SUCCESSFULLY WITH FOREIGN SHIPS? 



Creix) List and Monthly Wages, Vessel of S,SOO Tons Deadiueight 



199 



Deck Department 



Master 



First officer 



Second officer 



Third officer 



Boatswain 



Carpenter 



Able seamen 



Ordinary seamen 



Young man 



Engine Department 



Chief engineer 



First engineer 



Second engineer 



Third engineer 



Firemen 



Coal-passers 



Boy 



Stenuard Department 



Steward 



First cook 



Boy 



Total crew 



Norwegian 



No. 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 5 

 5 

 1 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



11 

 4 

 1 



1 

 1 

 1 



40 



Wages 



Amount 



Total wages per month . 



Total 



f 1,475 



1,672 



231 



|3, 378 



Basis of Compilation of Above Figures: 



Exchange rate used to convert to American money — Kroner = .26 



Per cent of American scale 64 



* Estimated. 



On May 1 last the pay of engineers, sailors, firemen and stewards on American mer- 

 chant vessels, government owned and privately owned, was reduced by an average of about 

 IS per cent. The ensuing strike was quickly and easily won by the Shipping Board and pri- 

 vate shipping companies. On August 1, 1921, the pay of the deck officers of American 

 merchant vessels was reduced about 15 per cent, so far as mates were concerned. The pay 

 of masters, with their greater responsibility, was reduced less, or not at all. Early in May a 

 reduction in the wage scale of British officers and men became effective without a general 



