LABOR AND WAGES.
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| Turners, per day | $ 75 | to | $1 00 |
| Farriers, locksmiths, silversmiths (generally included in blacksmithing), per day | 75 | to | 1 00 |
| Tinners, per day | 75 | to | 87½ |
| Plumbers and gas-fitters, per day | 75 | to | 1 00 |
| Pattern-makers, molders (in foundries are paid by the piece), gilders, per day | 75 | to | 1 25 |
| Coach-makers, per day | 1 50 | to | 2 00 |
| Harness-makers and saddlers, per day | 75 | to | 1 00 |
| Stone-masons, stone-cutters, brick-layers (all under the same heading), per day | 75 | to | 1 25 |
| House-painters, per day | 75 | to | 1 25 |
| Quarry-men (paid by the piece), common laborers (peons), per day | 37½ | to | 50 |
| Porters, or cargadores, a course, per day | 12½ | to | 50 |
| Plasterers, plain and ornamental (per day) | 1 25 | to | 1 50 |
| Tailors (equivalent to per diem) | 1 00 | to | 1 50 |
| Hatters (equivalent to per diem) | 87½ | to | 1 00 |
| Cigar-makers (chiefly women), per diem | 50 | to | 1 00 |
| Seamstresses (per diem) | 37½ | to | 50 |
| Cotton spinners and weavers, woolen spinners and weavers (paid by the piece, equivalent to per diem) | 1 00 | ||
| Factory-hands (per day) | 50 | to | 75 |
| Engine-drivers (per day) | 1 00 | to | 1 50 |
| Stokers (per day) | 87½ | to | 1 50 |
| Railway conductors (per day) | 1 00 | ||
| Machinists (per day) | 1 00 | to | 1 75 |
| Printers (equivalent to per diem) | 1 00 | to | 2 00 |
In the trades and occupations which may have been omitted in the above list, the current wages of journey-men will be found to vary but little from the average given. Skilled workmen from abroad are now frequently imported at conventional prices much higher than the foregoing.
N. B. — Foreigners intending to employ native laborers are strongly advised to put them under the control of a
