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(c)
(i) Men
Following are wages, etc. obtaining in other sections of the textile industry according to recent enquiries:
Where workers are on piece rates the daily earnings for the full number of working hours are given. Weaving (12-hour-day)
Overseers &
Mechanics
(who often act as
Overseers)
Dyers
Warpers
Women Weavers:
N.B.
(power-driven }
(hand-operated)
Warpers
) $150 - $450 per month ✦ food & sometimes lodging.
Bobbin Winders (p.d.)
hand-operated
$30 - $150 per month food & sometimes lodging ( $40 - $150
($3.50 - $10 piece rates $2.50 - $5 (majority)
$6 (a few)
$2 $2.50 piece rates $2.50 - $7 piece rates $2 - $5
$1.80 - $2.50
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Where automatic looms ate installed, earnings will exceed the averages given above according to the number of looms operated by individual worker.
(ii) Knitted Piece Goods (10-hour-day)
Overseers & Į $150 - $400 per month ✦ food & sometimes lodging.
Mechanics )
$30 - $150
$30 - $150
Men
Dyeing
Knitting
Men
"
$6-$10 piece rates
Women
1
$4 - $10* "
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Cutting $30 - $160 per month ✦ food & sometimes lodging
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Rates
Cutting
vests 200 singlets 30c shirts
40 c per doz. 80 c #
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30c
-
80 c
Women Bobbin Winding $3 - $5 daily & piece rates.
Seamers
$2 - $8
*
vesta
10c
-
30c
"
"
Seamers
singlets 15c
40c
幛
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Sewers
$3 - $9
* piece rates
Sewers
shirts 25c 70c vests singlets (35c shirts
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20c 50c
- $1.35
"
Ironers
$3.50 - $9* piece rates
Ironers
vests 15c 40c
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singlets 30c - 60c shirts 30c - 70c
#
Menders
$4 - $6 daily
Button Sewers & )
Thread Trimmers $1.50 - $3.00 piece rates & daily.
(iii) Spinning (11-hour-day)
Unskilled
Semi-skilled
Skilled
Overseers
Chargehands & )
Supervisors
1
Men $2.00
-
4.10
$4.00-8.20
$6.00
$10.50
10.
11.50
•
Women
$2.20 - 4.10) Majority on) Free $4.00 - 7.50) piece rates) quarters.
•
daily
) Food
} subsidise
) to the
$6.00 10. ...
)
value of $12-$
*Probably small percentage only attain the highest figure.
P. meth.
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