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Show 1ES EMS COSTJF RMOS Director Says More Employees Em-ployees Are Used and Wages Higher. WASHINGTON. Nov. 18 While It h coat more to operate the rallnaH under government contr"!, the government Is not only using mnre cmployeoa. but la paying them higher wage and they are working arwrtrr hours. Director General Hines informed tho senate today In response re-sponse to g resolution aaktng for that Information. In July there waji an Increase of 11.2 per cent In employees over December. 1917, and the working hours showed u decrease of 3.9 per rent. Tho average dally pay of employees in July was $4.'j2. agninHt 12. a2. This Increase Mr. Hines estimated at FlJ per cent, although h thought cor-r cor-r noted estimatCH would Increase: It to per cent. The rf port alao shows that the average monthly compensation for all employees. Including the Increase recently given shopmen, was $121.60 In July, nn Increase In-crease of 3S.3 p-r cent over December and 45.8 per cent over the wage for the calendar year of 1917. "It will be observed. " th report said, "that. Vratla the amount of lnb.-r which the government ba j.nld for. an measure') mea-sure') by hours paid for. has decreased, there haa been nn Incroase In the number num-ber of employees. This Is duo to the fact that the general establishment of tho eight -hour basis hns necessitated a lnr-r number of employees to perform (he sam number of hours of Fcrvlca." |