Source: BLS, Shows the cost of foodstuffs and other necessities in Greece. Source: Compares 1922 to1940 wage rates for a variety of RR jobs, pp. Source: BLS, Shows the wages of a variety of occupations both in and outside of Copenhagen, Denmark. Source: U.S. BLS. "In this region, I presume that a fee of $200 would be a pretty fair estimate of the surgeon's charge for operation and the after-treatment there would be between the operation and the death of the patient." Source: Lists minimum and maximum daily wages for male and female workers. The legislature rejected all proposals for reform, however. Some occupations covered include telephone operators, waitresses, hotel maids, chambermaids, elevator girls, laundry workers, retail clerks, and factory workers in the wood working industry. 484. Source: BLS, Shows the retail prices of various foodstuffs in 10 large German cities. In West Virginias colliers, miners were paid 49 cents per ton of clean coal, compared with 76 cents in the unionized mines of Ohio. Source: Includes district-specific information and the average output of coal per person per shift. Sporting goods: Coal Miners - West Virginia Taking a mine car out of turnconstituted another grave offense. After a temporary escape to attend grammar school, it was the world he reentered in 1900 as an eighteen-year-old man willing and able to load coal for a miners pay. School and office supplies: Source: This short article about wages in Nanking, China reports barbers' earnings in US dollars. Source: BLS, Shows the minimum hourly wages of various occupations in Brussels. Source: BLS, Shows the average daily wages of day laborers, farm hands, clerks, bookkeepers, government employees, and army members in Lithuania. Believed to be the worst coal mine disaster ever, an explosion at the Bnxh mine in Liaoning province killed 1,549 people in 1942. Data available for additional years inMissouri Farm Census by Counties, Missouri State Dept of Agriculture. Source: Discusses average prices American families were paying for medical care and hospital trips. Source: BLS, Shows the average daily or monthly wages for various occupations in 5 different cities in Brazil. Coal loaders at the face depended on mule drivers and motor men to honor the old tradition of a square turna custom through which colliers sought to control output and equalize earning opportunities by ensuring that each miner would receive the same number of cars during a workday, in the words of a mine industry historian. in FOREIGN COUNTRIES, FOOD 664. Trump blames his predecessors environmentalism for the loss of jobs in Appalachia, but the reality is a long-running product of market forces, not liberal tree-hugging. Before the 1930s, many boys worked in mines. Wages are shown in Mexican pesos. Miners would lie on their backs and use a pick to undercut the coal. Shows prices for articles of clothing sold in 35 retailer shops in twelve cities. Furniture, bookcases, carpets and rugs, curtains, hanging lamps, lightbulbs, table and floor lamps, clocks. Next came preparations for extracting the coal. Girl's: Shows the average weekly hours and hourly wages for workers in the boot and shoe industry. Totals are shown in Canadian dollars. Typical compensation for directors, camera men, editors and more in, Shows typical earnings for reporters, feature writers, sports editors and others, in. Shows data for unskilled male laborers in each of 13 industries, as well as an overall average. The miners dressed in overalls, or bank clothes, for working the coal banks and wore cloth caps fitted with small oil lamps that lit their way in the tunnels. Green miners like Frank Keeney also learned that surviving underground required men to depend upon each other and to honor the wisdom of the most experienced men. PRICES in FOREIGN COUNTRIES, WAGES -- GENERAL SOURCES (all occupations and worker types), WAGES in AIRPLANE and AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING, 1920s. Shows data on the number of nursing school graduates from 1880 to 1929 as well as salary information. Source: BLS Monthly Labor Review (July 1930), Shows the average wages of multiple occupation in the mining industry. FromTHE DEVIL HERE IN THESE HILLS(Atlantic Monthly Press), now out in paperback. Prices are shown in Japanese yen. Retail prices for brick, cement, lumber of various kinds, window glass, shingles, nails and more. Wages are shown in both German marks and contemporary U.S. dollars. Click for more info about the kind of home a family earning less than $2,500 annually could buy in 1928. Source: U.S. Dept of Labor, Compares affordability of food and consumer goods from one year to the next and provides price. Retreat mining was a risky business, but at least the miners engineered these cave-ins. Wages shown in 1930 US dollars. Source: BLS. The strongest, most efficient men earned the most money at the end of the day. Source: BLS, Shows the cost of various foodstuffs in the Riga markets. Shows average dollar amount spent annually in categories such as food, clothing, maintenance of health, personal goods, furniture and more. Source: BLS, Shows the average daily