The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-14
FARRELL TELLS Of
THE CHEAP FOREIGN
LABOR COMPETITION
President Of United States
Steel Corporation Con-
tinues Testimony
CHEMISE WORK FOR
FEW CENTS A DAY
Magnate Displays Remarkable
knowledge Of Competitors
and Tells Of Trust
Generosity.


Steel corporation, continued today his
testimony of the manner in which
this company has overcome almost
every obstacle put in the way of the
extension of it's export business. He
made 1t very clear that some Of these
obstacles had proved insurmountable
and he submitted detailed data to
show that his company and Its sub
salaries are not by any means in con-
troll of the domestic market as re-
spects certain steel products.
Mr.. Farrell made It clear that the
item of wages has had to be reck-
oned with constantly. Wages in
European countries. he said. were
about 81 per cent of those paid here.
England pays her steel workers
something more than does Germany,
France and Belgium and Austria and
Italy are far down in the scale.
At the Pan-Yan works near Han
kow China, thirty laborers work at
the blast furnace all day for a little
more than IS cents each At the
plant recently installed at SIM, India,
where laborers get three cents a day.
pig iron Is produced for $40 ton
and II cost only IS cents per ton for
shipment to Calcutta, whence IL Is
shipped to Pacific ports. Not only
has the United State Steel com pany
made progress in its foreign trade
against these odds and others, but
also IL has improved the standard of
its product and increased the wages
of its men. Mr.. Farrell said.
Submits Table.
He submitted a table showing the
number of men employed by the COM
pany since 1904. the total payroll and
the average wage for each man. This
lis the table:
payroll. si2o.52s,343; average wage.
s7is.Ss.
1aes-Employees 1s7.7oa: total
payroll. sl2o.7s3,sas; average wage.
sTao.oS
Employees. f47.343 total
payroll, $s9,77s,e7s; average wage.
$67Tls
Employees. Iso.i5s: total
payroll. l2S:s98.955: average wage.
ST10Ts
1906 Emf loyess- 2G2.467: total
payroll. sl47,7s5.54o: average wage.
ST2s.se.
Employees. 2io.1so: total
payroll. $3.50 s25.S22: average wage.
s7s5.1s.
1905 Employees. 1891: total
payroll. si2o.5lo.s2s: average wage,
s7as.44.
190s--Employees ia5.50o total
payroll. s151,ss3,394; average wage.
s775.77.
Ie10-Employees c1s.4s5 total
payroll. t174.a55.13s; average wage,
$s0o.s5.
IslI-Empioyees 19s,sss; total
payroll. s1sl.4ls.03i; average wage.
sSlaS5.
Employees 221,o25: total
payroll. S1se.35i.6oe; average wage.
ss5s.70.
MIR. Farrell said that the increase
of wages granted at the beginning of
this year would bring the average
wage of each man up to ss12 for
the current year.
Generous With Its Tin.
A factor more than any other that
has proved boon for the COMPETE
tors of the United State Steel corpora
ton is the ease with which materials
for manufacture are assembled. At
Luxembourg.s Germany. the steel men
describe themselves as sitting on
their raw material" Coal, coke and
ore supplies are adjacent to the man
ufacturing plants. English steel
makers own coal and ore mines In
Spain and shipments are made econ
omically. Similar conditions prevail
ir Anstr,,;. and IN the now hrI,diry
s,aal ,ndmst,w ~ Nav south waIas
n,v iron and steel will no nroducad
mas, tha cost now horne hv ~
I-nitaa States steel cornorat;on rhe
American Sheet and Tin Plate Com
pany, subsidiary of the Steel cor
Hrnvr ths straits settlements Tha
msrre ~ conditions there ara a. nv
staha mat INC cornoratior "a -.
hnvars there making contracts every
day
In This connection Mr.. Farrell said
that his comnanv ALWAYS zen. a hir