The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-09-24
U. S. Department Of Labor
Bureau Of Labor Statistics
Washington.
Union Scale Of Wages and Hours
of Labor, May |, 1914.

The union scale Of wages and
hours of labor for 93 of the prlnci
pal trades in 4 of the leading cities
of the United States prevailing In
My. 1914. are published in Bulle-
tin No. III, just ISSUED by the Blu
reau OF Labor Statistics of the y
S D partment of Labor. The
scales shown are those of the bak-
ing, brewing, and beer tottling,
blilding, freight handling, grant, e
and stone, metal, mill work, print
ing, soft drink, aud teaming trades
The average rate of wages per
week for all cities taken collectively
was higher on May l, 1914 than
on May l. 1918, for Is of the
trades reported, IN II trades there
was M change, and in only one
trade was it lower.
Considering some of the more
important trade S. the following In
creases in weekly rates o. pay be-
tween May, 1913, aud May, l,
1914, may be not d; Bakers 2 eI
cent, beer bottlers 3 per cent,
bricklayers 2 per cent, carpenters l
per cent, hod carriers | per cent,
inside wiremen 3 per cent, la hers
2 per cert, pa quetry f Dor layers
d per cent, plumbers and gas filters
| per cent, sheet-metal workers 3
per cent, stonemasons 3 per cent,
stonecutters 4 per cent, structural
IRON workers 2 per cent, freight
handlers 3 per cent, blacksmths 2
per cent, pair ters hardwood I'm
shers) 4 per cent, electrotypers
(battery men and builders) 5 per
electrotypers (6nishers and mold
ers) 4 per cent, conpcs!tors (book
and job) 2 per cent.
Considering rates of wages per
hour as distinguished from rates
rer week, rs trades showed an in
creas1, Is no change, and for none
was the rate lower.
The highes est scales per hour paid
in May, 1914 in few of the prin
cipal trades were as follows: Brick
layers 81 5 cents in Dallas and San
Fra cisco; carpenters 65 cents, in
Chicago; hod carriers 80 cents, in
Portland, St. Louis, Sat Lake
City and San Frarciscn; painters
10 cents in Chicago; plasterers 81 5
cents, in DIlas and San Francisco:
plumbers and gas filters - cents,
IN Chicago, Dlllas, Portland, S
Louis, Salt Like city, San Fran
cisco and Seattle; sheet metal
workers 68. s cents in Chicago ard
San trcisco; stonecut'ers 7O
cents, in Portland and San Frar-
cisco; struc Lral iron workers &c
cents, in Clevlard; freight handlers
so 6 cents III New OTlears; gran
lte cutters 68 s cents, in New York
Iron Moldels so cents, in San Fran.
cisco; linotype operators Hebrew
cook and joh) 80 3 cents, in New
York; comp ooi,ors (Englisn news
papeD, day work 70 cents, in Seat
tie.
As to changes in hours of labor
5 trades sh wed a reduction o.
hours between May, 1913, anc
Ma 1914, II reported 70 change
and | reported an increase.
In 1914 the union scales in tn,
oaklrg trade shoas hours in some
localities as low as AZ PER week
but generally they are CHER Th,
building traces n amejor'ty of til,
cities covered have an s hour da,
and most building trades also hav,
Saturday half holiday ei;her 70
he whole year or part Of the year
Inside wiremen, lathers, marbl
settlers, fresco painters, sign paint
rrs structural lion workers, and tn
granite and stone trades all hav
an s hour day in the cities reporte,
and nearly I'll have a Saturds,