Time-Rates of Wages and Hours of Labor in Certain Occupations on October 1, 1911 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Time-Rates of Wages and Hours of Labor in Certain Occupations on October 1, 1911In those industries which were made the subject of special investiga. Tion, the occupations essential or peculiar to the industry are shown as well as other occupations not peculiar and in some ways not essential to the manu factures carried on, and also such general occupations as carpenters, masons, machinists, painters, plumbers, etc, who are usually engaged, not in making the manufactured article, but in building and repairing factories, machinery, and tools, and in adjusting the heating and lighting apparatus, etc. The doing of this work by regular employees rather than by outside contractors appears to be generally prevalent in all but the smaller establishments.Helpers, general workers, laborers, errand boys, etc, abound ln all indus tries, with some apprentices. In most instances helpers have more skill than laborers. General workers often do a variety of work, some of it approach ing the border line of skill, and in some cases may be said to be above the grade of common laborers.In all cases the authority for the rates embodied in this report is stated in the headings to the tables.It should be borne in mind by the reader that this presentation does not take account of the earnings resulting from a contraction or expansion of the volume of employment and contains no account of piece-rates.The classification of occupations and industries used in this report differs from that used in previous reports and is based on the classification adopted by the United States Bureau of the Census for its tabulations of statistics of manufactures and occupations.The following table shows the revised arrangement of the industries.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.