The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-10
WAGES ARE
SHOWING SoNE:
INCREASES
SUBSTANTIAL lNCR REeSEs IN
SOME LINES AND SLIGHT
RAISES IN OTHERS SHOW The
TREND OF THE TINES.

standing almost still in a few others
In Illinois there were substantial
wage advances IA many lines OF in
dustry, particularly iron manufactur
ing, lumber working, clothing making
printing. leather handling and manu-
.facture Of harvesting machinery.
The iron workers got better than a
thirty per cent raise during the year.
First came ten per cent advance.
then another ten per cent rise and
finally third uplift of ten per cent
more, each raise being calculated on
the salary total made by the previous
raises. The iron workers included
molders, open hearth furnace opera
tors and other employees in similar
labors in Chicago East St. Louis.
Rockford, Peoria, Moline, Rock Island
and Waukeegan.
Lumber mill workers were paid, at
the beginning Of 1916 from $3.50 to
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