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MILK SURVEY OF THE CITY OF ROCHESTER 



TABLE No. 68 

 OFFICERS 



ECONOMIES IN MILK DISTRIBUTION 

 Comparative Wage Scale 



The economies suggested in the above series of tabulations will un- 

 doubtedly be criticised by some on the ground that the wage scale in the 

 different companies is different, and this wage scale is the chief reason 

 for the difference in costs. This possibility has not been overlooked by 

 the Survey. 



It is fully recognized that the difference in wage scales would affect 

 the difference in costs. In the estimates made above it will be remem- 

 bered, however, that the economies suggested have not been based on the 

 cost in dollars, but on the work performed per man hour in the majority 

 of instances. Consequently, these economies are entirely independent of 

 the wage scale, being based on the efficiency of the work performed in 

 the operation and not on the prices paid to the labor. 



In order, however, to completely cover any question concerning the 

 difference in wage scale, there is presented below a statement of the wages- 

 paid by four of the large milk companies of the City of Rochester and 

 by the large milk company in the City of Ottawa, Canada. These wage 

 scales are shown in Table No. 69. 



