| Show ITY THE POOR R COAL MINER MINE beyond p copular belief is the amount of income of some of the workmen in coal mines according accordia to an investigation made by the doston boston news bureau hearin hearing that some of the miners made as much as 15 a day this newspaper be gan g an to search for confirmatory data it sought its inform i tion from a soft coal district in which nonunion non union workmen were employed the data relates to wages paid today not to inflated earnings ear ninos b of the wartime period at the particular company which was investigated invests in vesti 9 abed each man works twenty six days a month the company maintains a general store where livin living b essentials can he be purchased below general store prices it al also so rents living quarters at from 5 to 10 a month provides coal at per ton a physician at a flat rate of per month and hospital service at 50 cents per mo month n th all of which are deducted from the gross earnings of the workman these figures together with the income of workmen are shown in the table printed below the figures of earnings shown below are manifestly selected and do not represent the average z but nevertheless they are actual returns they illustrate the possibilities of financial return for maximum effort the total debits column includes charges cliar b es mentioned above and a living za account at the companas comp anys store and the balance due miner column shows tile the amount of incon income ie of workmen after all of their monthly necessary expenses have been paid 41 4 1 gross total balance occupant Oc cupat wn earnings debits due miner driller driller riller V rD D driller riller V S shooter I 1 7 7 75 sa s1 shooter 1 I S shooter machine 2700 3 88 14 man I 1 n f machine man machine man n 4 03 loader T 2863 08 loader 2940 loader 4 I twill will be noted that the picked underground nien men enumerated above are making all the way froni from 12 to above 20 day and that the balance after all living expenses runs from froh to a year coal mining is not the most agreeable sort of occupy tion but after all it has it its s c compensations 1 |
