. The relationship between rates of pay and earnings and the cost of living in the anthracite industry of Pennsylvania . e shows the number of employees receivingweekly wages below $10, and in groups of $2 increments, for1916, 1917 and 1918. The chart follov/ing the table shows thesame figures graphically. ANTHRACITE EARNINGS REPORTED BY PENNSYLVANIA WORKMENSCOMPENSATION COMMISSION 1916 1917 1918 Employees Recciviiig Num- Under $10 289 $10. and under $12 277 $12. and under $14 387 $14. and under $16 348 $16. and under $18 172 $18. and under $20 63 $20. and under $22 53 $22. and under $24 33 $2
. The relationship between rates of pay and earnings and the cost of living in the anthracite industry of Pennsylvania . e shows the number of employees receivingweekly wages below $10, and in groups of $2 increments, for1916, 1917 and 1918. The chart follov/ing the table shows thesame figures graphically. ANTHRACITE EARNINGS REPORTED BY PENNSYLVANIA WORKMENSCOMPENSATION COMMISSION 1916 1917 1918 Employees Recciviiig Num- Under $10 289 $10. and under $12 277 $12. and under $14 387 $14. and under $16 348 $16. and under $18 172 $18. and under $20 63 $20. and under $22 53 $22. and under $24 33 $24. and under $26 21 $26. and under $28 11 $28. and under $30 9 $30. and under $32 5 $32. and under $34 0 $34. and under $40 4 $40. and over 4 Per Num- Per Num- Per Cent. ber Cent ber Cent 279 133 311 172 372 111 297 260 263 203 144 246 102 144 84 79 44 64 25 41 7 38 9 19 3 18 9 21 4 6 Total 1,696 1,953 1,555 18. 19 The Pennsylvania Department of Internal Affairs reportedaverage yearly earnings for anthracite workers for the yearsfrom 1903 to 1912, inclusive. A table of these earnings figures, however, are not as reliable as the figures computedfrom the survey of the United States Bureau of Labor Statisticsnor are they as reliable as the figures reported by the WorkmensCompensation Commission. AVERAGE YEARLY EARNINGSPENNSYLVANIA ANTHRACITE MINES 1912 1911 1910 1909 1908 1907 1906 1905 1904 1903 1902 Miners 729 744 711 651 673 717 641 690 685 701 496 Minerslaborers 496 510 468 441 387 489 421 458 462 447 .... Other inside men 541 558 526 489 505 574 463 530 781 \ .f., oro Boys, inside 286 272 182 220 229 267 241 242 241 / ^^^ ^^^ Outside workmen 527 535 541 482 500 558 494 543 542 480 306 Breaker employees. .. 358 374 329 323 329 422 1 ori 907 077 00 ^ Boys, outsi
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