The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-29
WAGES PAID
THE WORKERS
Statistics Show That Wages Are Much Lower
Than is Generally Supposed by
Majority Of People
Average n, the Manufacturing Industry but
$1,000 Per Week-One Woman out of
Every Five Wage Worker.

belief eoEnoC amongst Us al kas
paid and that they worked the greater
portion OF the yea-, but such Is not rru.
as the following statistics VIII prove
The reports OF 1900 give the number
OF persons IN ga-nfUI Occupations as %
oQ0-ooo- Henry La-ers Can. noted
econo--:sr. gives tee number of wage
ea-necs as I>,o0o,9 800 and wages paid TO
them $500 -0o9- 600, 2o average wage OF
rrISe oTe- $500 per year Mr.. Gail also
says that the Indebtedness per capita for
GOTH national and private amounts TO
outstanding indebtedness amounts 10
more than the yearly wage of the Is
o-Qt}o 900 wage earne-s.
The wage ea-re-s VIZ, receive the Iarg-
est wages are the diamond cutters. with
S2L6s z week
The lowest wage paid Is that received
bT rhe children the enormous sim Of
SIS per week
The lowest wage paid 20 zen Is s. %
Per week II the rcrperrine industry of
the south The Ueu lowest wage Is that
Z
ny and cleaning peanuts 81
The average wage paid IN the MANI
fae-C-ng industry Is s1ago, this includes
both the 2z-gs ar low wages Il ear
oe plainly seen from the fact that there
are S-e97-sle wage ea-ne-s ard -he
amount OF wages paid Is s33.Is5.7gI
The largest acreage for states Is that
Tor the STATE OF Montana sIs1g The
lowest fo- any state Is that o. South
Carolina with S-6S, Ie- II b+e understood
ch2t these are the acreage for the states
mentioned. and are the extremes OF both
the highest and lowest wages paid II the
United States Al other states range be
tween the TWO. and make an average for
them all $1,000 pe- week We. as work
ers- are expected 70 Use this large SUI
Of $1,000 Per week for feed. eIo1he and
house ourselves 20 buy books that We
E-ay Learn and 20 enjoy ourselves IN the
different places Of amusement. and AZ the
end q tie year have 4 Eoodly sun left
over n order that " may some day be
cone rieh-
\ serious condition eozfzopc= u, when
we rake into consideration that the Won
81 hare invaded the Industrial tel<i. con
PelE1E IS he male workers 70 enter IL
"a competition. not only among ourselves
bu1 ~lrh rhe women also, places us II Z
ve-E Peculiar position We mns- give
INTO then Were i oulv the E1ea Who
we're competing We could then <or= our
plans accordingly Let rore suppose that
What IS said has any reference toward
the 5e-l--Ilng tia position thai the WON
At worker Is compelled 70 take today II
the Industrial 5el6: tar from L. the
STATS o. our women = fast assuming Z
s=rlocS zspee,. t0- While n The past she
was 5ePec6ec- upon be- fathers or hcs-
band : ability 20 earn enough wages 20
support ksr. she = not -o>;av dependent
Cpo2 anyone. b51c i compelled bv the
economic changes II irdusCv 20 -eI-
wholly upon he- o~o aoIE-y 20 earn re-
oEn living. and L for any reason sac
-arro- dispose Of he- labor, she i con
t-c--ei Ei1A another condition wt5eh =
new as far as b@l1e means OF earning
her living, and that = Pre-iza or
price offered to- he- ~z-7u= or wonac-
hood There are $50 900 women who
make rteE- EvIcg n t1ls ua--e- T-eee
women receive -5e greater majority OF
rhei- s1ppo-- t-cr, -he ranks o. the leis-
r. cI2ss -a-ze- -aan ron -ae members
u -ae working class
The Eage= paid women z-e-aee 500
Pe- week -he toIIcv1g = eaec3EIe
% The wages q ezze5 = -o=s7- Cot
-o1 gods s5-es. Lo=5e--- ss-o-- SIX
goods S5-1I= sEoes $50: o=--s eIo-a-
1E- $40: ~ozez-z eIorh-E- ss-s5=
sA5--s- $50 a2E zZ2s gods sos these
I= ne e@nz of rze ~o9s1 Pe- ~eek
T5e-= az z5.S5-55e women 7 r. TT
- S-=s z-d g z@ c=bz- -he-s a.
1888 -zc a. bad vE-sS- Ocs
wo-z- OF q E-e 9 q zv=z-e bag
compelled . ear -a- on E=2z