CHEMNITZ.

141

Metal  and  Engineering  Trades  :—
Machine  and  Tool  Making  :
Moulders
Turners
Fitters
Smiths
Patternmakers
Labourers

Weekly  Wages.

of  rotary  and  other  hosiery

Manufacture
frames  :
Turners
Fitters
Men  at  boring  and  planing  machines
Labourers
Boiler  making  and  bridge  construction  :
Angle-iron  smiths
Platers  (boilersmiths)
Platers’  (boilersmith’s)  helpers
Rivetters
Coppersmiths
Textile  Trades:  —
Cotton  Spinners
Cashmere  „
Weavers  of  “  Nottingham  Net  ”
„  „  “Upholstery  Stuff  ”
Hosiery  making  establishments  :
Men  at  hosiery  frames
Packers
Finishers  and  labourers
Cotton  Yarn  Dyeing  :
Skilled  men
Unskilled  men  (who  form  the  great  bulk
of  the  men).
Printing  and  Allied  Trades:—
Hand  Compositors,  Machine  Minders  and
Pressmen.
Machine  Compositors,  jobbing  work
,,  „  newspaper  work
Lithographic  Artists
Lithographers
Process  Printers
Cardboard  Goods  Manufacture  :—
Bookbinders
Labourers
Brewing*  :—
Brewers  and  Coopers

Weekly  Hours  of
Labour.

Small  Breweries
Medium  „

Draymen

Labourers

Large
Small
Medium
Large
Small
Medium
Large

Municipal  Employees  :—
Road  making  and  cleaning  :
Carters  ...  ...  ...  ...
Others  ...  ...  ...  ...
Gasworks  :
Stokers  ...  ...  ...  ...
Yard  labourers
Waterworks  :
Labourers
Electric  light  and  power  supply  station
Enginemen  ...
Firemen  ...  ...
Installators  ...
Fitters...  ...  ...  ...  ...

32s.  to  33s.
24s.  „  26s.
21s.  „  24s.
25s.  „  27s.
14s.  „  17s.

25s.  „  26s.
23s.  „  24s.
21s.
16s.  to  18s.
25s.  „  27s.
24s.  „  25s.
14s.
20s.
25s.  Id.
24s.  to  25s.
21s.
25s.
20s.  to  24s.
22s.  „  25s.
22s.
18s.
24s.
15s.  to  17s.

25s.  id.
32s.  lid
31s.  Sd.
27s  to  29s.
26s.  „  29s.
32s.  „  38s.
19s.
13s.
22s.  to  25s.
24s.  „  27s.
29s.
21s.
22s.
23s.
19s.  6d.
20s.  6d.
22s.  6d.

25s.
18s.
19s.
21s.
16s.  6d.
17s.  6d.
19s.  6d.

20  s.
23s.
28s.  to  30s.
18s.  „  19s.
19s.  „  21s.
33s.
27s.  id.
31s.  id.
27s.  id.

60
60
60
60
60

60  to  62
60  „62
60,,  62
60,,62
60
60
60
60
58&

65
63
60i  to  61£
58  ,,62&
58  „  62&
58  „  62&
60  „  63
60,,  63

54
54
48
50
53
50
62
62
60
60
60

Irregular
60
60
60

54
60
56
60
65
56
56
60
60

*  In  addition  to  the  wages  shown,  men  over  20  are  entitled  to  anything  up  to  10  pints
of  beer  per  day,  and  those  under  20  to  anything  up  to  5  pints  per  day.
From  this  table  it  is  seen  that  wages  at  Chemnitz  are  somewhat  low.
Taking  Berlin  as  100,  the  following  are  jRe  wages  index-numbers  for
Chemnitz  Building  trades,  skilled  men,  fS,  labourers,  80  ;  engineering
trades,  skilled  men,  73,  labourers,  71  ;  printing  trades,  90.