Cost of living in German towns

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Identifikator:: 866449027

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-93831

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Cost of living in German towns

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: Stat. Off.

Year of publication:: 1908

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (LXI, 548 Seiten)

Collection:: Economics Books

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CHEMNITZ. 141 Metal and Engineering Trades :— Machine and Tool Making : Moulders Turners Fitters Smiths Patternmakers Labourers Weekly Wages. of rotary and other hosiery Manufacture frames : Turners Fitters Men at boring and planing machines Labourers Boiler making and bridge construction : Angle-iron smiths Platers (boilersmiths) Platers’ (boilersmith’s) helpers Rivetters Coppersmiths Textile Trades: — Cotton Spinners Cashmere „ Weavers of “ Nottingham Net ” „ „ “Upholstery Stuff ” Hosiery making establishments : Men at hosiery frames Packers Finishers and labourers Cotton Yarn Dyeing : Skilled men Unskilled men (who form the great bulk of the men). Printing and Allied Trades:— Hand Compositors, Machine Minders and Pressmen. Machine Compositors, jobbing work ,, „ newspaper work Lithographic Artists Lithographers Process Printers Cardboard Goods Manufacture :— Bookbinders Labourers Brewing* :— Brewers and Coopers Weekly Hours of Labour. Small Breweries Medium „ Draymen Labourers Large Small Medium Large Small Medium Large Municipal Employees :— Road making and cleaning : Carters ... ... ... ... Others ... ... ... ... Gasworks : Stokers ... ... ... ... Yard labourers Waterworks : Labourers Electric light and power supply station Enginemen ... Firemen ... ... Installators ... Fitters... ... ... ... ... 32s. to 33s. 24s. „ 26s. 21s. „ 24s. 25s. „ 27s. 14s. „ 17s. 25s. „ 26s. 23s. „ 24s. 21s. 16s. to 18s. 25s. „ 27s. 24s. „ 25s. 14s. 20s. 25s. Id. 24s. to 25s. 21s. 25s. 20s. to 24s. 22s. „ 25s. 22s. 18s. 24s. 15s. to 17s. 25s. id. 32s. lid 31s. Sd. 27s to 29s. 26s. „ 29s. 32s. „ 38s. 19s. 13s. 22s. to 25s. 24s. „ 27s. 29s. 21s. 22s. 23s. 19s. 6d. 20s. 6d. 22s. 6d. 25s. 18s. 19s. 21s. 16s. 6d. 17s. 6d. 19s. 6d. 20 s. 23s. 28s. to 30s. 18s. „ 19s. 19s. „ 21s. 33s. 27s. id. 31s. id. 27s. id. 60 60 60 60 60 60 to 62 60 „62 60,, 62 60,,62 60 60 60 60 58& 65 63 60i to 61£ 58 ,,62& 58 „ 62& 58 „ 62& 60 „ 63 60,, 63 54 54 48 50 53 50 62 62 60 60 60 Irregular 60 60 60 54 60 56 60 65 56 56 60 60 * In addition to the wages shown, men over 20 are entitled to anything up to 10 pints of beer per day, and those under 20 to anything up to 5 pints per day. From this table it is seen that wages at Chemnitz are somewhat low. Taking Berlin as 100, the following are jRe wages index-numbers for Chemnitz Building trades, skilled men, fS, labourers, 80 ; engineering trades, skilled men, 73, labourers, 71 ; printing trades, 90.

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