By 1910, more Italian immigrants lived in McDowell County than anywhere else in the state. Salary data for teachers, principals and school administrators in New York City, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Detroit, St. Louis, Chicago and Kansas City. Includes drug items, toilet items, and miscellaneous items. Industrial home work was most common in clothing manufacturing and tobacco industries (rolling cigars, etc.) Prices are shown in Mexican pesos. Photographer + writer. Source: BLS, Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, No. During the early 1900s, roof falls in the bituminous coal mines killed an average of 886 workers every year, as compared with the 274 deaths per year caused by explosions and fires. "A good hotel room costs only $4-5 per day while a hospital charges $6 and $7." Some picked slate and other debris out of the coal on fast-moving conveyor belts. This Farmers' Bulletin, Cost of Using Horses on Corn-Belt Farms, goes into great detail about the costs of keeping work horses, including a. Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, No. Shows average value for farm land and buildings from 1850-1982. Most trapper boys learned how to overcome their fears by watching and listening to the colliers who went underground with them. Shows average value per acre for all real estate with buildings, and the value of land alone, by county, for six states: MA, CT, RI , ME, VT and NH. That the presidents persistent nostalgia for a yesteryear America had such visceral effect on rural voters only betrays the entrenched anxiety of a region where decline is a multi-generational way of life. Totals are shown in Canadian dollars. Most of their houses had images of union president John L. Lewis, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Jesus. It may be necessary to read the chapters pertaining to the country, but you can find the actual minimum wages in the discussion. Source: 1934 Statistical Abstract of the United States. Boys discovered that serious men turned into jokers when they toiled underground. Shows average wages (with and without board) by province. Work clothes, work shirts, dress shirts, dress pants, trousers, vests, suits, dress gloves, overcoats, winter coats, fur caps and collars, neck ties, belts and suspenders, caps and hats, nightwear, socks, shoes, boots, pocket knives, pocket watches, toupes, razors, smoking pipes. The mine operators assumed that if they paid a worker according to the number of tons he loaded, they would foster a competitive climate underground; and in a sense, the tonnage system worked this way. Shows the average weekly and hourly wages of different occupations in the Missouri shoe industry between 1913-1922. Source: BLS. 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. Coal industry labor strikes were common from the turn of the century up through the 1930s, as were catastrophic workplace injuries and the prevalence of black lung disease. continue to render these kinds of occupations obsolete. Postal Service. Union wages by occupation and city, 1922-1928, Women's median wages by state and industry, 1910s-1920s, Cigarette packs - Average retail price by brand, 1929, Average college expenses and tuition by institution, 1928, Family budgets by income group, 1918-1930, https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/pricesandwages, Common labor - Average entrance wage rates, 1926-1934, Union wages by occupation and city, 1920-1921, Steam fitters' and sprinkler fitters' helpers, Structural-iron workers: finishers' helpers, Union wages by occupation and city, 1929-1930, Captains, masters, mates, pilots, and engineers, Maintenance-of-way employees: Gang foremen, Maintenance-of-way employees: Assistant gang foremen, Maintenance-of-way employees: Iron workers, Maintenance-of-way employees: Masons, bricklayers, and plasterers, Maintenance-of-way employees: Section laborers, Maintenance-of-way employees: Crossing and bridge flagmen and gatemen, War and postwar wages, prices, and hours, 1914-23 and 1939-44, Urban Negro weekly earnings by sex and occupational class, 1925, Negro wages by occupation - Chicago, 1920, Teacher salaries by race - North Carolina, 1922, Teacher salaries by race - Texas, 1925-1926, Accountants, auditors, bookkeepers, etc. Manufacturing wages -- SEE box further below. Hourly Rate. Includes breakouts for those who lived with the family and those who did not. Fascinating book that shows various imported items (such as kid gloves, bloomers, silk nightgown, men's pipe, electric flatiron, glass lamp, etc.) Describes the labor policy of Canada in the 1920's and throughout the rest of the early 20th century. An open flame provided the only light, and the cloth cap barely kept lamp soot away. Without a match he walked, hands held in front of his body, until, by chance, someone found him and gave him a light. There was little prospect then that coal would be in demand as it is today or that the daily wage of miners would be multiplied 8 to 10 times by 1974. Shows average wages alongside a cost of living index for Germany between 1929-1942. Between 1880 and 1920, southern West Virginias population grew from 93,000 to 446,000, due almost entirely to the coal industry. Knickerbockers, shirts, high school boy's suits, boy's fine suits, overcoats, winter coats, jackets, pajamas, rain coats, caps and hats, shoes. Source: Source: BLS Handbook of Labor Statistics, 1931 edition. Source: AAUP report. HOUSING, FARMS and UTILITIES Corn visited coal mines and mountain communities from Virginia to Tennessee, photographing the working and domestic lives of miner families and their struggles with low wages, unsafe working conditions, and black lung disease. Wages are shown in 1930 US dollars. Shows prices for articles of clothing sold in 35 retailer shops in twelve cities. Boys younger than 12 often worked beside their fathers underground because, in many communities, it was the only paying job available. Others opened large wooden doors just before speeding cars passed through. Shows the hourly, daily, and biannual earnings of different occupations in the Missouri coal industry between 1890-1922. In 1974, the Environmental Protection Agency commissioned photojournalist Jack Corn to document the plight of the American coal miner in Appalachia. Source: BLS. Source: BLS. His salary was paid entirely by coal companies. Chain store prices for a pack of Lucky Strike, Chesterfield, Camel, Old Gold or Piedmont. Source: BLS, Shows the cost of various foodstuffs in the Riga markets. As former miner Gary Bentley of Kentucky remarked in a recent New York Times article, Its not going to make a comeback. Source: BLS, Shows the average daily wages and hours of a variety of occupations in Madrid. Tomorrow night at 9pm PBSs American Experience will broadcast The Mine Wars, based on the book. Wages are shown in Italian lire. Wages are shown in both German marks and contemporary U.S. dollars. Every workingman was supposed to have his turn when it came to getting an empty coal car, because each collier deserved an equal opportunity to get his load to the weigh station. 