Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1890 — CONSIDER THE FIGURES. [ARTICLE]

CONSIDER THE FIGURES.

*THIXKOF WHAT THEY MEAN TO THE LABORING PEOPLE OF AMERICA! Yo» R**dy for aChAßsre?—Do Yon Want Yoor Wages Scaled Down Fifty Per Cent.! The following table gives the weekly wages in England and the United States of laborers and mechanics in different branches of industry:

Implores. Finland. United States. Bookbinders A® 00 ij® • J 0 "■ Brush-makers - , *9? 15 ...to2o ... Boiler-makers .i.'..... > ‘ Jf *? Brick-makers 3 M JJ 80 Brick layers 8 10 21 Black-milhg. 6 08 13 30 Butchers 6 00 ]f“_ Bakers... .6 2.3, - v 12T7S Blast rj-n'cekcen'rsl JO (» 18... Blast fur ade fillers! 5 SO 14 ... bolt-makers .......... ] 6 SO) 16 50 Bolt cutters. .. -■ * 00, 10 ... Coal-miners— : « B ®j 18 Cottontail hands;-j 4 60| -6 <;. Carpenters.. ! ZiSfr. Js»b Coopers..... ......i _ 60Q 13 25. Carnage-makers..... 6 18 t 025 .. Cutlery 603 12 ...to3o ... Chemicals 400 to 600 13 ... to 16 ... Ciock-awkers 7 00; 18 .- Cabinet-makers .. .. 7 00, 18 ... Karm bards - 8 00] 7 60to-9 .. Clast-blowers 600 to 9 00; 25 ... to 30 ... - partlr skilled 1 *-08 tar? cOj ir-.tats ... *• unskilled 200 to 400 7 ... to 10 ... Glove-makers, girls 250 6 ... to 0 ... Glove-makers, men *4 50,-10 ...tp3o ... Hatter* 600 12 ... to 24 ... itonoe miners 5 50 12... Iron molders . 7 50 15 ... lrott.p. ton.finished 200 to 3 00] 5 31. to B<l Healemaßft rollers 10 OOto 12 00] 20....|U>50 .. Insirunit ut-makt rsLatorers .L. 4 10- .8 ■■ Longshoremen. ... 8 00 15 ••• Linen thread, nien 5 00 7 50 Linen thr d,women 2 35; o 22 Machinists 8 50[ 18 ... M sons- s 00i 21 ... Fruiters, 1000 ems... 20] . 40 Printer*, weekly .... 66j Pattern-makers’..;.... - 7 50 1" • • Paimers 7 50 16 Plumbers 8 00 W - P.asterers .... -— ——• 7 50j —. — 21 ... Potters... 8 67 18 30 Poli-hers 1 On 18 ... I‘aper-tnakers...; 520 12 tcr24 ... Puddlers. per week Sooto 10 00, 18 ... to .0 tjuarrymen ........... 0 00, 12 ... to M Kopein-kers 525 9 ... to 12 Railway engineers. 1 OO 21 Railway firemen ~: 5 00. 12 Shipbuilding-Boiler-makers ... 7 0° 16 lit hints s 7 00 14 15 Coppersmith .;.. 6 50 16 to Platers 8 00 18 Drii'ers S 00 12 •riveters ......... ! 800 1< 40 Riggers 5 uO) 11 Pa tern-makers. 8 00 Salt-makers 600 9 ...to 10 r 0 Silk, men 5 00 10 Bi;k. w0men....... 2 50 6 Scarf-makers 150 to 225 6 ... to 9 Servants,per month 600 15 Shoemakers 6 00 12 Stationar.f engin’rs 760 15 ...to 18 Soap-makers * 600 - 1 1 60 Tonne s 525 8 ...to 10 Teamsters.... 500 12 —to 16 Upholsterers.......... 8 00 18 Watchmakers 8 00 18 Wire-drawers 1100; 22