The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-08

pioYes OF the dressmakers receive under
WV Iwentyseven Of the teachers re-.
s,iNo over $40, and nine Of them oyer
no Inc ~ hotel and restaurant wait.
t,sses and ehamhermaids receive under
~, not counting tips, Five of the
holel ktehen and laundry workers 70.
.elNe under $40, and one over 10. Thirty.
Two store clerks receive under $40. and
- over $40. Information eoneefnine
me wages In the factories, because nj
the large number involved and The fact
that II is mostly piece work was al.
tanned accurately for one factory only
In this factory 10 of the employees re.
ceiVe under $40. and two over $40. In
the printing shops, 81 employees receive
over $40, and two over Sl5. The IA
laundry employees receive under $40.
fliteen OF the corn cannery employees re,
ceive under $40, and 10 over $40. Five
OF the nurses receive under $40, seven
over $40, and IL over Sis.
~ was pointed out that the most un.
satisfactory part of the figures for
wages was the fact that practically no
dehhlte hgures obtained concerning
wages under slO, which is really the
most vital consideration for students Of
soelal problems and for the public. The
~ NRAhAhth Ahl AHlN AANsS oil W0fks
efs were too few TO be important. The
wages of those stenographers who re.
eeive less than $40 a week has alread,,
been spoken of. OF the bindery girls
who work only two,thirds and three.
fourths Of the time, seven are believed
10 earn a weekly rate for the year of
II week, four of 80, and three of Ss.25.
The telephone operators begin at SO and
are systematically raised until they
reach maximum of 50. OF the IL mil.
liners, six receive an average of IS or
$40 Tor season of about % weeks. Only
one of the IL is known 10 earn any
other wages during the year. but all live
at home. The dressmakers average from
81 10 Sl.25 a day, practically the year
around. OF the hotel and restaurant
mattresses, seven receive $3.50 and - a
week and meals, and eight receive SIS a
month and board, which includes their
room. What the tips amount to is not
known. just what the wages are of the
81 store clerks who receive less than $40
a week is not known; So was the lowest
wage admitted, although il is known
that the girls are started at So in at
least one store. In the factory employing
the largest number of women, about
275, il was reported by several of the
less than SO, that an individual has
been known TO make as high as S24 in
one week, and that some make as high
as SIS in a week. II is certain that be-
ginners make nearer So than $40 a week,
but probable that the majority of
women make $40 or better. In another
| factory. 81 day was the lowest wage
found, and in still another, seven girls
earn from s. to 81 week, and nine
| from 81 to $3.50.
In hours Of labor, the hotel mattresses
seem to have the best of it. with six or
seven hours per day, although they
have to work seven days. The hotel
chambermaids come next with about
seven hours day, then come the ste
nopraphers and office clerks with seven
and one. half hours day, then most OF
the other kinds of workers with nine
hours a day; then the store clerks with
an average of eight and quarters
hours a day for four days, and IL Il
hours a day for two days, making 81
hours week; then the employees OF the
corn cannery, which runs for only, sIS
weeks. with ten hours day, and on