Reports on labour and social conditions in Germany . of labourers, ^j to 4 fr. a day; skilled labourers,4^ to 6j fr. per day; mechanics from 6 to 7 fr. and from7J to 8 fr. per day, highly skilled men from 9 to 10 fr. per the machinery was made either in Germany or the Unitedi^tntes. The manager in charge was an Englishman who camefrom Coventry 13 years ago and taught the people the asserted he would not go back again. In this factory menwere doing work which girls do in Birmingham, Smethwickand Atherstone. Tliev from 7 to 0 , wilhIj hours for meals. Houses cou


Reports on labour and social conditions in Germany . of labourers, ^j to 4 fr. a day; skilled labourers,4^ to 6j fr. per day; mechanics from 6 to 7 fr. and from7J to 8 fr. per day, highly skilled men from 9 to 10 fr. per the machinery was made either in Germany or the Unitedi^tntes. The manager in charge was an Englishman who camefrom Coventry 13 years ago and taught the people the asserted he would not go back again. In this factory menwere doing work which girls do in Birmingham, Smethwickand Atherstone. Tliev from 7 to 0 , wilhIj hours for meals. Houses could be had with half an acreof land for 50 fr. per month, and smaller dwellings could behad with three rooms and a kitchen Avith small garden from20 to 50 fr. a month. We were informed that there was apawnshoj) under State control which charged very low ratesof interest, but which was very little used. T^p to the presenttime there has been no necessity for a labour exchange owiho*to the ever-increasing denumd for labour and the- regular con- Loco. Works at Wildau. Birds-eye view of works and workmenscolony of the Berliner Maschinenbau A. G. BERLIN. ^X ^ ^•s^ ^/^^HHH iWt. ^-^j ^m 4^^^t^ W ^ -?? iBK»iitiTT^ 1 1 1 The Meyer Hof. Workmens Dwellings. BERLIN


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