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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MÜLHAUSEN. 355 Printing Trades :— Compositors, Machine minders, and Pressmen Bookbinders Other Trades :— Chemical workers, skilled „ „ unskilled.. Bakers, 1st hands » 2nd „ Carters Weekly Wages. 23a. 27a. to 30s. 18s. 20s. 6d. to 25s. 6c?. t ' 18s. 6c/.f 18s. to 24s. Weekly Ht urs of Labour. 54 54 60 to 63 60 "63 84 84 61 * Agreement rate, but in practice 27s. is usually earned, t Including 10s. as equivalent of board and lodging. From the above figures it is seen that wages at Mülhausen are very low. Representing wages at Berlin by 100, the index numbers for Mülhausen are— for the building trades, 69 for skilled men and 76 for labourers ; for the engineering trades, 67 for skilled men and 81 for labourers ; and for the printing trades, 80. The majority rates of wages for workmen engaged in the municipal services were as follows at the same date :— Street Department (Municipal) Paviors ... Pavior’s assistants Road makers Road sweepers Carmen ... Water Works (Municipal) :— Labourers Electrical Works (Municipal) Engine man Stokers ... litters and installers ... Labourers Gas Works (Private) :— Stokers ... Labourers Electric Tramway (Private) :— Drivers ... Conductors Weekly Wages. 35s. 20s. 18s. 18s. to 25s. 21s. ,, 29s. 20s. ,, 23s. 28s. 26s. 28s. to 37s. 22s. 26s. Id. 18s. 24s. 6(7. 23s. Id. Weekly Hours of Labour. 57 57 57 57 57 57 74 78 69 67 84 60 734 73& The wages of day labour employed in the service of the town have greatly increased during the past several years, and this increase has not been without influence on the wages paid by private employers for similar labour. Where in 1902 the town paid 2s. 8d. per day of 9|> hours, it paid in 1903 for the same labour and hours 3s. 1§&, and in 1904 4s. 0\d. The large gang of outdoor labourers employed during winter similarly received in 1904 3s. 4J(/. per day against 2s. 8d. in 1902. For permanent unskilled labourers in municipal employment a schedule of wages has been drawn up, according to which labourers of the first class receive from 18s. to 25s. per week and labourers of the second class from 16s. to 21s. in the following gradations : Years of Service. 2-4. First-class men Second-class men s. 18 16 s. 20 17 5-7. 8-10. S. 21 18 s. 23 19 11-13. Over 13. S. 24 20 s. 25 21 29088 2 Y 2

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