South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-07-26


), zoe, 900 workmen.
Tabulating Wage Increases.
Sec'y of Labor Wilson has had
compiled the wage announcements
and reports appearing in such news
papers as came to the department,
and has summarized the interesting
result. The period covered was
Fl ON July l, 1915. to May Is, 1916.
The publications examined included
IS dailies. 20 monthly and semi
monthly trade journals, and 100
weeklies-in all 13S publications.
About 5000 wage increase articles
we're tabulated, which by careful
checking TO eliminate duplicates
netted 1856 wage increases reported
in the 13S publications.
OF the 1.4s6 wage increase re-
ports, 794 reported the number of
establishments affected as 2,247. on
a similar basis. the total number OF
esta blishments affected by the lass
wage increases would approximate
1 200 establishments.
Near Six Million Wage Farmers.
Again. only 493 of the total 1.4S6
wage increase articles gave the num-
her of wage earners receiving the
increased pay. But these 493 re-
ported a total of 1,9O1,322 wage
carners affected by the 1856 wage
increases would reach 100000.
The number Of wage increases re
ported by these 1873 newspapers and
trade journals represent, of course,
he Of
900, instead of 13S publications
had been consulted, far more near
IN complete review o. the labor field
&C the as states would have resulted.
1t is true. likewise. that hundreds OF
wage increases are made which do
not get press publicity.
All American Industries Affected.
The rate of increase ranges all the
way from per cent to so per cent;
from % cents TO $500 per day; from
800 up to $25 per week.
Here are a few of the interesting
cases. showing how general the
wage movement has been both as 10
territory and occupation:
Five thousand Arizona miners and
smelters get a fiat raise of 20 per
cent: while 1000 get IS cents In
crease per day. and 5000 more up TO
90 cents per hour.
California printers and bookbind-
ers get raises running from 5000
tc $25 per week: while metal work
ers, foundry and machine shop oper-
ators. and the building trades get
increases of 80 cents to $500 per
cay.
In Connecticut there were So wage
increase reports in foundry and ma
chine shops alone, the rate of in
crease being from 10 per cent TO
% per cent. One of these increases,
OF 10 per cent, affected 10 estab-
lishments employing $4,000 wage
earners, and another $4,000 men.
Eight Colorado cases increased 10
per cent the pay of $4,000 miners
and metal workers.
Various Increases i'm Illinois.
Illinois increases reported 10 the
number of 50 included bakers,
building trades. clothing. foundry
and machine shops, laborers, print
ers and boOkbinders, railroads, street
railways. stock yards and packing
plants, teamsters and theaters, af-
fecting hundreds of Establishments
and thousands of wage earners.
Three wage increases in packing
houses reached 5000 men.
Indiana, Iowa, Kansas and Ken
lucky wage increases reached a
broad list of industries as in nli-
nois. the principal increases being
10 per cent TO 20 per cent. or $1.0O
tc $500 per week.
In Maine the wage gains were
largely in paper mills and textiles,
one raise reaching 1000 textile
workers; though the building trades.
printers and lOngshoremen also got
theirs.
Bay states Good Fortune.
over 200 wage increases were
noted in Massachusetts. embracing
practically every industrial occupa-
ton. Two cases covered 81 building
trade Establishments. There were
about SO cases affecting foundry and
machine shops: the number Of wage
earners being from so TO 5000. and
the rate Of increase being common
iy 10 per cent 10 10 per cent. There
were also 90 or more wage increases
In cotton. wool and other textile
esta blshments. One 10 per cent
raise went TO $4,000 textile work
ers, and 20 other raises OF per
cent TO IS per cent affected 1 200
10 so, goo wage earners each.
In Michigan. Minnesota and Mis-
souri,, bakers, building trades, foun-
drymen ard machinists. printers and
railway employees got raises. one 10
per cent Michigan raise hitting IA
600. while in Missouri $1.OO per week
was added TO $4,000 pay envelopes
at one clip.
In Montana the building trades
got a jump OF s100 per day. and
miners from % cents up 10 $500
per day.
New Hampshire textile mills re-
mort two wage increases reaChinv