wage in both yen and US dollars. Source: BLS. Report published in 1925 mainly covers wages in manufacturing industries. Source: page 13 in. Compares 1927 and 1913 earnings. Issues of Telephone engineer & management detail rates for telephone service in many states. Details the price of various building materials on pp. Source: U.S. BLS Bulletin, No. 294-295. Scroll forward and back to see the various cities for which average food prices are available. Source: U.S. Federal Trade Commission report. On one hand, the miners discipline and death-defying courage made them ideal industrial soldiers; on the other hand, the qualities the men forged in underground combat with the elementsbravery, fraternal fealty, and group solidarityhardened them for aboveground combat with their employers. Fascinating book that shows various imported items (such as kid gloves, bloomers, silk nightgown, men's pipe, electric flatiron, glass lamp, etc.) Source: Shows the average hourly wage of a variety of jobs both in and outside of Paris. Shows the "living wage" per week for different metropolitan areas of Australia. Many of the reports can be found in. Source: Bulletin #269 of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, "Farm Family Living Among White Owner and Tenant Operators in Wake County," pages 24-28. What Life Is Like Working in Underground Coal Mines in the US Bonus. Source: Howard University, States "the average student probably spends about $700 per year for a college education" and shows, This source shows the cost of funerals and burial in 18 states and in 10 major cities. ), athletic gear, boxing, baseball, & tennis supplies, Prices of articles bought by farmers, 1909-1924, Prices paid by farmers for household items, 1910-1960, Clothing prices paid by farmers, 1910-1960, Women's clothing catalog - B. Altman & Co., Summer 1920. Children's: Wages are shown in 1930 US dollars. Wages are in contemporary US dollars. Coal miners homemade prosthetic leg, about 1950. Source: BLS Monthly Labor Review (September 1932). Compares to national averages. Shows monthly wages based on the ocean routes traveled: San Francisco to points west, and New York City to points south and east. Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, No. At suppertime, youngsters like Frank would sit with the men on a pile of slate and listen as veterans of the mine would sing songs, spin yarns, and tell jokes; they would rib the boys, trick them for laughs, and tell them tall tales of the devilish apparitions that appeared to them down in the hole. Most trapper boys learned how to overcome their fears by watching and listening to the colliers who went underground with them. Prices are shown in contemporary US dollars. Wages are shown in contemporary U.S. dollars. Shows wages and hours of workers in the cotton industry over a 23 year period. If a man died in a mine, they quit work to honor him and to take up a collection for his surviving wife and children. Shows salaries for officers, managers, clerks, operators, etc. This bibliography lists reports that show income, budgets, consumer expenditures, etc. Wages are shown in Danish ore. Shows wage rates for engineers, conductors, passenger baggage men, coal passers, firemen, switch tenders, hostlers, signalmen, station agents, telegraphers, machinists, car cleaners, and more. Regardless of what their state government might or might not do to protect them, the miners of West Virginia had to rely on themselves and their buddies, rather than on company fire bosses and state mine inspectors, whose numbers were few and whose visits were infrequent. A Latvian immigrant and devout member of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Old Believers, Michael Simon wore this cross as he labored in Pennsylvania coal mines. Table shows average tax by acre for each state in 1929. Discusses household expenditures for electricity, and estimates the number of homes that had various electrical appliances (radios, refrigerators, irons, etc.) Lists wages paid to auto mechanics, office workers, window cleaners, barbers and hairdressers, bartenders in saloons, domestic servants, people working in social agencies, and more. One-page table shows average charges for residential electricity each year from 1924-1934, for cities over 50,000 in population. Mentions the wages paid to both skilled and unskilled workers in francs. All of these mines included a main entry, or portal, and a second tunnel, or monkey drift, which provided workers with ventilationa barely adequate suction through a surface grate created by a coal fire that burned all day. Montgomery Ward catalog shows prices of radios and radio supplies on 60+ pages. From, Earnings forveterinarians with governmentjobs, in scientific labs, in sales, or working as. The workday ended at 5:30 in the evening when the sunlight had already faded over the mountains. Wages shown in 1931 US dollars. Covers more than 1,200 cities. Infant's: Prices shown in marks. Source: Shows the weekly wages of various occupations in Vienna. Managers liked immigrants because they worked for low wages. Covers elementary, junior high, and high school teachers