Full text : Cost of living in German towns

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Weekly  Wages.

Iron  and  Steel  Works  :—
Steel  rollers—1st  men...
V  »  2nd.  ,,

3rd

Welders  ...
Chargemen
Wire  rollers
Planers  ...
Core-makers
Smelters...
Labourers

Copper  and  Brass  Works
Rollers,  1st  men
„  2nd  „
Furnace  men
Brassfounders
Labourers
Needle  Factories  :—
Needle-makers  ...
Pointers
Polishers
Stampers

Textile  Trade  (  Woollen)
W  eavers—male...
„  female
Spinners
Finishers
Dyers
Fullers
Strippers
Pressers  ...

Printing  Trade  :—
Printers  ...
Machine  Compositors—news...
„  „  jobbing
Miscellaneous  Trades  :—
Card-makers—setters  ...
„  finishers
Chemical  workers
Bakers—1st  hands
,,  2nd  ,,  ...  ...
Carmen  ...

46s.  10Æ
37s.  10(7.
30s.
42s.
27s.
26s.  to  30s.
24s.  „  30s.
30s.
21s.  to  24s.
15s.  19s.

22s.  6d.
21s.
21s.
21s.
18s.

24s.
30s.  to  35s.
24s.  „  27s.
30s.

21s.  to  24s.
18s.
20s.  to  25s.
15s.  „  18s.
15s.  „  18s.
18s.  6(7.
16s.  to  18s.
23s.

24s.  9(7.
30s.  11(7.
32s.  2(7.

40s.
25s.  to  27s.
21s.  „  24s.
22s.*
16s.  9(7.*
17s.  to  19s.  6(7.

Weekly  Hours
of  Labour.

72
72
72
72
72
72
59
59
59
60

60
60
60
60
60

50  to  60
50  „60
50  „  60
50,,  60

60
60
60
60
60
66
64&
69

54
48

57i  to  66
57&„66
60

*  10s.  6(7.  being  here  counted  as  the  value  of  board  and  lodging.
The  following  were  the  wages  and  hours  of  labour  of  municipal  employees
at  the  same  date  :—

Weekly  Wages.

Road-making  and  Cleaning
Foremen...
Paviors  ...
Road-makers
Road  sweepers*
Electric  Works  and  Lighting
Engine  men
Stokers  ...
Fitters  and  Installers  ...
Waterworks  .-—
Labourers

24s.  to  36s.
27s.  „  36s.
15s.  6(7.  to  22s.  10(7.
12s.

20s.  5(7.  to  24s.
18s.  to  24s.
27s.

20s.  5(7.

Weekly  Hours
of  Labour.

60
60
60

60
60
60

60

*  The  road  sweepers  are  men  incapable  of  full  work  who  would  otherwise  fall  on  the
poor  rates.
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