A survey of the trade in rubber manufactured goods

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Identifikator:: 1848834152

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-240944

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: A survey of the trade in rubber manufactured goods

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: His Majesty's Stationery Office

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: 119 Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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118 stockholders in the Home Rubber Company and the Thermoid Rubber Com- pany, both of Trenton, N.J. It is fully equipped and engaged principally in the ‘manufacture of Hard Rubber or Vulcanite products, particularly containers used in the manufacture of Electric Storage Batteries. It is also extensively engaged in the production of moulded goods to specifications of Soft Rubber, Compositions and Bakelite. The works are modern and well squipped. y The Woodstock Rubber Company, Limited, Woodstock. The date of incorporation was 2nd July, 1926. Authorised capital, £51,600. Number of employees, 800. They manufacture rubber footwear only. This company is not affiliated with any other firm. APPENDIX VI. Information regarding money wages and hours of work in the rubber manufacturing industry in some of the principal producing countries. The purchasing power of money wages naturally varies in different countries, depending upon the habits of the different peoples, United Kingdom.—There are about 60,000 workpeople employed in some 121 factories. © The average weekly wage for an adult male is £2 10s. The average for men engaged in the manufacture of tyres, rims and wheels is £3 11s. a week, Canada.—There are 17,000 people in 45 factories. The average wage for operatives (as opposed to salaried employees) is $1,026 a year or about £4 a week. About 45 per cent. of the wage earners, of whom the majority are female, are employed in the manufacture of footwear. Average weekly salaries and wapes:— Salaries. Wages. £ sd. £ sd. 1. In the footwear industry ... oe eo 817 1 3 311 2. Other rubber goods factories es . 7 9 4 4 9 9 United States.—The following details were collected in the Census of Production relating to 1927 :— For the Industry as a whole ... _ ns os Tyre and tube industry - va - Boot and shoe industry ve. wen - Other rubber manufactures ... ee eee Wages. £000. 40,700 24,650 6,600 9.420 Wage- earner. 141,997 78,256 26,848 86.883 Average Weekly wage. £ sd. 510 3 6 1 2 4.14 6 18 2 Hours are a nominal 48-hour week. France.—The total number of workers is estimated at not less than 40,000. The French Government in the preamble to a bill for general revision of the tariff in March, 1927, put the figure at 50 to 60,000. Wages are understood to be in the neighbourhood of 25s. to 80s. for a week of 52/56 hours.

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