420 
REMSCHEID. 
Weekly Wages. 
Weekly Hours 
of Labour. 
Steel and Rolling Works :— 
Smelters, (a) Martin furnaces—1st men 
„ others 
„ (J)) Crucible—1st men 
„ others 
Rollers 
Hammer-smiths 
Fettlers ... 
Rollers' Assistants 
Hammer-smiths’ Assistants 
Labourers ... 
Small-Iron Industry : 
Tool-making :— 
Fitters ... 
Turners ... 
Smiths ... 
Grinders... 
Labourers 
Skate-making :— 
Fitters ... 
Smiths ... 
Pressers ... 
Grinders—wet 
„ dry 
Assemblers 
Labourers 
Saw-making :— 
Fitters ... 
Turners ... 
Smiths ... 
Grinders... 
General sawsmitlis (stamper 
hammerers, dressers, setters, &c.). 
Labourers 
Machine-knife Makers :— 
Fitters, Filers, and Turners 
Pressers and Smiths 
Grinders... 
Hardeners 
s, hardener 
Labourers 
File-making :— 
Fitters ... 
Turners ... 
Smiths ... 
Machine-cutters 
Rasp-cutters 
"Hardeners 
Labourers 
Gimlet-making 
Filers 
Grinders... 
Hardeners 
Labourers 
Food and Drink Trades 
Bakers—1st men 
„ 2nd men 
Brewers ... 
Brewers’ coopers 
„ draymen 
„ labourers 
34s. Id. 
27s. 8d. 
31s. 7d. 
27s. 8(7. 
34s. 9(7. 
45s. 8d. 
27s. 5(7. 
27s. 5(7. 
32s. lid. to 34s. 9(7. 
25s. 6(7. to 28s. 6(7. 
24s. to 31s. 2(7. 
24s. „ 26s. 6(7. 
27s. „ 31s. 5(7. 
30s. 
21s. 
28s. to 30s. 
33s. „ 39s. 
24s. „ 27s. 
30s. „ 36s. 
27s. „ 30s. 
36s. „ 39s. 
20s. „ 25s. 
30s. 
30s. 
24s. to 30s 
36s. 
36a. 
21s. 
26s. 
30s. 
30s. 
27s. 
18s. 
27s. to 33s. 7(7. 
36s. to 42s. 
30s. „ 36s. 
24s. „ 27s. 
24s. 
24s. to 27s. 
18s. ,, 21s. 
28s. 6(7. 
30s. 
18s. 
18s. 
25s.* 
20s. to 22s.* 
27s. 
27s. 
27s. 
22s. 
Printing Trades 
Compositors, Machine-minders, and Pressmen 
Machine compositors—news 
„ „ jobbing 
24s. 9(7. 
30s. 11(7. 
32s. 2d. 
63 
63 
63 
63 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 to 64 
60 „ 64 
60 „ 64 
60 „ 64 
60 „ 64 
60 „ 63 
57 „ 63 
57 „ 63 
60 „ 63 
60 „ 63 
60 63 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
70 
70 
60 
60 
60 
60 
54 
48 
51 
* Including 10s, taken as the value of board and lodging. 
From the above figures it will be seen that wages in Remscheid are fairly 
high. Representing wages at Berlin by 100, the index numbers for Remscheid 
are—for the building trades, 83 for skilled men and 85 for labourers ; for the 
engineering trades, 97 for skilled men and 108 for labourers; and for the 
printing trades, 88.