18 OPERATING PROBLEMS OF THE AMERICAN SHIPOWNER. 
CoMPARISON OF AMERICAN AND BritisH PAy-Rotts—NeEw ScAtz, 1922. 
APRIL 12, 1922. 
Comparison of wages of a steamer of 6,000 gross tons, 3 boilers, coal burning, suitable for general ocean tramping, under the 
British scale, United States Shipping Board scale, and the American Steamship Owners’ Association scale. 
United States United 
S. B. A.S. 0. A. Kingdom 
IMEBIGR.6 adoanobbno do cbacoeded bo udooCoM Doo DoDANOG OOH NCO $270.00 $275.00 45 /- 
MEV g5odabad ooanuabocpoudoouandeosdasoadodoSbanGs000 165.00 165.00 20/10 
eco urnate Weer rerio terete a aalotedetelevateiere ol evensheretsterere 145.00 140.00 16/- 
qtitiglinei@eucossgagonddc0db odode abuoCoDUsdDOUaUOSDEDOO 130.00 125.00 13/- 
Carpenter... 2... 0-22 s sees e eee e teeter enter e cee tenees 65.00 70.00 12/10 
ETS ROMS oe OE ROA e SO RDC ona td PaO RoErcUcTo Donn MUM Nergonaee BM Bos a Bindgage 11/10 
Able seamen (6) ..2. +0002 -2+ececrsr ect eer sesso neens 330.00 285. 00 60/- 
Ordinary seamen (2)... 6. eessee cece eee e cece eee e ees 80. 00 70.00 11/- 
Chief engineer... 0-20. oon, te se ne eee eee eeinssce se: 240.00 250. 00 24/10 
Second engineer... ... 0+. csee ee rece terete cette ett ee 165.00 165.00 20/10 
VUivtal Garesinen gog0eacaq05c00es o900pDObOdaDoNDOONeDO EES 145.00 140.00 16/- 
Bournthsenpineer meister ec ttr tere tell toler 130.00 125.00 13/- 
Deck engineer.............. 00sec mere eect etree esses 70.00 70.00 11/10 
(Orla (EA) soacedoanoaddonocvdobsacnosdu son axacnqaaopaD 195.00 165.00 33/- 
Imi ©) caoddaaqcogo Hgasqgdogcb obo uUdoocKopeopoed 517.50 450.00 94/10 
Coal-passers (3). 0.0. e eee ee cece ere ete e tence terete ees 150.00 120.00 30/- 
BSintenalesoossdgaccsgsuosoponcanoucedoo nooo geuEsa nC OOS 105.00 105.00 14/10 
(Chie weanHeonhabewo da osboudooonoub oucnbUddemome taco L 90. 00 90.00 13/10 
Secondicookaseciiccmececicitecric chert ieeeictlaisk-stereverens 70.00 70.00 9/10 
Meessboys) (3) iieiiete cele oaioleselelelere = eleisisief-inlsietlnioelele)elalesi= 105. 00 90.00 8/10 
IREGHS) a ndacboose bdugoosdHde dpudbanboodooaguoBUnGoOOENS 90.00 90.00 13/10 
$3, 257.50 $3, 060.00 492/- 
Pound sterling converted at $4.37... 6. cee ee ee eee cee eee e eee eee t ete eee ceee EA Resa, cesta) ouoe lore $2, 150.04 
British scale of May 1, 1922 
On S. B. scale On owner’s scale 
lWstioel MEnicdo4 605 SucodnouasbuddesobbaucdnoocouDODDOLGE $3, 257.50 $3, 060.00 
United Kingdom ...........0.02.0-eee eee e cece nse e eee 2, 150.04 2, 150.04 
Difference niche cee keib leks sions terse terecete Lah arin Seon $1, 107.46 $909 .96 
Subsistencesdifference) osc clelssictel= i= evi eiele evel ieielabolereis)=I° sleleiei= 240.00 240.00 
Total monthly differential .............00s+eeeeeeeeeeeee $1, 347.46 $1, 149.96 
Annual differential at 11 months.........-.2..eeeeeeeeee $14, 822.06 $12, 649.56 
There is a specific requirement in this section that the officers shall be divided into three 
watches, and under this system the local inspectors require the same number of engineers as 
licensed deck officers. 
The British Merchant Shipping Act is silent as to the number of unlicensed personnel 
required on board of a British ship, except in the case of emigrant ships which may be 
considered as passenger liners in the transatlantic trade or the liners to India, Australia or 
South Africa. The crewing of these vessels will be dealt with later in this paper. As to 
the licensed officers, I wish to direct your attention to the fact that the requirements are 
not positive or mandatory in the full sense and state as follows: 
“1. Every British foreign-going ship and every British home trade passenger ship, when 
going to sea from any place in the United Kingdom, and every foreign steamship carrying 
