The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-27
HIGHER WAGES PAID Than
were PAID I Years AGO
Hours Of Labor in the Lumber. Mill
work and Furniture Industry De-
crease While Compensation For
Same Is Greater

Washington, Nov. 27.-A report ON
wages and hours of labor in the lum'
Der, millwork aud furniture industries
has just been published as bulletin
No. 15s, by the Bureau of Labor Stat
isties of the United States Department
of Labor. The report is based ON in
formation from representative estab-
lishments, data relating to full-time
hours of labor per week and rates of
wages per hour being presented for the
years 1907 and 1918 and for full
time weekly earnings for 1910 TO
1918.
Average ful.time weekly earnings
and average rates of wages per hour
in each of the industries steadily ad-
vaneed during the years from 1911
to 1913, while average full-time hours
per week slightly decreased
In the lumber industry average full
time weekly earnings in 1913 were
"a per cent. higher than in 1912, 4.s
per cent. higher than in 1911, and ga
per cent. higher than in 1910; aver
age rates of wages per hour in 1918
were 40 per cent, higher than in 1912,
"a per cent higher than in 1911, and
81 per cent. higher than in 1910;
the average full-time hours .per week
in 1913 were OF per cent. lower than
in 1912 and 0.5 per cent. less than in
1910 and 1911.
In. the millwork industry average
full-time weekly earnings in 1913
We're 20 per cent. higher than in
1912, 40 per cent. higher than in
1911, and 5.4 per cent. higher than in
1910, while average rates of wages
per hour had increased "A per cent.
over the average for 1912, 40 per
cent. over that for 1911. and 81 per
cent. over that for 1910; the average
full-time hours per week in 1918 were
Oh per cent. lower than in 1912, and
90 per cent. lower than in 1910 and
1911.
In the furniture industry average
full-time weekly earnings in 1913 were
is per cent. higher than in 1912, 2.S
per cent. higher than in 1911, and Al
per cent. higher than in 1910, while
average rates of wages per hour were
Sc per cent. higher than lin 1912, SIS
per cent. higher than in 1911, and
I.s per cent. higher than in 1910;
average fun-time hours per week in
1913 were 1.6 per cent. lower than in
1912, 2.1 per cent. lower than in
1911, and 20 per cent lower than in
1910.
The average full-time weekly earn.
ings in 1913 in the principal oeeupa-
tions were as follows:
Lumber-Doggers. $11.22; edger-
men, S16.2S; laborers, S10.40; ma
chine feeders. planning mill, S11.34;
sawyers, band, $3.50; sawyers, cir
eular, SS1.71; sawyers, gang, $500;
sawyers, resaw, s15.77: settlers,
S15.71: trimmer operators, $500.
Millwork-Beneh hands, $500;
laborers, s10.47; machine hands,
S15.57.
Furniture-Cabinet makers, 1880;
earvers, hand, s17.41; chair assem-
blers, s11.32: fnishers, $11.S1; ma.
chine hands, s12.50; upholsters,
S16.42; veneerers, SEAS.
In 1913 the ful-time hours of labor
per week in the several establishments
visited in the lumber industry varied
from less than 60 in few instances to
over 66 in others, the predominating
working time being 60 hours per
week; in the millwork industry they
varied from As to so, the average be.
ing 56.i for laborers, 54.5 for bench
hands. and 55.5 for machine hands: in
the furniture industry the average
varied from a minimum of 55.1 for
carvers to a maximum of $40 for ma
chine hands.