The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-10-16
UNION \ I " 7 a 1; ! So l'L!.,Ells
IN A6dERIC, An CITIES

Tho union scale of ,# Il es1and hours
Of labor for . of tho principal trades
in Il OF the leading cities of the
United States prevailing Ia. May, 1914,
are published III Bulletin No. I'll. just
issued BY the Bureau OF Labor statis-
tics OF the y. s. Department Of Labor.
The scales shoWn are those. OF the
baking, brewing and beer bottling,
building, freight handling, granite and
stone, metal, mill work, printing, soft
drink, ana teaming trades. s. 5a; 81 y:
The average rate OF wages per week
for all cities taken collectively was
higher on May 1. 1914. than on May i,
1913, for IS Of the trades reported. in
- trades there was no change, and in
only one trade was 1t lower.
Considering some Of the most i'm
portant trades, the following increases
In weekly rates Of pay between May.
1919, and May. 1914, may be noted:
Bakers 2 per cent, beer bottlers 8 per
cent, bricklayers per cent, carpen-
ters per cent hod carriers / per cent
inside wiremen 3 per cent, fathers
per cent, parquetry floor layers per
cent, plumbers and gas filters ! per
cent, sheet-metal workers 3 per cent.
stonemasons 8 per cent, stonecutters
4 per cent, structural iron workers 2
per cent, freight handlers 3 Per cent.
blacksmiths 2 per cent, painters
(hardwood finishers) per cent, cleo:
trotypers (battery men and builders)
5 per cent, eletrotypers (nnishers and
molders) per cent, conpositors
(book and 1ob) 2 per cent. r. .:.:. i
Considering rates Of wages per hour
as distinguished from rates per week.
78 trades showed an increase, Is no
change, and TO none was the rate
Considering rates Of wages per hour
as distinguished from rates per week,
IS trades showed an increase, Is no
change, and for none was the rate
lower. ! "'@
The highest scales per hour paid in
May, 1914, In q few OF the principal
trades Were as follows: Bricklayerss
S7.5 cents in Dallas and San Fran.
cisco; carpenters. IS cents, in Chicago;
hod carriers SO cents, In Portland. st.
Louis, Salt Lake City and San Fran
cisco; painters TO- cents in Chicago:
plasterers 87.5 cents. Dallas and San
Francisco; plumbers and gas filters rs
cents, in Chicago, Dallas, Portland, ST.:
Louis, Salt Lake City. San Francisco
and Seattle; sheet-metal workers 49, s,
cents, In Chicago and San Francisco:
stonecutters 70 cents In Portland and
San Francisco; structural iron work,
ers 70 cents, in Cleveland; freight
handlers sos cents, In New York; iron:
molders 50 cents, in San Francisco;
linotype operators (Hebrew, book and
Job: Ss.3 cents. in: New York; COM
positors (Enslish} newspaper, day
work, Is cents, in Seattle. y.
AS to changes in hours of labor, is
trades showed q reduction OF. honrs
between May, 1918, and May, 1914. III
reported no change, and reported
an increase. @:>.S5...;.%
In 1914 the union scales in the bak-
ing trade show hours in some locaii-
ties as low as 34S per week, but kener-
ally they are higher. The building
trades in q. majority Of the cities COW
cred have an 4-hour day ana most;
building trades also have a Saturday
halt holiday either for the whole year
or part Of the year. Inside wiremen.
fathers, marble settlers, fresco paint
ers, sign painters, structural iron
workers, and the granite and stone
trades all have an S-hour day: in the
cities; reported, and nearly all have !
Saturday half holiday the year round.
The hours Of labor in the metal
trades range, from A. to SO per week,
81 being the predominant hours. The
printing trades in book and job offices
have an S-hour day in nearly all the
cities covered, and in the newspaper
offices all trades have an S-hpur day