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Show Wages In Austria. Consul J. S. Twclls writes that tho district court of administration at Carlsbad, Austria, has fixed tho unusual un-usual rate of dally wages for laborers who aro subject to state Insurance for sickness and accidents, as follows: Males Foremen, 60 cents per day; others, 40 cents, and apprentices and boyB, 20 cents. Females Women, 28 cents, and Juveniles, 18 cents. Servants Serv-ants of tho stato, 48 cents, except servants serv-ants of the post and telegraph, who receive 44 cents. The order Is to remain re-main In force during 1907, 1908 and 1909. Tho laborers mostly live in tho surrounding villages. Thoy pay from $10 to $20 a year for rent and from 15 to 21 conts a day for subsistence. |