8836. Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, No. Source: the Historian of the U.S. Each table is for a different New Zealand city. Tools and hardware: - 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. Provides detailed breakouts by occupation. Boy's: See quartile, "Women in Alabama industries: a study of hours, wages and working conditions," Women's Bureau Bulletin #34 (. Source: American Druggist, January 1923 issue. (Jack Corn/EPA) A ppalachian coal production has been on shaky ground almost since the industry's inception in the mid 19th century. House paints, paint brushes, doors & windows, wrench sets, home improvement tools, steel safes, fencing, garden tools, wrenches & other assorted tools, water pumps, plows, milk cans, gasoline-powered generators. In the 1920s decade, 8% to 12%of peopleaged18-21enrolled incollege. Wages are shown in Mexican pesos. In 1984 there were 174 deep coal mines in the UK by 1994 - the year the industry was finally privatized - there were just 15 left. Before the 1920s most miners were independent contractors. Wages are shown in Sweden kronor. Prices shown in marks. But Appalachian coal production peaked in 1918. Describes the labor policy of South Africa in the 1920's and throughout the rest of the early 20th century. This earlier catastrophe outraged Mother Jones, who spoke of it often on her organizing campaign that year, and it had triggered public pressure to improve the states mine safety laws. how much did coal miners get paid in the 1950s. Coal powered industrial America. Wages are shown in pounds, shillings, and pence. Source: BLS, Shows the wage scale for various occupations for Japanese and Chinese workers in Dairen. 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. 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. Managers worried about competition, costs, and controlling workers who spoke multiple languages and labored out of view. Read more Employment in coal mining industry in the United Kingdom (UK) 1920-2021 . 59-71. Safety sign in eight languages, about 1910. In the words of the popular song Miners Lifeguard, written by a miner from Oak Hill, West Virginia: A miners life is like a sailors, Shows data on the number of nursing school graduates from 1880 to 1929 as well as salary information. A mail order catalog for the Fall/Winter season, 1920-1921. In the late 1800s mining was rough physical labor. Source: 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." Check the, Shows the daily rate of Utah coal mining workers in a variety of jobs and occupations. Source: One-page table shows 80 years of average retail prices for bread, milk, eggs and other common food items. 484. 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. Source: BLS. Shows monthly wages based on the ocean routes traveled: San Francisco to points west, and New York City to points south and east. Shows the average weekly wages of NY factory workers every month over a 14 year period. Source: Discusses average prices American families were paying for medical care and hospital trips. One task was to test for the build-up of flammable methane gas. View object record Steam whistle With industrialization, workers lost control of when to start, eat, and end their day. They provided their own equipment and often hired assistants; managers extended credit for supplies like dynamite. Source: U.S. Federal Trade Commission report. Following legal tradition, companies usually placed blame and responsibility for injuries on the workers. Average weekly earnings of male and female workers in the British cotton industry are shown at four periods of time in 1924. Board a ship to cross the wave; Source: BLS, Shows the daily wages of masons, carpenters, stonecutters, painters, shoemakers, and tailors in each of the provincial capitals of Spain. 294-295. Telephones, radios, cameras, kitchen ranges, home electric appliances, record players, music records, sewing machines, fabrics, clothes washers, laundry supplies, vacuum sweepers. This booklet shows prices for hotels and amenities such astelephone, restaurant meals,haircuts, bath house, etc. Shows by county the price of undeveloped land, plow land and farm land. Published 1921. Shows the "living wage" per week for different metropolitan areas of Australia. After they loaded coal from the fallen pillars, the colliers and their helpers pushed their cars out into the main entry as fast as possible before sections of the roof collapsed. Source: BLS. Source: BLS Monthly Labor Review (July 1930). The following is from James Greens The Devil is Here in These Hills. "The sum of $4,000 will buy only a very modest home and even then it will have to be in one of the smaller citiesor in a remote suburb of a large city." Three decades earlier a boy about the same agea newly emancipated slavehad worked in the same minefield. Copy. Sporting goods: Discussion covers the history of minimum wage legislation in Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, Canada, South Africa, Mexico, France, Norway, Argentina, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Uruguay, Hungary, Poland, Italy, and Rumania (Romania) up to 1928. Taken from the 1921 U.S. Department of Agriculture Yearbook, starting on page 804. asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT as 89W detailed information as may be readily available showing the numbers and groupings of employees in the coal mines working at the surface and face, respectively, whose basic rates of pay on 1st November 1973 were below the national average wage of 42 per week ; and how far .