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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384 NUREMBERG. The following Table, supplied by the Factory Inspector, shoivs the general classification of the industrial classes of Nuremberg in 1905 :— Group of Trades. Factories and Works in which Mechanical Power is used. Number of Estab lishments. Number of Work people. Handicrafts, without Mechanical Power. Number of Estab lishments. Number of Work people. Total Number of Work people. Building Rolling and forge works Metal-working Machine, implement, and apparatus makin Textiles Clothing and cleaning Printing, lithography, bookbinding, &c. Paper ... ... ... ... ... Woodworking and carving Chemicals Resins, varnishes, oil, soap, candles, &c. Stone and earth Food, drink and tobacco Leather... ... ... ... ... Miscellaneous Total 1 263 136 18 33 72 34 168 42 19 24 125 18 4 400 12,282 14,891 284 2,232 3,298 937 5.164 2,688 535 1,026 2.164 391 95 703 272 62 1,695 93 150 792 6 12 74 1,310 216 47 2,893 744 196 3,237 374 755 1,930 30 44 88 2,696 431 149 6,584 400 15,175 15,635 480 5,469 3,672 1,692 7,094 2,718 579 1,114 4,860 822 244 957 46,387 5,432 13,567 66,538 It is a common complaint that in good times sufficient workpeople cannot be obtained for the engineering industry, and even less skilled, industries report a similar dearth of labour. Nuremberg’s development during recent years has, in fact, been so rapid that the supply of skilled and trained labour has not kept pace with the constantly increasing demand. Some of the larger works are endeavouring to cope with the difficulty by securing a regular supply of youths after their release from the primary schools, apprenticing them for four years, and during that time instructing them at continuation schools without expense, It happens at times that youths so trained seek their future elsewhere on gaining independence, but it is the employers’ only hope of covering the growing need for efficient labour. It has been estimated that barely 25 per cent, of the workpeople in the mechanical trades are native Nurembergers, and it is a fact that their number includes many Austrians and even Danes. It is noteworthy that agriculture makes the same complaint of lack of labour, though here the reason is different. In particular it is found that after the rural labourer has served his two years in the army he shows little disposition to go back to the country. The life of the town, its attractions, and the greater freedom which industrial employment offers exert upon him an overpowering influence, and he remains where his service has been passed, and helps to swell the urban population. The wages of skilled men in the engineering trades vary greatly and the difference between the wages paid in certain large establishments and in the smaller works is very marked. Taken as a whole, the range is from 24s. 4d. to 34s. 9c?., while labourers earn from 17s. 5d. to 19s. 5d. The number of hours

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