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Show INCREASE I WAGES H TO IRON WORKERS ;, , H A report to tho Department of !.. iH bor covering the six departnnnta of ' '" WSE the Iron and steel Industry bUowa " Wvdt that, whllo not so pronounood us (ji$ the rise In prices, wages Increased Tf elnco May, 1915, as follows: vPm?. In blast furnaces, 52 per cant; In Wffii Bessemer converters, 58 per1 ctut: '' 'Wis In open hearth furnaces, 36 per cent; - ETpS In blooming mlllc, 35 per cent; In ' SJH plate mills, 50 per cent; in uliout SfcfV mills, 95 per cent. " f MsSt In nearly v'cry caso the bureau,.. BHE found men worlitng approximately BH the same numbor or hours per .week jM as in 1916, ' H ' Since this report was compiled H there have been additional Increases - H of approximately 16 per cent, BB . ttieF ' i i . i. r iC" H |