NATION'S WAGES.
INTERESTING'STATISTICS OP RISE AND FALL. ;Mr. G. R. Askwith, ■, of the British Board! of Trade,' who plays an important role as peacemakei'-in; trade disputes,' is also one of the most! energetio Government officials' in. publishing up-to-date statistics. Thns he issued .in. August a report on the changes of .wajjes and hours of labour in. tho United Kingdom, bringing the information down to the end.of June last.' The result is that he shows that a lengthy-period of, faHing wages' cloifed 'earty'this year and that now wa'gfe are rising, though hours of work are etiLl being shortened. Tho following' shows the net rise or fAfl' in weekly wages-sinco 1596 .. 'fc Tear. Rise.'- ;■ Fall. . \ ■ £ '•'■ jj ■ 1896 26,515 - 1897 ....31,507 —' 1898 . 80,713 . . ~ 1899 90,314 . - 1900 208,590 ■' ' —.■: 1901- - .76,587 1902 .72^95 1903 :...... -' ' .. 38,327 1904 39,230 1805 - ' 2,169 190G ........... 57,897. ' 1907 .: 200,912 1908 ' ..... . ,'59,171 1989 . : ; 63,922 1910 (six 2,790 ~
11l fifteen, years, therefore, workers have fiad .their weekly wages, increased by .£340, The total decrease iu 1909 was £2,757,400, compared . with . .£873,800.. iu 1S08; and an increase, of £5,821,000 in 1907. Over 1,131,500 persons had their wages lowered last year, including builders,' miners, • ironmongers, /and' cotton employees. .
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 961, 31 October 1910, Page 8
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193NATION'S WAGES. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 961, 31 October 1910, Page 8
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