... The Glass Industry: Report on the Cost of Production of Glass in the United States ... by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Govt. print. off.
Published: 1917-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

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ED. 111., Cincinnati, Ohb, Cleveland, Ohio, DMrolt, Mich., Orand Rnnlds, Ulcb., Ind mat Cit^, U}., lUlwaukee, Wla., Ulimeapalls, Mlim., Omaha, Nebr., Ptfnla, 11

Of tlic ;iG occupations shown in this table the highest union scale of Wftftfs for 20, or 55.6 per cent, was 60 cents or over per hour, and for 6 of thoso 20, or 16 j per cent of the total number, it was 75 cents per hour. The avera|i;e ooura per week in 15 of the 36 occupations was 44 hours and in 15 others 48 hours.

Tlie following table, prepared from Table 100, shows for sdect«d oocupations of the glass industry the highest wages per hour, average wages per hour, and average hours per week:

WAGES AND LABOR CONDITIONS.

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Table 95.— ^Highest Wages per Hour, Average Wages per Hour, and Ayer-AGE Hours per Week in Sei^ectbd Occupations in the Glass Industry,

This table shows that in 9 of the occupations, including the 4 occupations in window glass and 3 of the 4 in bottles, the highest wage per hour was $1 and over. In none of the occupations was the highest wage less than 50 cents per hour. The highest average wage per hour was $0.9831 for blowers, window glass, and the lowest was $0.3850 for gatherers, Ughting goods and lamp chimneys. In 10 of the 26 occupations the average wage was over 60 cents per hour.

The range of average hours per week, omitting mold makers, was from 43.5 to 59.

This table also shows that in 19 of the 26 occupations appearing in it the wages were higher than 75 cents per hour, the highest union wages paid in any of the trades shown in Table 94 preceding. la three of them the wages were 100 per cent higher and in two others, they were 66 § per cent higher.

THE GLASS INDUSTRY.

EMPLOYEES BY SEX AND AGE.

The number of employees^ male and female, over and under 16 years of age, in 208 factories during the busy season of their last business year; not including the office force, appears in the following table:

Tablb 96.— ^Number of Male and Female Employees in Factories (Not Oftzcb) Over 16 and Under 16 Years of Aob During the Busy Season.

Establishments making—

Window glass by hand

Window glass by machine

Plate glass

Wire and opalescent goods

Bottles by hand

Bottles by machine

Bottles by hand and machine.

Jars

Tableware, blown

Tableware, blown and pressed.

Lighting |;oods

Lamp chimneys

Miscellaneous articles

Total.

Group.

I

II

III

TV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

XII

XIII

Establishments.

37 12

6

9 25 18 26 13

8

18 17

6 13

208

Male.

Over 16.

5,793 2,398 2,583 1,256 4,450 6,521 8,269 3,069 1,642 6,197 8,582 1,398 1,960

54,118

Under 16.

85

64

290

54

79

407

221

76

62

1,338

Female.

Over 16.

29

194 328 295 242 440 961 1,579 152 521

4,781

Under 16.

10 4 53 61 26

158

Total.

Number.

5,793 2,427 2,583 1,255 4,733 6,913 8,864 3,369 2,214 7,646 10,408 1,626 2,543

60,375

Average.

156.6 202.3 43a5 139.6 189.3 384.1 34a9 259.2 276.8 424.8 612.2 271.0 195l6

29a3

This table shows that of the 60,375 employees reported by the 208 establishments, 54,118, or 89.64 per cent, were males over 16 years of age and 4,761, or 7.89 per cent, were females over 16 years of age. The number of employees, male and female, under 16 years of age was 1,496, or 2.

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