Evening star., 1935-06-16

The paper and pulp industry pays
.40.3 cents an hour, foundries and
machine shops 40.1 cents an hour,
and all other industries show an
average under 20 cents They include
the brick, tile and terra Gotta indus
try S69 cents an hour: leather IN.
dustry, 1913 cents; lumber and saw
mill industry, 33.1 cents.
There are differences in the bours
Of work q week which make differ.
ences In the weekly earnings, and
there are seasonal periods Of activity
and inactivity which bear on the an
nuaf earnings in these various indus
tries. The young man applying for
Job should not be certain he win be
offered as much as the average fig-
ures quoted here and should not be
offended if offered less, nor should
he be surprised If offered more. These
are but averages for all Is industries
and all sections Of the country, so
| should be taken merely as a guide in
the most general terms.
Effect Of N. r. A. Codes.
What differences will be noted in
the course Of a few weeks because of
the action of the Supreme Court Of
the United States in Outlawing the
codes Of the National Recovery Ad-
ministration cannot with certainty be
foretold. There is some expectation
that these rates will drop. A COM
posite Of all the averages for the l3
industries noted above gives an hourly
wage Of 43 cents. In 1898, before the
NJ r. A. codes Of minimum wages
went into effect, the same composite
Of averages for the same - industries
produced figure of only IS cents an
hour. II was this difference, created
by the N. r. A. codes, which. In q
little more than a year, added some
50, 900 ,0OO, 900 to the American pay
roll-not, OF course, only for these I3
industries but for all industries and
trades.
Where you live and where you get
your job will have q great deal TO do
| with your wages. The highest wages
for beginners are paid in the East
North Central region including Ohio,
Michigan, Indiana and Illinois, where
starting wages go as high as 81 an
hour. However, the lowest for that
same region are but 20 cents an hour.
Next comes the Middle Atlantic region.
where the high is S7.5 cents and the
low 80 cents an hour.
The other regions are as follows:
in the North and West, where wages
rule generally higher, it is found that
in the New England region there Is a
high Of 10 cents and a low of ATS
cents an hour. In the West North
Central region the high is 78s cents
and the low 23 cents an hour. In
the Mountain region the high Is IS
cents and the low 22.5- cents an hour,
and in the Pacific region the high is
87.5 cents and the low IS cents an
hour.
In the South Atlantic region the
high is Sis cents and the low 10 cents
an hour, the lowest of any wage rate
in the country. In the East South
Central region the high is 625 cents
and the low 225 cents an hour. and
in the West South Central region the
high is 62.5 cents and the low 15
cents an hour, '..
Only in the two highly prosperous
years of 1928 and 1929 have average
wages in these 13 industries been
higher than those quoted above. The
President is making every effort to
have them retained, but there are other
influences at work tending to beat
them down, so the young graduate
need not be too certain that he will
do as well as even these averages sug-
gest. But that is the best there is
to 90 by at present.