Show LOW LOVI WAGES PAID THE I WORKMEN IN FRANCE I United States l 11 Miller ler at Rheims made an interesting report recently showing these figures as asto to wages and cost of or living In France M Mechanics of or all classes in France such lIuch as carpenters bla blacksmiths brick bricklayers bricklayers brick brick- layers stonemasons s plasterers etc re receive receive re- re from horn 1 to a day and painters paint paint- ers 80 c cents to 1 a day High-grade High machinists ma ma- may receive a little more snore and andin andin andin in Paris the wages are somewhat higher than In the provinces but not much Common laborers receive from 40 to 50 cents a day The average r price for r dressmakers dressmakers dress dress- g makers r and ird milliners n n is 40 cents ceen a rj day Servants are paid from third one to one- one fourth as much as in the United States and are supplied with inferior Interior living quarters and end food Until the new ten ten- hour law went Into effect a t few feW Y months ago the laboring men menor men of or France worked twelve hours a day They began at 6 a a. a n m. m and quit J at 7 I 1 p. p m m. with I one ero hour hourat hourat at noon women are r not allowed ll to work at night and child labor under 14 years of ot age is prohibited All mechanics in France Trance are obliged to serve erve an an apprenticeship of from two to three years during half halt of ot which pe period period pe- pe nod at least they receive no wages and must board themselves In addition to tom this each h must give up two w years e pf his l ils m lifer life for hm m military m service for which he receives 1 cent a day and board and clothes It will be seen then that every mechanic In France must expend four tour or five years of pf his life without wages before before be be- fore tore he is pr prepared pared to earn earn from 97 cents to Jl 17 a day While the price of or food tood products may vary a n little in the different cities throughout France the following prices per pound for tor Rheims give a fair idea of ot the cost Fillet of or beef bee 50 60 to 80 cents faux fillet 30 to 35 cents rump steak 27 to 35 cents veal 20 to 35 33 cents and mutton 20 to 55 65 cents Some of ot the very lowest grades of or meat suitable for tor making soup for tor the working people may maybe maybe maybe be purchased at from 10 to 15 cents but It Is principally bone Other prices are Horse meat fillet de do chaval 12 to 15 cents horse meat cheat cheap quality 6 to 10 cents flour of ot best quality all wheat 7 to 8 cents flour not all wheat 4 to 5 cents butter 40 to 50 cents cheese 30 to 40 cents cheese a cheap quality for tor working people 8 cents eggs 4 cents each or 48 cents a dozen wood 12 a acord acord acord cord coal oal 8 8 to 9 a ton and gas 5 cents per cubic meter |