EMPLOYES IN CANADA AND LONDON. 589 



EMPLOYES IN CANADA AND LONDON. 



Page 278 of The Case. 

 (Soo "Loss to United States" and "Loss to Great Britain.") 



EMPLOYES IN CANADA AND UNITED STATES. 



Page 280 of The Case. 



There are now employed in this house in the manufacture of fur ar- 

 ticles about 140 men and women. If we were to 

 lose the seal-skin industry, I do not know what Emil J. stake, p. 530. 

 would become of the business as a whole. It 



would be very seriously crippled. I have signed the name "Estate of 

 John Ruszits," the name under which the business is now carried on, 

 to the annexed statement.* I believe it to be correct in all respects. 

 With regard to the approximate number of people stated fco be em- 

 ployed in the sealskin industry in the United States I will say this, 

 that probably in the fall and winter a greater number, while in sum- 

 mer fewer, are employed; but I believe the number given to fairly 

 represent the average number employed throughout the year. I agree 

 With all that is said by Samuel Ullmann in the last paragraph or sec- 

 tion of his affidavit verified June 21 and hereto annexed. 



In this industry we have constantly employed during the last ten 

 years about forty men and women, who receive 

 average wages of 11.25 to $2 a day. Our "pickers" 52 £ eo ' IL ^adwell, p. 

 get an average of $1.25 for each skin, and they 

 handle about three a day. My pay roll averages about $500 a week. 



Working men and women are employed in the industry of manufac- 

 turing seal-skin articles in the United States as j os . Ullmann ctai.,p. 

 follows: 526. 



Wages per diem. 



a. Fur-cutters (i. e., people wlio trim, repair, and prepare the general 

 shape nt skins) 1,200 $3.50 to $4.50 



b. Nailers (i. e., people who stretch and nail skins into shape on 

 boards) 600 2.00 to 2.50 



c. Sewers and finishers (i. e., people who put the article into final 

 shape) 1,500 1.50 to 2.00 



d. Those who machine skins (£. e. t remove the portion of guard hairs 

 left by the ' ' un hairers ") 60 2. 00 



Total 



The fur-cutters represent skilled labor of a high order. They handle 

 about eight skins a day. 



No account is taken of porters, clerks, salesmen, etc., employed in 

 the large establishments. 



I employ, and for some time past have employed, about 60 workmen, 

 and my pay roll amounts to about $900 a week. 



Most of these workmen can be classed as skilled jos. D. Williams, p. 549. 

 laborers. 



* See affidavit of Jos. Uikuanii et. al. 



