Women in the Printing Trades: A Sociological Study.

by Unknown

1895.	Half-Pay Earner.	1895.	Half-Pay Earner.	1895.	Full-Pay Earner.	1896.	Full-Pay Earner.
Week.	s. d.	Week.	s. d.	Week.	s. d.	Week.	s. d.
7	2 5½	25	3 9½	42	16 3	5	12 1
8	3 5½	26	5 0½	43	14 3	6	17 8
9	3 9	27	7 4	44	12 3½	7	10 0
10	4 10	28	2 9½	45	14 4	8	10 2
11	3 9	29	3 5½	46	15 4	9	14 5
12	5 4½	30	5 8½	47	14 4	10	14 3
13	6 8	31	6 5	48	16 5	11	8 3
14	5 8	32	3 3½	49	15 4	12	11 8½
15	2 4	33	2 0	50	12 6½	13	10 1
16	2 7	34	3 9½	51	13 9	14	12 7
17	5 11	35	5 1	52	8 1	15	5 6
18	6 11½	36	7 6			16	9 0
19	6 7½	37	3 3	1896.		17	14 7
20	3 4	38	3 3½	Week.	s. d.	18	14 8
21	2 8½	39	5 10	1	12 4	19	17 10
22	5 6	40	6 0	2	9 8	20	18 6
23	4 11½	41	5 3	3	12 7	21	7 3
24	6 6½			4	9 8	22	9 11
22.—Hand Folder and Sewer in Printing House—continued.
1896.	Full-pay Earner.	1897.	Full-pay Earner.	1898.	Full-pay Earner.	1899.	Full-pay Earner.
Week.	s. d.	Week.	s. d.	Week.	s. d.	Week.	s. d.
23	15 1½	21	14 6½	18	16 10½	15	17 9
24	10 4	22	16 3	19	17 9½	16	18 3
25	13 8	23	19 11	20	15 10	17	14 5
26	10 0½	24	15 10	21	11 6½	18	18 3
27	9 4	25	14 2½	22	15 6	19	19 5
28	12 5	26	13 2	23	10 2	20	15 2
29	5 8	27	16 1½	24	8 11	21	5 5½
30	7 0	28	12 10	25	12 5½	22	12 9
31	11 2	29	9 2	26	18 0	23	19 11
32	13 9	30	9 9½	27	17 4½	24	22 2½
33	18 9½	31	6 4	28	8 6	25	18 4
34	9 0	32	12 9	29	15 8½	26	20 7
35	9 8	33	—	30	9 7	27	18 1½
36	13 3	34	—	31	15 11	28	19 9½
37	11 2½	35	—	32	17 10½	29	17 1
38	11 8	36	13 5½	33	—	30	20 0
39	—	37	8 0	34	—	31	16 6
40	4 5	38	6 8	35	15 5½	32	13 10
41	18 3½	39	7 0	36	19 3	33	22 8
42	10 11½	40	11 2½	37	18 4	34	9 5½
43	10 1	41	15 2	38	18 7	35	—
44	16 6½	42	9 9	39	19 3	36	14 0½
45	14 0	43	10 4	40	23 5	37	20 3½
46	14 8	44	10 2½	41	18 8½	38	19 2
47	3 6½	45	16 4½	42	18 5	39	15 9
48	12 4	46	16 10½	43	12 0	40	18 6
49	12 3½	47	15 10	44	16 9	41	20 0½
50	13 5	48	17 6	45	20 3	42	18 11
51	13 10	49	9 1½	46	18 5	43	17 2
52	7 7	50	15 8	47	15 11½	44	20 5
		51	11 6	48	17 9½	45	18 4
1897.		52	8 8½	49	19 0	46	19 7½
Week.	s. d.	53	7 8	50	18 9½	47	18 5
1	10 3			51	14 5	48	19 9
2	14 1	1898.		52	12 3	49	20 0
3	7 4½	Week.				50	19 3½
4	6 4½	1	17 11	1899.		51	16 6
5	10 6	2	5 0	Week. s. d.		52	9 6½
6	15 4	3	7 6	1	19 1½
7	16 9	4	10 5½	2	19 10	1900.
8	15 2	5	16 7	3	17 11½	Week.
9	14 7	6	12 8	4	8 8	1	14 10
10	14 7	7	11 7	5	15 2	2	19 0½
11	15 3	8	12 11	6	19 8½	3	20 9½
12	18 0	9	16 0	7	16 9	4	19 6½
13	12 0	10	17 5	8	8 9	5	18 6
14	12 9½	11	18 0	9	11 7½	6	22 4
15	15 1	12	16 2	10	17 7	7	21 7
16	8 5	13	13 3½	11	17 5	8	22 0
17	9 7	14	16 8	12	15 0½	9	18 9
18	11 4	15	9 10	13	12 9	10	17 5½
19	18 11½	16	—	14	14 0	11	15 3
20	10 3	17	13 3½

23. FOLDER AND SEWER IN BINDING DEPARTMENT OF PRINTING HOUSE.

Piece Rates—Slow Hand.

1898.			1898.			1898.			1899.
Week.	s.	d.	Week.	s.	d.	Week.	s.	d.	Week.	s.	d.
19	6	8	33	6	2	47	3	3	6	6	2
20	7	11	34	9	1	48	8	9	7	5	9
21	7	11	35	8	3	49	8	3	8	7	11
22	7	6	36	8	0	50	10	9	9	8	3
23	8	7	37	8	10	51	11	8	10	7	10
24	8	10	38	8	3	52	4	10	11	11	8
25	6	0	39	8	11				12	10	11
26	7	1	40	7	11	1899.			13	7	0
27	8	1	41	5	1	Week.	s.	d.	14	4	2
28	6	6	42	4	6	1	7	9	15	7	10
29	8	2	43	2	10	2	8	4	16	7	6
30	7	5	44	6	2	3	5	11	17	9	11
31	5	9	45	6	0	4	8	6	18	4	5
32	9	5	46	1	10	5	8	1

24. HAND FOLDER IN PRINTERS' WAREHOUSE.

Piece Rates.

1898.			1898.			1898.			1898.
Week.	s.	d.	Week.	s.	d.	Week.	s.	d.	Week.	s.	d.
1	19	1	14	15	10	27	29	0	40	14	7
2	22	2	15	16	4	28	26	4	41	20	1
3	20	2	16	20	7	29	19	8	42	18	11
4	17	10	17	22	1	30	29	2	43	21	7
5	22	6	18	23	4	31	18	10	44	22	1
6	19	0	19	29	9	32	19	7	45	20	2
7	22	4	20	27	2	33	22	3	46	18	7
8	21	9	21	27	4	34	19	6	47	18	5
9	19	6	22	20	11	35	19	11	48	21	3
10	20	10	23	27	6	36	19	4	49	24	9
11	19	5	24	20	1	37	19	10	50	27	0
12	19	6	25	21	7	38	20	5	51	21	7
13	23	10	26	24	1	39	—		52	15	5

25. ENVELOPE PACKER.