Full text : Cost of living in German towns

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DRESDEN.

Weekly  Wages.

Weekly  Hours  of
Labour.

Clothing  Trades  :—
Boot  and  Shoe  Manufacture  :—
Lasters  ...  ...  ...  ...
Sole  and  Insole  Workers
Clickers  ...  ...  ...  ...
Finishers
Pressmen
Men  engaged  on  handsewn  work

Printing,  Paper  and  Allied  Trades  :—
Printing  :—
Hand  Compositors,  Machine  Minders  and
Pressmen.
Machine  Compositors,  jobbing  work
„  „  newspaper  work
Manufacture  of  Sensitized  Paper  for  Photographic ­
  Purposes.
Manufacture  of  Cardboard  Goods  :—
Fitters  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...
Bookbinders
Trained  Bookbinders  employed  in  making
imitation  Leather  Handbags.
Food,  Drink  and  Tobacco  Trades  :—
Chocolate  and  Sweetstuff  Industry  :—
Caramel  Boilers
Makers  of  Chocolate  Goods  ...
„  Sugar  Sweetstuffs
„  Gingerbread
Packers  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...
Warehouse  and  Yard  Labourers
Cigarette  Making  ;—
Cigarette  Machinemen
Cigarette  tube  Machinemen  ...
Tobacco-cutters...  ...  ...  ...  ...
Knife-grinders  ...
Day  Labourers  (including  Packers)
Bookbinders  (for  making  cardboard  boxes)
and  Cardboard  Cutters.
Brewing*  :—
Brewers  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...
Coopers  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...
Draymen
Labourers
Bread-baking  (steam)  and  Corn-milling  :—
Bakers  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...
Workmen  employed  in  grain  lofts

Earthenware  and  Cementivare  Industries  :—
Manufacture  of  Dresden  China  :—
Skilled  men  in  the  firing  house  (Firemen)
Throwers
Casters  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...
Painters  ...
Printers  ...
Muffle-furnacemen
Hollow-ware  Makers  ...
„  Pressers
Sorters  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...
Packers  ...
Day  Labourers  ...
Warehousemen

34s.
33s.
30s.
28s.
24s.
24s.

26s.  5d.
34s.  4c?.
33s.  Id.
22s.

25s.
26s.
21s.

49s.
29s.  6é?.
33s.  9c?.
32s.
24s.
27s.
25s.
27s.
24s.
23s.
20s.
32s.

34s.
37s.
26s.  5c?.

26s.  to  28s.
34s.

42s.
35s.
32s.
28s.
27s.
28s.
22s.  to  24s.
19s.

57
57
57
57
57
57

54
54
48
58

59
59
59

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57
57
57
57
57

60
60
60

60-78
60

60
54
54
54
60
60
60
60

*  The  wages  given  include  the  estimated  value  of  free  beer  and  allowances  in  respect
of  rent.
The  wages  index  numbers  for  Dresden,  on  the  basis  of  wages  in  Berlin
being  considered  100,  are  for  the  building  trades,  83  for  skilled  men  and  90  for
labourers  ;  for  the  engineering  trades,  83  for  skilled  men  and  106  for  labourers  ;
and  for  the  printing  trades,  94.
The  following  remarks  may  be  made  as  to  the  above  Table  :—
Building  Trades.—For  bricklayers  and  masons,  carpenters,  joiners  and
labourers,  the  agreement  now  in  force  (since  1st  April,  1905)  remains  valid
            
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