THE Wages in Utah Coal Mines, December 31, 1924 HE following wage rates, established September 1, 1922, and still in effect December 31, 1924, are taken from Bulletin No. 4 of the Utah Industrial Commission (p. 82): WAGE RATES FOR MINE LABOR IN UTAH IN EFFECT DECEMBER 31, 1924 Rate per ton. TH Wages in Buenos Aires, Argentina HE following figures, showing the average monthly wages paid for clerical and semiprofessional work in Buenos Aires, are taken from a report of the American consul general at Buenos Aires, Argentina, dated April 6, 1925: Stenographers. Bookkeepers Linotype operators. Automobile mechanics.. Pesos (paper) ! 450 250 250-500 320 250 Amendment to British Columbia Hours of Work Act MENDMENTS made by the Parliament of British Columbia Amaking certain exemptions from the eight-hour law of that Province are noted in a consular report dated April 21, 1925. These exceptions are as follows: Lumber industry. Sawmills, planing mills, and shingle mills east of the Cascade Mountains: One hour of overtime per day, or one hour extra per day for five days in order to shorten the hours on one day, the total in neither case to exceed 54 hours per week; where operated by a single shift of engineers, firemen, and oilers, 11⁄2 hours' overtime by these employees "to cover preparatory and complementary work,” The exchange rate of the paper peso on Apr. 6, 1925, was 38.5 cents. in addition to 54 hours per week; in mills west of the Cascades operating night shifts the 48 hours per week may be worked in five nights instead of six, no single shift, however, to exceed 10 hours (this regulation not to apply unless the actual working hours of each employee are limited to 48 hours per week). Lumber and shingle manufacturing: Such overtime as may be necessary by workers in booming operations, handling and transporting lumber for planing to fill urgent orders, or on shipping to fill urgent orders. Logging: All persons employed on booming operations, transporting logs, workmen, or supplies, or in operation and upkeep of donkey engines are exempt from provisions of the act. Establishments using steam power: If operated with single shift of engineers, firemen, and oilers, 11⁄2 hours' overtime per day by these employees for preparatory or complementary work in addition to 54 hours per week. Shipping and ship repairs industry.-Shipping: Such overtime as may be necessary by employees on shipping operations of an intermittent nature to enable the prompt execution of urgent shipping orders. Ship-repair plants, engineering works, machine shops, foundries, welding plants, sheet-metal works, belt works, saw works, and similar repair plants: Employees on work urgent and necessary for the operation of other industries are exempt from provisions of act. Baking industry.-Overtime of 10 hours per month in excess of 48 hours per week by bakers and of 26 hours per month by bakery salesmen. Fishing industry (including canning and manufacture of by-products). All employees exempt from provisions of act. Manufactures. Furniture, bedding, and mattresses: Overtime of 4 hours per week by operators of picking and garneting machines during February to May, and September and October. Wooden boxes or containers for fish, fruit, or vegetables: Such overtime as is necessary during June to October to fill urgent orders. A Wages of Skilled Workers in Costa Rica COMPARISON of the 1915, 1918, 1922, and 1924 wages for skilled workers in Costa Rica, taken from a consular report dated March 23, 1925, is given in the following table: WAGE RATES IN COSTA RICA OF SKILLED WORKERS IN 1915, 1918, 1922, AND 1924 BY THE HOUR AND QUINCENA [Quincena-half a month and varies from 14 to 17 calendar days] 1. 80 16. 50-21.00 11.00-12.00 $2.00 $1.50 $2.10 $2. 10 $22. 00-28. 00 $15. 50-20.00 $19. 74–31. 50 $22. 68–30. 87 18, 54-25, 56 72. 15-90, 00 70. 20-95, 55 47. 70-57. 15 Molders. 2.25 1.90 3.00 3. 00 22. 50-31. 50 20. 90-26.60 47. 25-67. 50 45. 00-62, 00 46. 80-61. 20 28. 42-42.92 26. 10-39, 15 35. 40-44. 40 30. 