DORTMUND. 
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1Vage s and Hours of Labour in the Principal Occupations, October, 1905. 
Weekly Hour* 
of Labour. 
Weekly Wages. 
Building Trades . 
Bricklayers and masons 
Stonemasons 
Carpenters 
Joiners and cabinetmakers 
Plumbers 
Stucco-workers, independent men 
»> » workshop men 
Labourers 
Coal Mining :— 
Hewers 
Repair hewers 
Trammers, under ground 
„ above ground 
- Coke-workers 
Labourers 
Engineering Trades :— 
Moulders 
Fitters 
Turners ... 
Smiths 
Pattern-makers 
Labourers 
Iron and Steel Works :— 
1st Smelters 
2nd „ 
1st Puddlers 
2nd „ 
1st Welders 
H - ;;; •••' 
Rollers, leading men ... 
„ second men ... 
„ others 
Hammer-smiths 
Converter men, 1st men 
» „ others 
Ore transporters 
Weighmen 
Unloaders 
General labourers 
Boiler-making Works :— 
Angle-iron smiths 
Boilersmiths 
Ri vetters 
Holders-up 
Boilersmiths’ helpers 
Other unskilled labourers 
Beer Breweries :— 
Brewers 
Coopers 
Draymen 
Labourers ... ... 
Br intin g Trades :— 
Compositors, machine minders, pressmen 
Machine compositors, news ... 
„ „ jobbing 
31a. 3d. 
31s. 2d. 
31s. 3d. 
27s. 
28s. 6d. 
36s. 
33s. 
25s. lOd. 
30s. to 36s. 
23s. 3d. to 27s. 
17s. 8d. to 19s. lOd. 
19s. 2d. 
19s. 2d. to 27s. 
18s. 7d. „ 21s. 
36s. 
27s. to 32s. 
27s. » 32s. 
32s. „ 36s. 
27s. » 29s. 
20s. » 23s. 
33s. to 36s. 
24s. „ 27s. 
33s. to 37s. 2d. 
27s. to 30s. 
52s. 5d. to 57s. 
34s. lOd. 
26s. Id. 
57s. to 63s. 
36s. „ 39s. 
27s. to 29s. 5d. 
33s. 
39s. to 45s. 
26s. Id. „ 31s. 3d. 
24s. 8d. to 30s. 
25s. 2d. „ 30s. 
22s. 9d. „ 30s. 
18s. to 21s. 
35s. 9d. to 42s. 
27s. to 33s. 
27s. „ 33s. 
25s. 6d. 
25s. 6d. 
19s. 2d. to 24s. 
26s. 6d. to 31s. 2d. 
26s. 6d. „ 31 s. 2d. 
21s. lid. „ 24s. 3d. 
19s. 2d. ,, 20s. 5d. 
25s. 4d. to 30s. 
31s. 8d. 
32s. lid. 
48t 
48T 
48f 
60 
60 
60 
57 to 60 
57 „ 60 
57 „ 60 
57 „ 60 
57 „ 60 
57 „ 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 
60 
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The wages and hours of labour stated for the building trades are for a full week in 
summer. 
t Exclusive of descent and ascent, making three hours per week additional. 
Wages at Berlin being taken as 100, the index numbers for Dortmund are— 
* or skilled men in the building trades, 84, and for labourers, 101 ; for skilled 
bien in the engineering trades, 90, and for labourers, 99 ; and for skilled men 
in the printing trades, 90.