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Show Union Wage Scales' Take Jump in Year WASHINGTON, Feb. C Union wage scales In the general trades in 1910 averaged 17 per cent higher than In 191S; and 55 per cent higher than in 3913, according to a summary issued today "by tho bureau of labor statistics. statis-tics. The regular hours of labor per week in 1919 were five per cent less than In 191S. The figures apply only to persons per-sons employed at time rates, and not to piece workers, and include the bakery, bak-ery, building, stone, metal and mill wood work and printing trades and also chauffeurs and teamsters, freight handlers, laundry workers, thcat.ro hands and waiters. |