Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-05-08
AVERAGE HOURLY PAY
INCREASES IN 1920
Figures Compiled by National In
duStrinl Conference Board Shows
Gain to BE Over 100 Per Cent.
NUMBER EMPLOYED FALLS
Employment Decreased 2i.G Per
Cent From June to DcccnIbcr.
Weekly Earnings Affected More
Than Average Hourly Pay by the
Adoption OF Part-Tinc Operation.

Authoritative infur,u,,io, on "a.
80" ~" VIC
manufacturing Industries Of the
United States during the pns, six
years, compared with ch.uyrs in mo
cost Of livinI;. together with data re-
Etrding tho number OF workers .iu-
I'ioycd ana Tho average hours worker!
per wook, have been made. uulllc in
"a report Issued by the national In
Huh'fiaI conference" Eonrd, - East
Thirty ninth street. Scw York. rms
report, covering fifteen Representative
industries, employing in june, 1870
""'ls" waEc-chrners. trac"s the
mo- '"'"h' pI average actual "aTnlHEs
~ ,hs rf'ncipa! inihstrihI occupationr
from September. 1913, 20 the end Of
l'ao. COMPARED with CHANCES ia the
.n"t 81 !!'lhg a. AEccr famed bE SEP
t".r '' l'hSiNo !hFcs 'lEAt"ns mh'e
~ ~ ""ain' ,.,o
'.,n,,' 80. 'hc ',PpFt says'
-" .''"' - ~ H'"Sa "' mar 'n'
rn,,,,., ~, ,a7 pp! '.nS
cent and ,%o.- ~ 90 ~ pr pr
frn,, ~ "tP''S =,
..hnv. -. ts,,,.,, ~ c'n,
certain t,,,,r't,..s
i,,'.g ~ 49,. - a.. ''..' ~ u
,hnm uc 81 '.'' ,y,. 80" t'i'i.''Siy nor"
I'm m, hout a,,, ,,t', ,,i -. 49,,
.Ik iu,,,,s,ri.s T., 80 ,''a,, 49,, 49,,
knit rond4 rubht, ma ,I.,.I ;,,',
tries. the n,rc.,,,i,r al i,,rr,as. a.,
49,, l.,ats d - .-
was greater man mo n,,rccn,ar. i,,.
creas. Tor rn.u 4, -. ,o,,,iJ bah,
orally tru. mt IN. iuI,,strjos IL,
which the Iras, incrc,S,. ,nrl, ,I,r..
ar. tho nr,.s IN ,Drlrb no ,.at.,. ,.it
wrr. relatively hiph In inla VIM.
the iu,!ustrias shoyyIrt. M ,,-.,,.s,
increases are ,h,s. v6t,T r,Tnr,. ,f,
war p.ld relatively Inyy yvlr.s
som. OF ,h.. lndiIstric, sho,yir, ia.
largest ,,.r,ru,y.r .-,rr..,.,. ,n -.
ar. the WOOL. leather. cotton. hosIor,
and kui, .npLs iuuIgstri.s vriln ,,,n,ry
on In wool. hosiery IN! ,.nit goods
cotton and gA,,I- mIruT,ct,ri,.r
showed IN grcit.st lncrr;,sa over
1919
Average weekly carnin.s for men
ana women. tn. r,Dor, shows. i'm gen
oral increase, lags IMAM hourly earn
iurs The rau... %; iucrrns. in week
~ earning from S.pt,!unrr 1914 TO
December. 1920, was from II Nor cent
IN tn. rubber industry To I5l D.r
cent IN hosiery and KNIT goods. and
the lowest Was IL Nor cent In ,hc
boot ana sho. lulustry
The prrioi covered ~ the boards
iRvcttltui40n inclGGys the Industrial
dnpIvss.un which bu.ilu TO develop ia!
the spring OF 1890 ANA WIN !ucr,us-
inE force. continued FOR the remainder
az the year TINS 4oVr,sa!uu showed
itself Ia irrcgUlAr!.y ANA sharp nuo-
tuationS II wages ~ .cvcra. indus
tr.,s. due partly to Tho uncertainty
as 70 :utur" business conditions ana
partly To In. elimination from time
10 time %! WaEc--uTTGvTs Win low
"agr- earning capacity.
Employment Decreases.
In june. !|-u, ihc number on men
employed ia eleven o! the ministries
covered VAS ti,19i. a!d ~ !'ecem-
Der. 2rl,T.S, a decrease OF ~" per
cent; the Number OF women decreased
about - per cent IN TINS period
Average weekly eATn!nSe' Inc re-
port states. ""Fr AN"c(vd NOR" IMAM
hourly earnings y! tHc !hdustt!"1 "e-