in American cities with populations of 2,500 or more. Source: BLS, Shows the daily wages for various occupations in Tokyo. The craftiness and deftness of the best colliers was most evident when they performed the riskiest task of all. HEALTH CARE Shows the average daily wages Greek workers were receiving in metal mines, lignite mines, smelting and refining plants, and quarries. Wages are shown in 1931 US dollars. This series of tables shows the wage distribution and average weekly wages of a variety of industries and occupations in Missouri in 1921. Shows the average monthly wages of multiple occupation in the Alaskan fishing industry. Wages are expressed in both foreign currency and dollars. Prices are shown in Mexican pesos. $180 - $5k. Shows the average daily wages of workers in various industries in Riga as well as other parts of Latvia. Includes a table showing. 25-38. Under these terms, a hard worker could earn $2.00 for ten to twelve hours of labor, if the work was steady. After the Civil War, industrialization meant a nearly limitless demand for anthracite and bituminous coal, and hundreds of thousands of new jobs . Wages are listed in Mexican currency with exchange rate for calculating amounts in U.S. dollars. Board a ship to cross the wave; Mostly covers manufacturing industries (tobacco was prominent), but there is some data for women who worked in mercantile stores, 5-and10-cent stores, and in laundries. Source: BLS, Shows the average wages for an 8 hour work day in Riga within various industry groups. Unskilled labor hired by cities for construction, repair or cleaning of streets. Wages are shown in Spanish pesetas. Mine foremen attempted various forms of industrial discipline to maximize productivity, but in the early 1900s, coal miners experienced little of the supervision foremen and factory managers imposed on workers; in fact, veteran colliers often became surly when a mine foreman came by their place on his little scooter to check on them. This risk increased enormously when inexperienced miners failed to undercut the coal before blasting and took the risk of shooting on the solid.. The failure of a mine boss to dampen the coal dust was the reason the Red Ash mine blew up in 1905, killing thirteen men and boys on Fire Creek. Source: BLS. Shows average value of mortgaged homes, average debt remaining on the mortgages and average interest paid on mortgages annually, for 68 cities of 100,000 or more population. Living room: Meal time was cold, cramped, and wet. In West Virginia's colliers, miners were paid 49 cents per ton of clean coal, compared with 76 cents in the unionized mines of Ohio. Compares wage rates and hours of work for the WWI and WWII eras, focusing specifically on the manufacturing, mining, railroad, printing and maritime industries, as well as farm labor wages. Milk cost an average 33 per half gallon in 1920. White familiesspent an average $103.71/yearon medical care around 1928-1931. Iowa farm houses averaged around 8 rooms and had an average value of $3,043. Coal mining wages - Illinois, 1920. The miners world was dark and dangerous. - Earnings, 1929, Farm workers' wages and income,1909-1938, Male farm labor average wages by state, 1929, Airplane pilot (commercial) - Salary, 1929, Barbers and hairdressers - Earnings, 1929, Baseball, major league - Player and umpiresalaries, 1929, Union wages in construction trades, 1913-1930, Union carpenter wages in selected cities for 1924-1925, Average hourly carpenter wage in U.S. for 1926, Carpenter wages for 1920-1928 for twelve major U.S. cities, Cement industry job wages and hours, 1929, Coal mining jobs - Hours and earnings, 1919-1933, Domestic (household) service - Male workers' wages, Executive salaries in private businesses, 1924, Teachers and principals' salaries by city, 1921-1922, School personnelsalaries by sex in selectedcities, 1926, Teacher's salaries by school level, 1924-1928, Illinois teachers salaries in high schools, 1920-1921, New York state teachers' salaries, 1920-1932, North Carolina teacher salaries by race, 1922, Texas school personnel salaries (white only), 1872-1953, Firemen and fire department salaries by city, 1927, Foundryand machine shop jobs - Wages and hours, 1923-1931, Administrative and supervisors pay in federal government, 1926, Iron and steel industry wages and hours, 1907-193, Lumber industry job wages and hours, 1921-1932, Military pay for officers on active duty - 1926, Mining metals - Wages and hours, 1924 and 1931, Mining - anthracite and bituminous coal, 1922 and 1924, Metalliferous mining job wages and hours, 1924, Nursing - Average salaries for public health and institutional nurses, 1927, Petroleum industry - Wages by occupation and state,1920, Seamen and firemen on ocean ships - Wages, 1914-1918, Slaughtering and meat-packing industry, 1921-1929, Street laborers (unskilled) - Wages and hours, 1928, Telegraph and cable industry - wages and salaries, 1922, Telephone industry - average compensation per employee, 1922, Typical fees charged for veterinary visits are described, 1926 annual salaries for individual veterinarians, Wages for thousands of occupations, indexed