| Show trace wages of typesetters in closton ll ofton in tho the typesetting departments of daily newspapers foremans for emens wages range from 30 to 50 per week assistant foremen receive from 0 25 to M 33 per week journeymen journey men on morning papers earn from 20 0 to 30 per week and on after noon papers from 15 to M 5 per week I 1 boys taken as learners must be between I 1 the ays ages of sixteen and seventeen years ears for day or night work but in most of tho the boston offices they do day work only according to the rule of the printers union a boy may go to journey work after four years ears service the pay of a boy runa runs from ta y to 3 per week and the rate of increase in creasa from il 1 to 3 2 per week per year ear each office has its own arrangement for learners girl learners are not taken in newspaper off of icee ficus but women who are competent compositors have situations on some of tha the afternoon papers they ura are paid the samo rates as the men and earn eam from 15 to 1 20 per week proofreaders Proof readers for the morning papers are paid from 18 to 30 per week in the stereotyping stereos ste ping department of the daily newspaper news iper in boston the men are paid from 3 50 to 4 per day foremen are pid paid from ato to 0 6 per day learners are taken into the stereotyping department part ment between betwee n the ages of eighteen and twenty one years in four years they are considered journeymen G 11 bassett in youths companion |
