The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-05-15
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Pl!! | The WORKERS


T.. $ per Weak HID. III: .5 81
b ~ belief common amongst US ali h.ai HUI
been that the wage earners !: were
well paid and that they worked THE,
greater portion Of the year, but, such
'is not true as the following statistics
will prove a. .->=as .: ri;
The reports of 1900 give the number
of persons in gainful occupations ais
29,000,000.' Henry Larens Call, a noted
economist. gives the number Of wage
earners as 100000, and wages paid
to them $500, 100000, an average wage
of trifle over 5000 pea year. Mr. Cali
also says that the Indebtedness per
capita for both national and private
amounts to 1915; this IS certainly am
azing that the outstanding indebted=.
ness amounts to more than the yearly
wage Of the $4,000, 100000 wage earn
ers. - H.: =. =" :,,: I: .; RI 3: i;
Comparison Of Wages. J. s: 81 n: !. j,
The wage earners who receive: the
largest wage are the diamond cutters,
with $21.6S week. H.: I: m: j:
/ The lowest wage paid Is that receiv.-
ed by the children, the enormous auni,l
of $1.84 per week. i !: Ill. :::s|:=: I:
The lowest wage paid to men is $5.2S
per week in the turpentine industry ct
the south. The next lowest wage ID
that received by women in the grading,
roasting and cleaning peanuts, 1926. :
The average wage paid in the manu-
featuring industry is $1,000, this in.
cludes, both the large and low wages,
1t can be plainly seen from the fact
that there are 3.297,S19 wage earnersu
and the amount OF wages paid is 1885,
185,791. s.. 49,, ..>-..;, f.:
In Several states. !.
The largest average for states il
that for the state Of Montana, .$1s.ls.
The lowest for any state Is that 81
South Carolina with 1858, let 1t be
understood that these are the average
for the states mentioned, ana are the
extremes of both the highest and low
est wages paid In the United States
All other states range between the
two, and make an average for them
all $1,000 per. week. We, as workers
are expected to use this larxe sum III
$1,000 per week to feed, clothe ana
house ourselves, to buy books that we
may learn, and to enjoy ourselves in
the different places Of amusement, and
at the end OF the year have a goodly
sum left over in order that we may
some day become rich.
Woman in Industry.
A. serious condition confronts U.S.
when we take into consideration that
the women have invaded the industrial
field, compelling US, the male workers
to enter into competition, not only
among ourselves, but with the women
also, places us in very peculiar posi-
ton. We must give in to them: Were
1t: only the men who were competing
we could then form our. plans. accord
ingly: Let none suppose that what is
said has any reference toward the be-
lifting the position that the woman
worker is compelled to take. today in
the industrial field; far from it, The
stats Of our women is fast assunnifa
serious aspect, for while in the pllst
she was dependent upon her fathers
or husbands ability to earn enough
wages to support her, she is not today
dependent upon anyone, but is com
PEELED by the economic changes In IN
detstry to rely wholly upon her own
ability to earn her own living, and ii
for any reason& she cannot DISPOSE Of
her labor, she Is confronted with an
other condition, which ID new as far
as being means Of earning her liy-
ing, and that is a premium or price
offered for her virtue Or womanhood.
There are $4,000 women VIII, make
their living in this manner. These
women receive the. greater majority
of their support from the ranks Of the
leisure class rather than from the
members fthe working class.
Wages Paid Women.
The wages paid women average $500
per week. The following is a sched-
ule of the wages as earned by women:
Cotton goods, 1903; hosiery, 1901; silk
goods, ST.; shoes, 1885,: mems cloth-
ing, 1907; womenss clokhing, 1855; :.
shirts, $3.50 and glass goods {5.0S;
these are the earnings of the women
per week. There are Is, 4s5, $50; women
in the United States ana OF this num-
Der there are 4ss2s3e who, are bread
winners; one woman out Of five 81, IN
@yotdee oelu8 cOmpeIlSo TO earn their
own living: : ?: -. "..s. =
labor Saving Machines. :. =H 80.
We. the male workers are hroukht
lace to face with a condition that IN
not seen BY the average person that IS
the invasion Of industry by woman the
d49placfl1g OF men by the modern labor
saving machines, In the city Of Duluth
We have a very good example to ill11s.
trate the power OF modern Invention
toward displacing labor. The d. NJ.
and n. railway company at It's docks
at 3srd avenue west have q new Ore
car with modern attachments. This
car will unload Its load in two minutes
with air and the aid OF two men,
whereas before It.. required the. labor
Of six men and sometimes more to do
the same work, ana the six men con-
Stunning q great deal more time, while