The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-03-18

: III iU1R was priv 81 1OlO, Lltl
!, were hard to get at SIS a day.
"Workers in the cities do almos
e as well. The Baltimore bricklayer
4 who in 1913 got As cents an hour
, had to work ffty-fve and one-hal.
5 hours to carr money for a S25 sui
of clothes. Now he gets $1.OO al
hour and works sixty hours for {
r $50 suit. However, he gets in a lot
more overtime and is not idle nearly
!. so many days, so he is relatively bet.
ter off than he was in 1913.
"The Buffalo boilermaker got 36.1
cents an hour in 1913; he gets 72.E
cents now. The unskilled laborer in
the building trades at st. Louis got
Csc an hour six years ago.; he now
gets 62.5 cents. In Jacksonville.
Florida, the carpenter who earned 81
cents then gets IS cents now. In
Chicago, San Francisco and some
other cities he gets $1.00 an hour,
with 81 an hour for overtime: and
so great is the demand for workers
that he won't work unless the con
tractor permits him to get in a good
many hours of overtime a week.
"The prosperity of the worker is
no longer adequately measured by
his wage rate per hour. Five year
ago work was scarce; a large per-
centage of workers expected to be
idle many days in the year. Now
there is demand for the service of
every available man in practically
every trade, not only for Al hours
OF 48 hours a week at regular pay,
but for many hours of overtime at
double pay.
Taking the subject locally, the
farmer in 1914 bringing in a load
of coal would get $500 to $3.50 a
ton for it. This winter he has been
getting $3.50. Our records show
that the price paid to farmers for
butter in February, 1914, was soc;
this winter he has been getting from
60 to 70 cents. In February, 1914,
our records show the price paid for
eggs to have been Csc; this winter,
soc to zoe has been the prevailing
price. The average price for a good
suit of clothes in 1914, we find to be
from $18 to $25. This winter we
have had a good stock of suits on
hand from $32 to S48.
eyes, we admit, clothes are high
priced, but everything else consid-
cred, they are not so high after ALL"
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So they want to hear from North
east, Ell? Well here goes nothing!
By the way, your attention is called
to the fact that some of the news"
is very belated.
The six weeks of winter which we
to have following ground hog
day sure held out pretty well, and
every one will agree that this has
been a long winter, as it started in
October, but as there has been no
real severe weather it's gone through
lust fine; and spring is surely not
far off now. ,
Most of the farmers run short of {
lay for their livestock lately, and +
here being a shortage of it in town, I
had a "time and a half"
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Barney Anderson had such good
uck with his potatoes last year that
le has decided to plant still more the
oming year.
Miss Emma Crone attended the
J~on-Partisan League convention at
treat Falls, and is much pleased
nth her trip. She says the speakers
7ere all very good and gives much
raise to Governor Frazier of North
We hear that Sam ~Strodemeyer
rented land north of town from
I. P. ~Lamberton and expects to farm
here this year.
What's the matter with the girls?
[ere all the Leap Year Bargains"
re still on the counter. No one has
ven inquired about the price. The
oys are getting tired of waiting for
roposals.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Erickson are
he proud parents of a brand new
ably girl, born Dec. 9th. Just in
me to be counted in the census.
The stork has also visited Mr.. and
[rs. Adolph Homrighaus and left a
ouncing baby boy. It's the first
IN born to them, the other two be-
lg girls, so it's no wonder A. L.
ears a broad smile these days.
Miss Magnhild Breiung and Law
Holum have been Joined by the
oily bonds of m%atrimony. They are
9th highly respected young folks of
le community, and we extend our
earliest congratulations and wish
lem a long and happy welded life.
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