00-40 00 Wages in Agriculture in Denmark, 1924-25 CONSULAR report from Copenhagen, Denmark, dated April A14, 1925, contains statistics secured in an investigation by the Bureau of Danish Agricultural Economics on farm wages in Denmark, May, 1924, to April, 1925. The data are based on returns from 809 farms as compared with 707 for the previous year.1 The data as to summer wages were secured from 2,106 male agricultural workers and 1,012 female agricultural workers and from 2,056 male workers and 984 female workers for winter wages. Wages vary considerably in the different groups. As compared with wages for 1923-24, the 1924-25 wages of common farm hands represented an increase of from 13 to 20 per cent for the summer and 11 to 15 per cent for the winter. Summer wages for female agricultural workers showed an increase of 9 per cent, and winter wages an increase of 7 per cent. Wages of young girls (indoor workers) increased 2 per cent. The table below shows the summer and winter wages paid to the various groups of agricultural workers in this period: AVERAGE SUMMER AND WINTER WAGES OF AGRICULTURAL WORKERS IN DENMARK, 1924-25 Wages of all classes of male agricultural workers during 1924-25 as compared with 1923-24 show an increase of about 15 per cent, and those of females an increase of about 5 per cent. The following table shows the daily wages of permanent and temporary day laborers in the different seasons, 1923 to 1925: AVERAGE DAILY WAGES OF PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY DAY LABORERS IN DENMARK, 1923 TO 1925 A Wages and Hours of Labor in Milan, Italy, April 1, 1925 RECENT issue of the Municipal Monthly Bulletin of the city of Milan, Italy, contains wage rates, with and without cost-ofliving bonus, current in various industry groups, which are reproduced in the table which follows. The original table shows that the normal hours of labor are 8 per day and 48 per week for each occupation given. WAGE RATES IN VARIOUS OCCUPATIONS IN MILAN, ITALY, APRIL 1, 1925 [Lira at par-19.3 cents; exchange rate varies] URU Eight-hour Day for Uruguayan Seamen 2 RUGUAYAN sailors on national coastwise vessels are to be granted a 48-hour week with one day's rest in seven, either as a whole day or in two half-days, according to a regulation approved by the Uruguayan National Council of Administration on December 26, 1924. By working during rest periods at the rate of four hours' work per half-holiday a total or partial holiday period may be accumulated every three, six, or nine months. On the expiration of his agreement the sailor must be paid for the rest periods or holiday time accumulated in proportion to his wages. Seamen who receive 20 per cent or more of the ships' profits in addition to wages are not included in this regulation. All boats are to keep a record to be approved by an agent of the labor office showing each month the daily working hours and weekly rest periods of the crew. 1 Italy (Milan). Ufficio della Previdenza Sociale. Città di Milano. Milan, March 31, 1925, p. 93. International Labor Office. Industrial and Labor Information, Geneva, May 4, 1925, p. 23. A PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFICIENCY OF LABOR Production on Georgia Farms BULLETIN published by the United States Department of Agriculture gives data furnished by 600 farmers in the coastal plain area of Georgia concerning the acreage and yield of crops of the section and the amount of labor required to produce the crops. The data give the average time used by men and mules in differentsized crews, with different implements, width of rows, and number of furrows for various field and crop operations. A crew consists of the men and mules used to handle a single implement or piece of equipment, or the number of men used for an operation performed by hand. For example, one man and one mule employed at plowing or breaking would be a crew. Crew performance is the amount of work done by a crew in a given time. There are various factors affecting crew performance such as type of soil, topography, weather, size and shape of fields, stumps and stones, etc., so that the performance of crews on different farms in the same area will often vary to a marked degree. In Information was collected in three different sections of the coastal plain area. The differences between the different sections were so slight, however, that the information is considered representative of the entire area. The principal crops, in point of acreage, are cotton, corn, oats, and cowpeas. Since 1910 considerable reduction in the acreage devoted to cotton has taken place in all of the sections. one section there had been a corresponding increase in corn acreage, in another there was an increase in corn and in oats supplemented peanuts, and in the third section there was a reduction in corn acreage as well as in cotton acreage, and cowpeas were grown on a larger acreage than were oats. The following table shows the average number of hours of man and mule labor used per acre on the different crops. The figures include the time spent in every operation from preparing the land to the final disposition of the crop. AVERAGE MAN AND MULE LABOR PER ACRE USED FOR DIFFERENT CROPS United States. Department of Agriculture. Department bulletin No. 1292: Georgia farms (coastal plain area), by L. A. Reynoldson. Washington, 1925. Field and crop labor on 28 pp. |