ALIEN LIFE IN ENGLAND.
STARVATION WAGES. There are some interesting sidelights on the alien menace in England in “The Soul Market,” by Olive Christian Malvery. Here is an extra ct: These are the wages the Italians look for on coming to this country: Brass workers, average per day, Is ‘Bd. Founders, 2s 6d. Machinists, 2s 3d. Masons, 2s 3d. Carpenters, 2s 3d. Workers in chemical products, 2s 6d. Workers in cotton, Is 3d. Workers in wool, Is 4d. Miners, Is 3d. Farm labourers, under contract, Bd. Farm labourers, not under contract, sd. Women workers in silk, 6d. Women workers in cotton, lOd. ’Woman workers in wool, lOd. Women workers in the country, sd.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 48, 25 February 1913, Page 8
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