Full text: Cost of living in German towns

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Weekly Wages. 
Iron and Steel Works :— 
Steel rollers—1st men... 
V » 2nd. ,, 
3rd 
Welders ... 
Chargemen 
Wire rollers 
Planers ... 
Core-makers 
Smelters... 
Labourers 
Copper and Brass Works 
Rollers, 1st men 
„ 2nd „ 
Furnace men 
Brassfounders 
Labourers 
Needle Factories :— 
Needle-makers ... 
Pointers 
Polishers 
Stampers 
Textile Trade ( Woollen) 
W eavers—male... 
„ female 
Spinners 
Finishers 
Dyers 
Fullers 
Strippers 
Pressers ... 
Printing Trade :— 
Printers ... 
Machine Compositors—news... 
„ „ jobbing 
Miscellaneous Trades :— 
Card-makers—setters ... 
„ finishers 
Chemical workers 
Bakers—1st hands 
,, 2nd ,, ... ... 
Carmen ... 
46s. 10Æ 
37s. 10(7. 
30s. 
42s. 
27s. 
26s. to 30s. 
24s. „ 30s. 
30s. 
21s. to 24s. 
15s. 19s. 
22s. 6d. 
21s. 
21s. 
21s. 
18s. 
24s. 
30s. to 35s. 
24s. „ 27s. 
30s. 
21s. to 24s. 
18s. 
20s. to 25s. 
15s. „ 18s. 
15s. „ 18s. 
18s. 6(7. 
16s. to 18s. 
23s. 
24s. 9(7. 
30s. 11(7. 
32s. 2(7. 
40s. 
25s. to 27s. 
21s. „ 24s. 
22s.* 
16s. 9(7.* 
17s. to 19s. 6(7. 
Weekly Hours 
of Labour. 
72 
72 
72 
72 
72 
72 
59 
59 
59 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
50 to 60 
50 „60 
50 „ 60 
50,, 60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
66 
64& 
69 
54 
48 
57i to 66 
57&„66 
60 
* 10s. 6(7. being here counted as the value of board and lodging. 
The following were the wages and hours of labour of municipal employees 
at the same date :— 
Weekly Wages. 
Road-making and Cleaning 
Foremen... 
Paviors ... 
Road-makers 
Road sweepers* 
Electric Works and Lighting 
Engine men 
Stokers ... 
Fitters and Installers ... 
Waterworks .-— 
Labourers 
24s. to 36s. 
27s. „ 36s. 
15s. 6(7. to 22s. 10(7. 
12s. 
20s. 5(7. to 24s. 
18s. to 24s. 
27s. 
20s. 5(7. 
Weekly Hours 
of Labour. 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
* The road sweepers are men incapable of full work who would otherwise fall on the 
poor rates. 
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