case, for the occupations in which the hours of labor are lowest pay, with but few exceptions, the highest wages. It may be well to say that the data for these tables were in each case taken from the books of the establishments, or else given by someone who is a member of the firm, or who is in its employ and capable of giving them correctly. With very few exceptions, the proprietors of establishments from whom returns were obtained report a greater degree of business activity during 1898 than they have experienced in some years. TABLE 1. Current Graded Weekly Wages and Number of Hours Employed Per Day, 1898. (EACH HEADING REPRESENTS A SEPARATE ESTABLISHMENT) TABLE 1-Continued. Current Graded Weekly Wages and Number of Hours Employed Per Day, 1898. (EACH HEADING REPRESENTS A SEPARATE ESTABLISHMENT) |