'A classified table in the report shows. industries arranged in their Fespective rales of wages per hour in nine. years. from 1930" 10 1098. these" industeles, the shipbuilding, printing, "and machinery. Idustries, Jere among the high wage groups. hourly rate of approximately ten Jeents" was. pald in. these. industries,
reeling and cotton spinning workers the Baiom, of the ist the lk wer ebaldl a rate of as low as {rom three to four cents an hour. Of the various industries, the cotton spinning Jemploys the greatest number workers but Is one of the most poorly pata industites: in the city. Inthe Hast two years of the period, that Is in' 1937 and 1038, two industries, 3 [building'and match making, have been [dropped from the investigation due to Jdificulties arising out of the present hostilities.
A similar table of earnings is included in the report as distinct from wage. rates, expressed "in monthly terms rather than In hourly earnings, [The ship-building, printing, and ins chinery industries occupy' the same position as in the case of wage rates, [Workers "In these industries earned {from "$23.98 to $47.63. per month. Earnings for workers in the sie reel ting and match making Industries were the "lowest ranging" from '$6.31 Even at) normal times, it Is ly possible {0 live on such
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