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Table 22. — Range of average daily earnings of timber cutters on different forest 

 units and types of cutting, in the State forests of Upper Bavaria, 1932 l 





Forest units 



Range of earnings - 

 (marks) 



Forest units 



Range of earnings 

 (marks) 



Final 

 crop 



cutting 



Inter- 

 mediate 

 cutting 2 



Final 



crop 



cutting 



Inter- 

 meiiate 

 cutting 2 



3 51 to 4 00 



Number 

 

 3 

 11 



Number 

 3 

 11 

 11 



5.01 to 5.50 



A' umber 

 19 

 9 

 2 



Number 

 9 



4 01 to 4 50 ----- 



5.51 to 6.00 . . . 



5 



4 51 to 5.00 



G.01to6.50 













i Based on unpublished official records. 

 2 T tunning, improvement cutting, etc. 



FOREST WORKERS' WAGES IN WURTTEMBERG 



Standard wage regulations for workers in private forests in Wurt- 

 temberg and Hohenzollern were set forth by the trustee of labor for 

 that district in 1935 (1, v. 17, p. 1186). A minimum hourly wage of 

 40 pf. (about 16 cents) was established for males over 20, with 4 pf. 

 additional for married men or those with dependents. Travel time 

 in excess of 2 hours a day is to be paid for. Piece rates are set so 

 that good workers can earn 10 to 15 percent more than the minimum 

 hourly rate. Additional pay is to be given where the work is especially 

 difficult on account of steep topography or dense, low branches, etc. 

 Leave with pay is to be allowed after the first } T ear; 3 days is allowed 

 if the worker was employed for 200 days in the preceding year, in- 

 creasing by 1 day (up to a maximum of 10 days) for each year's 

 service of 200 days or more. Two days' leave, increasing to 8 days, 

 is allowed for employment of 170 to 200 days a year. In case of 

 death or sickness in the family a worker may take off 8 hours with 

 pay, if he has worked for 8 weeks. When work is stopped by bad 

 weather, workers paid by the hour are entitled to pay for 1 hour 

 more than they actually work. 



The hourly wage rates in the State forests of Wurttemberg between 

 October 1929 and March 1931 were as shown in table 23. These 

 rates, which were the highest reached in Wurttemberg, were practically 

 the same as those in Bavaria during the same period. The wage 

 scales in the different States appear to have been about the same; 

 for example, in January 1932, the top rate for adult men was 55 pf. 

 an hour in Prussia and Bavaria, 56 pf. in Wurttemberg, and 59 pf. in 

 Baden. Wages for boys from 16 to 21 were considerably higher in 

 Baden than in the other States. 



Table 23. — Hourly wage rates for male and female workers in four vjage groups, 

 in the State forests of Wurttemberg, by age classes, October 1929 to March 1931 1 



Age class (years) 



Males 2 



Females 



Group 1 



Group 2 



Group 3 



Group 4 



Group 1 



Group 2 



Group 3 



Group 4 



14 to 16-- 



Pfen n igs 

 31 

 45 

 60 

 75 



Pfennigs 

 29 

 42 

 56 

 70 



Pfennigs 

 27 

 39 

 52 

 65 



Pfen n igs 

 25 

 36 

 48 

 60 



Pfennigs 



Pfennigs 



Pfennigs 



Pfennigs 



16 to 18 



38 

 45 

 49 



35 

 4| 



45 



33 

 39 

 42 



30 



18 to 20-- --. 



36 



Over 20 



39 







1 Based on official reports Ul). Group classification based on local conditions as to living costs, etc. 



2 Married men got 3 pf. additional. 



