to worry the people of Minnesota. It doesn't mean that the 

 saw mill is pasisng. 



Figures recently prepared by the bureau of labor in Wash- 

 ington indicate that Minnesota has fallen from sixth to fif- 

 teenth place in the roll of states with respect to the number 

 of employees in the lumber industry, including, of course, the 

 millwork and furniture industry. 



Southern States Gained. 



Louisiana is first in the roll of states and Washington is 

 second. The following states all showed gains in the number 

 of employees: Arkansas, Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee, 

 Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Florida, Vir- 

 ginia, and West Virginia. It is a significant fact that the most 

 substantial gains are recorded in the states south of the 

 Mason and Dixon line. 



The figures published by the bureau of labor are particularly 

 interesting because they give the wage statistics in complete 

 form. The figures are compared with those in years pre- 

 vious. It is a source of gratification that the wages paid in 

 Minnesota are higher on the general average than those paid 

 in most of the states in the Union. In some cases only one 

 state is ahead of Minnesota in the wages paid to the men. 

 While the number of men employed may have decreased ma- 

 terially the wages paid has certainly increased. 



A comparison of the figures will prove of interest to every- 

 one interested in one of Minnesota's chief industries. 



In eight Minnesota mills, 108 carriagemen in 1910 worked 

 60 hours a week at an average wage of 29.66 cents an hour; 

 in 1911 121 received 29.84 cents an hour. In 1912 30 doggers 

 received an average of 23.13 cents an hour; 62 edgermen 30.99 

 cents an hour; and 1,269 laborers 21.99 cents an hour, as 

 compared with 21.42 in 1911, and 21.25 in 1910. 



Wages Well Up. 



In 1912 49 planer feeders received 22.56 cents an hour; 40 

 band sawyers 69.63 cents an hour, a slight decrease from 



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