Table I.-Classified rates of wages per hour in the United States, by years, 1907 to 1912......

26-28

Table II.-Classified rates of wages per hour in each year, by States, 1907 to 1912..

29-40

Table III.-Classified rates of wages per hour in each State, by years, 1907 to 1912..........

41-55

Table IV. Classified nominal full-time hours of work per week in the
United States, by years, 1907 to 1912....

56-58

Table V.Classified nominal full-time hours of work per week in each year, by States, 1907 to 19121....

59-70.3

Table VI. Classified nominal full-time hours of work per week in each.
State, by years, 1907 to 1912.....

71-85

Mill Work (sash, doors, blinds, frames, fixtures, and trim)...

86-122

Table I.-Classified rates of wages per hour in the United States, by years,
1907 to 1912...

99

Table II.—Classified rates of wages per hour in each year, by States,
1907 to 1912....

100-104

Table III.-Classified rates of wages per hour in each State, by years,
1907 to 1912..

105-110

Table IV.-Classified nominal full-time hours of work per week in the
United States, by years, 1907 to 1912......

111

Table V-Classified nominal full-time hours of work per week in each
year, by States, 1907 to 1912..

112-116

Table VI.-Classified nominal full-time hours of work per week in each
State, by years, 1907 to 1912..

117-122

Table I.-Classified rates of wages per hour in the United States, by years,
1907 to 1912................

142-145

Table II.-Classified rates of wages per hour in each year, by States,

1907 to 1912...

146-156

Table III.-Classified rates of wages per hour in each State, by years,

1907 to 1912...

157-166

Furniture Manufacturing-Continued.

Page

Table IV.-Classified nominal full-time hours of work per week in the
United States, by years, 1907 to 1912......

167, 168

Table V-Classified nominal full-time hours of work per week in each year, by States, 1907 to 1912......

169-173

Table VI.-Classified nominal full-time hours of work per week in each
State, by years, 1907 to 1912..

174-178

The field work in connection with the report on lumber manufacturing and on mill work was done by William B. Pettit, John M. Foster, and Charles W. Ellis, and that in connection with the report on furniture manufacturing was done under the immediate charge of Charles A. Bell. The reports were prepared and the field work directed by Fred C. Croxton.

BULLETIN OF THE

U. S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.

WHOLE NO. 129.

WASHINGTON.

AUGUST 14, 1913

WAGES AND HOURS OF LABOR IN LUMBER MANUFACTURING, MILL WORK, AND FURNITURE MANUFACTURING, 1890 TO 1912.

LUMBER MANUFACTURING.

GENERAL SUMMARY.

This study of wages and hours of labor in lumber manufacturing shows rates of wages per hour and nominal full-time hours per week for the years 1907 to 1912, inclusive, and in addition it summarizes data published in previous reports1 of the Bureau of Labor Statistics and thus furnishes a comparison for the 23-year period, 1890 to 1912, inclusive.

This present report and also previous reports show wages and hours of labor for each of the most important occupations in the lumber mills, but do not show data for all occupations in the industry. The occupations for which data are shown in this report are doggers, edgermen, laborers, planer feeders, band sawyers, circular sawyers, gang sawyers, resawyers, setters, and trimmer operators, and these 10 occupations include more than three-fifths of the total employees. Comparing 1912 with certain other years the changes in nominal full-time hours per week, as shown by combining the principal occupations, were as follows:

1 Previous reports of wages and hours of labor in the lumber manufacturing industry have been published by the Bureau as follows: Nineteenth Annual Report, covering 1890 to 1903; Bulletin No. 59 (July, 1905), covering 1903 and 1904; Bulletin No. 65 (July, 1906), covering 1904 and 1905; Bulletin No. 71 (July, 1997) covering 1905 and 1906; and Bulletin No. 77 (July, 1908), covering 1906 and 1907.

The changes in nominal full-time hours per week for each of the principal occupations of the industry during the period from 1907 to 1912, inclusive, are shown in the table which follows:

PER CENT OF CHANGE IN NOMINAL FULL-TIME HOURS PER WEEK, 1912, COMPARED WITH EACH OF THE FIVE YEARS PRECEDING.

Comparing 1912 with certain other years the changes in rates of wages per hour, as shown by combining the principal occupations; were as follows:

The changes in rates of wages per hour for each of the principal occupations of the industry during the period from 1907 to 1912, ⠀ inclusive, are shown in the table which follows:

PER CENT OF CHANGE IN RATES OF WAGES PER HOUR: 1912 COMPARED WITH EACH OF THE 5 YEARS PRECEDING.