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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ELBERFELD. 223 There is much organisation amongst the working classes and especially amongst workmen belonging to the more skilled trades and industries. It was estimated at the close of 1904 that of the brewers 85'5 per cent, belonged to trade unions of some kind, of the stonemasons 76 - 2 per cent., of the woodworkers .58*8 per cent., of the carpenters 56‘6 per cent., of the metal workers 37*7 per cent., of the painters and plasterers 32 per cent., of the textile workers 26'8 per cent., of labourers engaged in transport 22 per cent., and of masons’ labourers 10 per cent. The following table summarises the predominant wages and hours of labour in the more important occupations : — Wages and Hours of Labour in the Principal Occupations, October, 1905. Weekly Wages. Weekly Hours of Labour. Building Trades* :— Bricklayers and Masons Stonemasons Carpenters Joiners and Cabinetmakers ... Plumbers Painters ... Stucco-workers Artistic Smiths and Iron-workers Labourers ... ... ' ... Iron and Steel Works :— Sand Moulders (hand) Loam ,, ... ... „ „ helpers Machine Moulders „ „ helpers Planers ... Polishers Coremakers Labourers Textile Trades :— .Cotton and Woollen Weavers Plush Weavers ... Silk Ribbon Weavers Dyers cotton ... , , Sl.lli ... ... ... „ silk plush „ unskilled men ... Finishers Cotton printers... ... - Button making :— Engravers Solderers Other workmen Printing and Allied Trades :— Printers and Machine-minders Machine Compositors—news... „ „ jobbing Bookbinders Food, Drink, Ac., Industries : — Bakers, first hands „ second hands Brewers ... Brewers’ coopers „ labourers „ draymen Miscellaneous :— Chemical workers 30s. 42s. 33s. 29s. 8Æ 28s. 6(7. 27s. to 30s. 35s. 3(7. to 42s. 24 s. 24s. 36s. to 39s. 28s. „ 32s. 24s. „ 25s. 32s. „ 34s. 25s. 3(7. 30s. to 35s. 6(7. 27s. 28s. to 34s. 6(7. 22s. 6(7. to 24s. 6d. 18s. to 19s. 3(7. 23s. to 30s. 25 s. 22s. to 26s. 22s. „ 26s. 25s. „ 32s. 21s. „ 22s. 22s. to 23s. 2(7. 35s. 33s. 29s. 5(7. 27s. 24s. 9(7. 30s. 11(7. 32s. 2(7. 25s. to 27s. 28s. 24s. 27s. 27s. 22s. 27s. 19s. 60 60 60 54 57 60 56 to 60 60 60 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 to 60 56 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 59 59 59 54 48 54 60 72 72 60 60 60 60 54 * The wages and hours of labour stated for the building trades are fora full week in summer. On the basis of the rates given in the above Table, the level of wages of skilled men in the building trades is represented by 89 as compared with 100 in Berlin, while for labourers in the building trades the percentage is 94. The rates for printers are 88 per cent, of those in Berlin.

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