Show DEPARTMENT COMPILES INTERESTING fiGURES Wages and Hours of Labor in Mens Men's Clothing and Cigar Industries The bureau of ot labor statistics of ot the United States department of labor has Just published as LS bulletin No a report on 01 wages and hours of ot labor In Inthe Inthe inthe the manufacture of ot mens men's ready mado clothing and In cigar manufacturing Tho The report is based on information ob obtained obtained ob- ob tatTled from the principal representative tive establishments In these Industries Comparative Q figures aro given for tor the years 1911 1912 and 1913 In the tho clothing Industry time full tul weekly earnings earninGs In 1913 were wore 83 per cent higher than in 1912 and cent higher than in n 1911 full l hours or ot lubor labor In were 61 ol 1 U ful-U per CI lower than in 1912 and 53 63 per CI C lower than in 1911 and ad rates rates of ws wa wai or earnings per hour in 1913 1915 were I 1 per coat cent higher than tha in 1912 and I 1 per per ce cent higher than in 1911 In cigar manufacturing the wi wal wai E per pr hour in n 19 1913 were ere 46 45 5 p per ncr r i ci C rugner than in lii 1912 and 88 SS per per c c higher than In 1911 While regu rog hours are worked In some cigar ar tl fi tories in many factories no reg resu hours are ae observed the employees I Ing and ond coming coming coming- as a they desire desire so man many of ot the factories have no rj rei lar tar hours of labor to which must conform it was waa was not practical to present figures for tor time full hour tul hour labor per week nor for tOr time full w wee we ly earnings The clothing data for tor 1913 IUS was wai e c tamed from shops operated operated by Jost J I ost establishments and cover over 18 employees The average time full tul w wee ly h earnings in tho the principal In this Industry In 1918 were ai as t. t lows Iowa r coat coat male 11 Ill 1 Basters Baster all aU shops ter female ale f. f I t and tailors male male H U Cu Cutters cloth hand band handl male 23 1 21 Cutters cloth mach machine ne mal 12 22 Examiners rs male malo ma 15 If Fitters or trimmers trImmer coat male 17 11 Hand sewers sewer coat coat male coat 1 13 13 Hand sewers all al shops female 9 Operators a all al 1 shops male 1 16 Operators al all shops female 10 Pressers all al shops male IE 16 15 The Tho average for tor all al shops hop ab aba covers coat coat pants and vest shops shop l lures Lii t ures uras for which are presented ly In the bulletin buletin 1 Th The rhe prevailing hours hour per week I f cutters In 1913 were forty eight ax al the average vergo about forty In tl 1 other occupations the time full tul ho hoper houper boa hou per week averaged about two fifty two i ia at al ata a half halt Only a very few tew shops shop worked over four fifty four hours per w wee The principal cities cites producing mi moe mee made factory clothing clothing- are New Yc Chicago Baltimore Philadelphia j Hi chester cheater Cincinnati and Boston are aro given for each of these thes cities B se In tho the bulletin The cigar manufacturing data Li 1913 was wan obtained from establish monte ments and ad covers coven employees TI average a earnings per hour In the pt pris cipal occupations In this Industry il I 1913 were f Banders t female male 01 Ole Hunch Bunch makers maker hand had male 30 3 Bunch makers hand female X S Bunch makers machine hand female emale teale 2 20 O hand nand ma male nel e 31 3 hand han female 26 25 2 Packers male 4 Packers female 2 Rollers hand male So 30 S Rollers hand female 8 2 Rollers Holers female 18 1 Stammers Stemmers or str strippers male 1 16 or strippers female 1 1 12 1 Th The cigar cities clUes are New Now York Tampa phia Detroit Chicago Chicago- Pittsburgh h B and C Cincinnati i if f |