,-
E1e7, &ors 2, per cent were children, re-
sceigingS 2,o23 per week. Thus the
child worker received only
iEa week, as contrasted with the
mans average earnings Of .$l1.16 ana
SthesWoman, OF s$G.1 Z. In cotton mills,
ldren earn only 1921 per week, on
average Sin tobacco IA tories the
rnings were still lower, the average
being only SO sa week :: while in pickle
factoriesS the average was only $1.s4
Week. Il ,l=if5 !,
"A connection with the cotton in.
dustry the Census ONCE makes an
ssinteEesting comparison of the earn
sings i'm the North and those In the
South BY combining the comparison
To establish tnents engaged In the
mani facture Sof print cloths It elm.
nates 5:toSs considerable extent the
differences between the character Of
the sind ustry in the two sections. and
thus presents Fair basis to measure
difference In earnings. This COM
gparisons shows that the average earn
ssingsS of imam were, In New England.
In the South, $5.14. For women,
thefsaverage was. in New. England,
7.2a in8 the South. ss.77; while for
children the average in New England
WAS 81 :45, and In the South. s2.7a.
raall sclnsses OF cotton operatives
1.-The ayerage weekly earnings In the
North were $7G2 as contrasted with
Sbut. 81 ne in the South.
One of the most striking conclu-
$sinnst inferred from the Census report
on this subj ct Is that the figures in.
dtcates that the differences in average
learning between large and small es.
tab llshments are slight. In those en-
s&ploying less than 10 wage-earners. the
ayerageS wage was $3.50. while those
ESemploy wing 500 Ewag -earners or more,
S;;itE was $50 q: A
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SURVIVED TIL e FRosTs.
SyanSsH:: ParrIott, editor OF the
Cameron Star Tribune, on his return