Wages (Standard Piece Rates); Board of Trade (Labour Department) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt: ...Within each group the classes of boots produced are further classified, the graduation depending chiefly on the materials used. (1.) The Uniform" Statement (for the Home Trade). Of the above three "statements," it will be sufficient to describe in detail the "uniform" (or minimum) statement of 1890, which is applicable to the great majority of London firms, and is, therefore, far the most important of the London lists for lasters and finishers. The piece-prices are based upon a standard boot or shoe, with a scale of extras or deductions for variations from that standard. Given the form and character of the boot or shoe, the second element in determining the price is the nature of the material.. Women's Work. The following is the description given in the stal ement which came into operation on 23rd March, 1891, of the standard women's boot (size 4): --"Button or balmoral: 1 in. military heel; puff toe; 7 in. at back seam of leg; machine-sewn, channels down; or brass rivets; pumps or welts; finished round strip or black waist." The price paid per pair for lasting or finishing the standard boot is termed the "groundwork price." The materials of which the boot is made are classified according to quality in eight groups, from A. to H. The following is the price of lasting and finishing for each of these groups: --The following table shows the actual classification of the material according to the fist as reprinted in September, 1898. Class. bellies and Material, 1. Glove kid.... 1st 2. Glace kid........ 1st 3. Patent calf........1st 4. Wax calf and box calf.... j--5. Real French straight grain and--levant morocco. 8. Glove and glace lamb....--7. Seal levant........ I--8. Calf kid--9. Glace goat and dongola 10. Cor...