56 
ASCHAFFENBURG. 
Waqes and Hours of Labour in the Principal Occupations, October, 1905. 
Weekly Hours 
of Labour. 
Weekly Wages. 
Building Trades* :— 
Bricklayers and Masons 
Stonemasons 
Carpenters ... 
Joiners and Cabinetmakers ... 
Plumbers 
Stucco-workers... 
Plasterers 
Painters ... 
Labourers 
Engineering Trades :— 
Moulders 
Fitters ... 
Turners .. 
Smiths ... 
Pattern-makers... 
Copper rollers ... 
Coppersmiths at hammer 
Labourers 
Coloured Paper Industry :— 
Machine men ... 
Colourers 
Brushers 
Polishers 
Rollers ... 
Printers ... 
Marblers... 
Labourers 
Food and Drink Trades :— 
Bakers, 1st men 
,, 2nd ,, ... ... ... 
,, 3rd ,, ... « » ••• 
Brewers ... ... ... ••• ••• 
Brewers coopers ... ... ... ... 
„ labourers 
Draymen 
Printing Trades :— 
Compositors, Machine minders,and Pressmen 
Machine compositors—news 
„ „ jobbing 
Wood Pulp Industry .— 
Boilers ... 
Labourers 
24s. to 25s. 2d. 
24s. 4(7. 
22s. 10(7. 
19s. 2d. 
21 s. 
36s. 
21s. Id. 
27s. 
19s. 2d. to 19s. 10(7. 
24s. 
21s. to 24s. 
21s. 
21s. to 24s. 
21s. „ 24s. 
30s. 
42s. to 48s. 
18s. 
21s. Id. to 24s. 
21s. and 22s. 
18s. to 20s. 
18s. „ 21s. 
20s. „ 26s. 
25s. „ 27s. 
22s. and 23s. 
16s. 10d. to 20s. 
23s.f 
20s.t 
19s.| 
28s. 2d.% 
28s. 2d.% 
25s. 4<74 
26s. 2d.% 
22s. 6(7. 
28s. 2d. 
29s. 3(7. 
30s. to 36s. 
18s. „ 24s. 
60 
54 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
54 
48 
54 
60 
60 
* The wages and hours of labour stated for the building trades are for a full week in 
summer. 
t Including board and lodging, reckoned at 10s. 
J Including the value of the beer allowance. 
The wages of municipal workpeople were as follows at the same date :— 
Weekly Wages. 
Weekly Hours 
of Labour. 
Road Making and Cleaning :■ 
Foremen... 
Road makers 
Gasworks : — 
Foremen 
Stokers ... 
Labourers 
Waterworks :— 
Labourers 
16s. to 19s. 10(7. 
14s. 3Æ „ 16s. 6(7. 
28s. 10(7. 
24s. 
18s. 
18s. 
57 
57 
57 
72 
60 
60 
From the above Table it will be seen that wages at Aschaffenburg are very 
low. Representing wages at Berlin by 100, the index numbers for Aschaffen 
burg are—for the building trades, 71 for skilled men and 76 for labourers, 
for the engineering trades 65 for skilled men and 83 for labourers and for the 
printing trades, 80.