Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1919 — GETS ONLY $112 PER WEEK [ARTICLE]

GETS ONLY $112 PER WEEK

Downtrodden Calf Skinnei; Obliged to Toil Diligently for 56 Hours for Stipend.

Chicago, HL—Consider the poor, downtrodden calf skinner—likewise the equally poor and equally downtrodden boner of chuck. The calf skinner, diligently plying his trade at the Chicago stock yards, and the boner, of chuck—by diligently wielding a wicked cleaver at the same place—can earn

but a mere trifle of —but here are the official figures: * Carl Meyer, attorney for the packers at the recent wage hearing before Judge■ Alschuler, produced pay vouchers showing the calf skinner received for 56 hours’ work sll2, while the chuck boner received $74 for a 62hour week. Of interest th the general public was the prediction of Meyer that as demobilization continues large quantities of food released by the government for civilian consumption will bring the present peak prices for food down to within the reach of the man less fortunate than the poor, downtrodden calf skinner and the boner of chuck. . w • ••. . ..-