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Ling ‘ton ’ob- the ' on len- ion of tch ill .- Anal”!!! aim“ Wag“ The comparative “we. of VIM rec-utiy published by that Uninod‘ sum first: at fisher and an titties allow “at, during the iuij Iva years, vi‘gi's hs'vo risen and hours have been shortened botb‘ in our country and abroad] Wages are 'inuch higher, and boom much ahnrter.-in ihu U niird Blues than in Europe. ' The awr- age work-(in‘yfflr eivm trades-- boilerworkvru, machinists, hm; layers; carpenters. (Humlnmilors painters, plumbers,‘ ll’Ull- moulded-n! nod carriers. stone- -cntters, and contain" laimrvrsvais - nine hunts? in this «ounirs. eight and n lmif1 in Great Britain tau In GPTUIRlljw and between ten and eleven in; France and Bvigium. Thu aver-1 age huurly wagnsnf [hPSP trades} in this country is 35.1 cents. 17.31 cents in Great. Britain, 10.5 c'c-nta in Germany. {3 cents in Francr,‘ and (5 cents in Belgium. In other words wages are nearly twive- as big lwre as in England three times as big as in Germany. and new, six times F.“ big as in Bei~ gium, which, in propurtion to its aim and oui’pnt is probably ihe greatest manufacturing country in Ih'e world. The American common laborer receives higher wages than the skilled German or French workman, and ahnost twine as mad: as theskiiik’d ’Béi- grum_ ‘ ‘It is nogafiortby, (on, first the greatest differences in wages between the. diflénnt countries apnenr in trndes whiéii haw: no iar‘iff or other governmen‘iprotec- tion. ‘1‘!» must sigxiificeut fact about Amenoan wages is 1129 yumIL ar- Brick layers fur iustutme,’ new“; twiceéeumch an hour as machin- ists. Pfoba bly thisdifferenév is due to the activity of'the uniuusiu some of the trades in which th‘ere is such an increase For 11hr European countries, there is war} little dttferenCe between the wage- lexels of the various trades, and the' wages .of common laborers more nearly approach the wages of skilled workmen than ~in the United States. But the mist important fact shuw‘n by these compantive ata- tistics is the great superiority oi the American laborer and me. clunii 9m ”Jaw ~. or can- timul ussikingmen in the name Tradesrfimuu vote, the wage: which a m- m Winn vary almost uxueth with his capacity and wmoulh nfficlency. I But an qu'ed ’t‘imléwx nui .Imgu so i the yearly , But an Mien-sting question is presented nkethvr some of our Wadi-s uuL - s hive um. pushed. wages m in",fh as «gmntlv to l» mu ihe year!) income of their mem- bers. If a man receive (any) #3 n dh). and Have work (or 300 «nysn year he will make 8900. But, en n though he receive 35 | day, if In he idle half his time bGC‘Inse (If rink”; and luckuuml and the dimil at? on of work. he‘ um receive only $750 per year 3 Some of the building-trade unio us have now for several years [11th this very great mistake. For this reason, the scales of wages as com- puted by the Bureau imply a- grenter degree of prosperity than many skiIh- cl workme u now enjoy -â€"[‘[‘be WnrM’ a Work. A rupurt imam-:1 by we Canadian Manufacturers Associatidn'shows a Scarcity, hi 6 ,717 'men, warm-Ii, “and cbiidren winters m the fact; cries centrofled b3 tha members 0f the Anwin'inn. ’ ‘ « . 22$ A 'Full Line at Shade and Fruit Trees. Shrubbery. and Ornamental Stock. 0 11‘] W cm. ‘ '. ' "Smtséce, :EERFIEKI‘IB, ILL. F‘ 0‘ CLAVEY’ Prop. Th9 Bayinia NurSery w There are 30 of thage Album in 11!.th containing sixteen fine Immune news and («mud in heavy feitsbmt cove“. They tea published at the m of one n week. beginning Angus: m. The Amman: y be W one at a time or the whale Set of a: at once. , These superb Albums should be in every American home, and we huge arranged to place them within the reach of our finders so that EVERY ORE may have them. Sheridan Réad Nev’vsâ€"Letter My Concrete is mixed by a McKelvey Mixer. - The result is that it is properly done. Information and Estimates given. GRAVEL AND CINDERS FOR SALE Phone 4” u _ GENERAL CONTRACTOR Cement Sidewalks and Basement Floors Laid THE RELIABLELAUNDRY DON’T...“ WORLD’S FAIR ART ALBUMS THE WONDERS AND GLORIES OF THE GREAT WORLD’S FAIR. IN ARTISTIC FORM FOR PERMANENT PBESERVATKON Edward M. Lang 4-." In“ A ; m“ . Ann“ The Finest Stock in $01 them Illinois State Bawmlogiat each your. bet I find estimates on your work. “Wear Your Life Away” trying to do ‘ washing in your own home this hot” weather ‘ will do it for you. Get their. “Rough, Dry” or “Family List,” and .sajc' ST. PETER 3:205... Props?“ ONLY 15: PER ALBUM aendmwordernow. ‘ "’ WE HAVE THEM FOR SALE $.53 ,. "Hi" ‘x'xm :1 Inspected by the glib you price. Highland