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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440 STASSFURT. In addition to the salt mines Stassfnrt has also large chemical works for the manufacture of potash salts—the chlorides and sulphates of potassium—and also cyanide of potassium, which is used extensively in the Transvaal mines in the process of extracting gold. One chemical manufactory is specially engaged in manufacturing soda by the ammonia-soda process. The preparation of table salt is also an important industry. There are several machine works, which principally manufacture mining plant. Adjoining Stassfnrt is the small town of Leopoldshall, which is within the boundaries of the Duchy of Anhalt, though practically the two form one town. Its industries are the same as those of Stassfurt, viz., salt-mining, chemical manufacture and the making of machinery. Like Stassfurt, too, it specially owes its growth to the rich deposits of potash salts found in the mine belonging to the State, and it likewise declined in population between 1900 and 1905 from 7,221 to 6,961. Occupations, Wages and Hours of Labour. An overwhelming proportion of the workers of Stassfurt and Leopoldshall are engaged either in the salt mines, the salt works, the chemical works, or the engineering trades. The following classification of the industrial workers of the two towns, based on the returns of the factory inspectors and the mining authorities, shows that of a total of 5,928 workpeople, 4,533 or 76*5 per cent, are employed in the mines and allied chemical works :— Stassfurt. Industry. Men. Women. Juveniles (under 16). Totals. Engineering Chemical works Salt mines— Underground Above-ground Metal trades Food, drink and tobacco 420 995 978 540 140 160 Totals 3,233 15 40 55 60 15 29 50 40 194 480 1,025 978 569 190 240 3,482 Leopoldshall. Industry. Men. Women. Juveniles (under 16). Totals. Salt mines — Underground Above-ground Engineering Apparatus for boilers Chemical works Various ... 640 393 17 235 873 160 Totals 2,318 7 16 23 28 8 42 20 7 105 640 421 25 277 900 183 2,446 Since 1900 the building trade has been at a standstill owing to the decrease of population already mentioned. As the foregoing table shows, few boys are employed about the salt mines and none underground who have not attained the age of 16. Between the ages of 14 and 16 they are engaged in light work at the surface, and classes are held for their instruction in subjects connected with their future employment Female labour may be said to be almost non-existent in the industries of Stassfurt. Wages are paid weekly in all the works with the exception of the salt mines and the salt works, where the rule is to pay on the first of each month a

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