alphabetically - 1929, Manufacturing job hours and earnings, 1919-1960, Factory employee average annual wages - 1921, 1923, Industrial home work - Earnings, early 1920s, Automobile tire manufacturing wages, 1923, Motor vehicle industry job wages and hours, 1922-1928, Airplanes and aircraft engines manufacture - Hours and earnings, 1929, Boot, shoe, hosiery and underwear manufacturing wages, 1907-1920, Clothing (men's) manufacturing wages & hours, 1911-1932, Hosiery and underwear manufacturing - Wages & hours, 1907-1932, Woolen and worsted goods manufacturing: 1910 to 1930, Woolen and worsted goods manufacturing, 1907-1922, Furniture manufacturing industry - Wages and hours, 1910-1931, Pottery industry job wages and hours, 1925, Paper box-board industry job wages and hours, 1926, Professional and business women - Salaries and income, 1927, Library assistants - Earnings by city, 1923, Women employed as cleaners, maids, and elevator operators in Washington DC, 1920, Women's wages in the candy industry in St. Louis and Chicago, 1920-1921, Women's wages in candy industry - St. Louis, 1920-1921, Women employed as household servants in Philadelphia - late 1920s, Women's wages, hours, and earnings - South Carolina, 1921, Women in Tennessee industries - Hours, wages and working conditions, 1925, Colorado - Wages by occupation and industry, 1928, Union workers' annual earnings - New Haven CT, 1927, Teenagers' wages by occupation and sex in Detroit, 1922, Wage in the Missouri shoe industry, 1913-1922, Public school employee salaries - New York City, 1928, Ohio - Average annual wages and salaries by occupation, 1916-1932, Development of minimum wage laws in the U.S., 1912-1927, Minimum wage laws of the U.S., construction and operation, 1921, Wages by occupation in Buenos Aires, 1926, Buenos Aries - Average Wages, 1922, 1926, 1928-1929, Minimum wages in Sydney and Melbourne, 1914 and 1921, Wages and cost of living in Austria, 1920, Farm help wages in Canadian provinces by sex, 1920s, Wages by occupation in Canadian cities, 1920, Wages by occupation in Canadian cities, 1921, Wages by occupation in Canadian provinces, 1924-26, Wages and hours of labour - Canada, 1920-1926, Wages in boot and shoe industries in France, 1924, "Real wages" in Germany by industry, 1923, Automobile manufacturing wages in Germany, 1929, Wages and hours in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1924, average weekly earnings by industry and sex, Wages by industry in Great Britain, 1914-1921, Wages in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1924-1928, Wages in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1924-1932, Agricultural trades - Minimum wage in Great Britain, 1920, Building trades - Wages by city in the UK, 1920, Iron and steel industry wages in Great Britain, 1926, Coal miner earnings in Great Britain, 1921-23, Judges of county courts (UK) - Salary, ca. 523. About half of the surveyed penal institutions gave prisoners some compensation, based on its use as incentive toward good work and better behavior, and to provide the convict with a small way to provide for his family. Keep your hand upon the dollar, The strike was officially called to a halt on March the 3rd 1985. For hours on end, a trapper boys ears would take in the strange sounds made by creaking timbers, rattling coal cars, clopping mules, and thudding blasts of explosions deep in the mine, while his eyes would behold surreal sights, like the white bones of ancient fish skeletons and the remains of tropical plants when they were illuminated by the miners lamps. Some picked slate and other debris out of the coal on fast-moving conveyor belts. Coal companies also recruited in Europe. 59-71. Source: BLS. 1920, Wages by occupation - Manchuria, 1920-1921, Daily and monthly wage earnings - Soviet Union, 1926-1927, Average yearly wages in the Soviet Union, 1929-1932, salaries paid school teachers throughout Russia, seldom exceed 12 rubles per month in late 1923, Agricultural wages - Switzerland in 1914, 1921, 1930, Earnings and prices - Switzerland, 1920-1921, Wages in Great Britain, France and Germany (with addendum for Switzerland), Minimum wage legislation in various countries, Comparative wage rates in the U.S. and in foreign countries, 1927, Wages paid on steamships by country and occupation, 1922, wages paid to Chinese and Lascar (Indian or southeast Asian) employees, Farm family incomes in Wake County, North Carolina - 1926, Foods - Average retail prices over time, 1923-36, Foods - Average retail prices across 39 cities, 1920-1928, corn meal, rice, potatoes, granulated sugar, coffee and tea, onions, navy beans, prunes, raisins, canned salmon, evaporated milk, margarine, lard, oats, corn flakes, wheat cereal, macaroni, canned baked beans, canned corn, canned peas, canned tomatoes, bananas, oranges, Food price averages for each year from 1890-1970, Cigarette, cigar and rolling papers - Los Angeles, 1921, Farm houses in Iowa - Value and size, 1923, Sears homes with costs to build, 1908-1939, Cost of materials to build a Sears home, ca. There is also a table showing, Shows the value of multiple currencies in US dollars in the years of.