The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-12-21
AMONG THE TRADES.

MMualy increasing Cost of Liyino
The Trouble From Migrants in Gitio-
and AWns Needs Closer AttenfiO"
News and Observer.)
The section Of the report Of No..
missioner or Labor and Printing NJ
Shipman relating to trades has hoo"
completed, and it gives most inton
estlng review OF facts as to these :,
4 North Carolina. The chapter reads.
In the Natter of Trades.
The act creating the department
contemplated only the collection of in
formation upon the subject of labor II.
relation to capital, the hours of Iahor
AhO earnings Of laboring men and wo'
men, their educational, moral and
nanc1al conditions, and the best mean,
Of promoting their mental. mator;oI
social and moral prosperity. Rut -
slight departure from the general con-
dlt1on anetc1ng wage earners. in .
broad sense Of the term, is shown II
the compilation OF information obtain
ed from the correspondents who ar.
engaged in the various trades then
selves
But for the continually increa.in~
cost OF living it might be said that tho
condition OF the persons EMPLOYED !.
what are known as the trades show q
very satisfactory state of affairs. Tn.
cotton mill industry is perhaps tn.
only one where there is lack of normal
employment. During the last year tn.
+ markets for this class of goods has
] been so acute that numbers of mills
have run on short time, while still
others have been closed down for ne
RODS OF more or less duration.
In the building trades there has
been noticeable improvement over
last year, and the demand for varioux
manufactured articles entering int
the construction of these buildings ha.
been stimulated to such an extent an
| to benefit other lines.
The class commonly known az dav
laborers have also been supplied al
most continuously with employment
Many OF these are employed in exca-
waiting, handling and hauling of mate
rial and the numberless uncIassifed
duties Of helpers to the skilled labor
ers. Street and steam railway con-
struction, hydro-electric DEVELOPMENT.
to say nothing of the endless oppor-
tunity for farm employment, have
opened the way for almost all able
bodied men, Of whatever degree of ca
pacity, for steady employment.
The cities and towns are still over
run with Migrants, mostly negroes.
For some reason that we are unable
to locate, too little is being done to re-
duce the evils of this condition.
Summary.
The average wages Of the different
trades reported are as follows: Black
smith, $2.S5; brickmason, $3.41; boil
er-maker, $500; cabinet maker, $3.50;
carpetner, $2.37; conductor, So. so; con-
tractor, $217; coppersmith, $3.50; en-
g1neer, $5.17; fireman, $3.50; letter
carrier. S2.93; linotype operator, So. Sc;
livery!nan, $1.00; machinist, 1922;
moulder, $2.67; painter, So 90: pattern
maker, $500; plaste-er, 1888; press
man, $500; printer, S3.13; railway con-
ductor, $4.55; stoneman, $500; street
railway employee, $500; surveyor,
$3.50; textile workers, 81 SIS; timer,
$500: tranmaster, see.
The per cent who read and write
by trades is as follows: Blacksmith,
Journeymen, II; anrrentices, 100;
brlckmason, journeymen, SO; appren-
trees, 62 IL; boilermaker, journeymen,
100; apprentices 100; cabinet-maker,
85; apprentices, 90; car
30; conductor, journeymen, 100: ap-
Drentlces, 100; contractor, journeymeH,
%; apprentices, so; coppersmith,
sc 2-3; apprentices, 66 2-3
engineer, journeymen, 100; appren-
tees, 100; fremen, journeymen, 80;
letter carrier journeymen, 100; ap-
prentfces, 100; linotype operator, Jour
enymen, 100; apprentices, 100; livery
men, journeymen, SO: apprentices, 80:
nachinist, journeymen, "a; apprentices
70; moulder journeymen 100; appren-
tees, S5; painter, journeymen, 85; ap-
prentices, 81; paternmaker, journey
men 100; plasterer, journeymen 100;
pressmen, Journeymen, 100; appren-
tees, 100; printer, journeymen, 100;
apprentices, 100; railway conductor,
lourneymen, 100; apprentices, 100;
street railway employe, journeymen,
LOO; apprentices, 100; textile workers,
lourneymen, 80; timer, journeymen,
50; apprentices, so; trainmaster, jour-
ney, 100; apprentices, 100.
The age at which apprentices
should enter trade is reported as fol-
laws: Blacksmith, 10; brickmason, IS;
0o1Iermaker, 10; cabinetmaker, 10;
II; conductor, rs; contrac-
or, II coppersmith 10; engineer, II;
fireman, IS; letter carrier, 10; linotype
operator, Is; hveryman IA; machinist,
Is; moulder, II; painter, Is; pattern
maker Is; p1asterer, II; pressman, IS;
printer, IA; railway conductor, 20;
'tonemason, 10: textile workers, 10;
inner, 15; trainmaster, 81
The years napprentice should
IerVe in the different trades is report
ID as follows: Blacksmith, 8; brickma-
on, IL; boilermaker, 4; cabinet
maker, 3; carpenter, 8 IL; contractor,
); engineer, 3 IL; fireman, 1; foreman
!; letter carrier, ga; linotype oDera-
or, 4; Hveryman, 8: maehinist, 4;
noulder, 4; painter, 8; patternmaker,
]; plasterer, 8; pressman, 8; printer
I; railway conductor, 8; stonemaseH,