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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DÜSSELDORF. 20& and best organised in Germany. There is a large use of labour-saving machinery ; American methods have been increasingly introduced during recent years, and American managers have of late come upon the scene. The workmen engaged in this industry are highly skilled, and their employers speak well of them. A ten hours’ day is almost universal. Work begins variously at 6, 6.30, and 7 o’clock, and the hour of closing depends on the number and duration of the intervals ; the usual number is three, but some works stop only at midday. The longest hours, viz., 65 per week, are worked in the textile factories, the employees in which are mostly females. Wages are as a rule paid fortnightly, and a week’s or a fortnight’s notice on either side is customary, though some firms dispense with notice altogether. At Gerresheim, several miles from the town, there are large glass bottle works, and in Düsseldorf itself are porcelain and earthenware factories. Glass blowers, working by piece, earn 33s. 2d. weekly, this including a house or a money payment of 4s. per week instead. A comprehensive idea of the range of wages in different industries is afforded by a return, given in Appendix IV. to this volume (p. 501), of the daily wages of 8,901 adult workpeople (i.e., workpeople of 20 years and upwards) enrolled in the Düsseldorf Local Sick Fund (Ortskrankenkasse). These work people fell into the following wages groups :— Wages Groups. Under 3s. daily 3s. and under 3s. Gd. daily 3s. Gd. and under 4s. 0d. daily 4s. 0d. „ 4s. Gd. „ 4s. Gd. „ 5s. 0d. „ 5s. 0d. „ 5s. 6c?. „ 5s. Gd. and over Total ... Skilled Men. 78 196 947 1,893 1,377 542 178 5,211 Unskilled Men. No. Per cent. 15 38 18-2 36 2 26 5 104 34 100-0 158 996 1,443 866 191 33 3 3,690 Per cent. 4- 3 27 0 391 23-4 5- 2 0-9 0-1 1000 Together. No. Per cent. 236 1,192 2,390 2,759 1,568 575 181 8,901 2-7 13-4 26-8 310 17 6 6-5 2-0 1000 The largest employer of labour in Düsseldorf is the municipality itself. The hours of labour of municipal employees range from 60 to 78 per week. The wages of tramway drivers and conductors rise according to the years of service, those of the former ranging from 24s. Gd. to 38s. Gd. and those of the latter from 21s. to 28s., with 68 hours of work. Wages and Hours of Labour in the Principal Occupations, October, 1905. Weekly Wages. Building Trades*:— Masons and Bricklayers Stonemasons Carpenters Joiners and Cabinetmakers Plumbers Painters ... Stucco-workers... Plasterers Masons’ and Bricklayer’ Labourers Engineering Trades :— Moulders Fitters Turners ... Smiths ... Pattern-makers.. Cranemen Labourers 32s. 5d. 29s. 8c?. to 32s. 5c?. 34s. 2d. 27s. Id. 24s. 27s. 36s. to 37s. 10c?. 30s. 26s. 5c?. 37s. 30s. to 35s. 33s. „ 36s. 33s. „ 36s. 30s. „ 33s. 24s. lc/. 21s. to 24s. Weekly Hours of Labour. 60 54 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 * The wages and hours oí labour stated for the building trades are for a full week in summer. 2 D 29088

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