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Foreign News
October 30, 1927
Douglas Daily Dispatch
Douglas, Cochise County, Arizona
What is this article about?
Paris newspaper investigation reveals envelope addressers, mostly white-collar civil servants supplementing incomes, earn three cents per hour—France's lowest wage—producing 1000 envelopes daily for 24 cents.
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Paris Penmen Paid Three Cents an Hour
PARIS (P)—Three cents an hour for addressing envelopes is said to be the lowest wage scale in France. An actual test of the work was made by a newspaper investigator as part of the paper's social service survey. Nearly all of the workers were described as "white collar" people, many of them civil service employes trying to supplement small incomes. It was found that the average rate paid for addressing envelopes in longhand for circular houses was six francs a thousand. Inquiry among the workers and a long test by a good penman gave the production in an eight-hour day as 1000 addressed envelopes, for which was paid six francs or 24 cents.
PARIS (P)—Three cents an hour for addressing envelopes is said to be the lowest wage scale in France. An actual test of the work was made by a newspaper investigator as part of the paper's social service survey. Nearly all of the workers were described as "white collar" people, many of them civil service employes trying to supplement small incomes. It was found that the average rate paid for addressing envelopes in longhand for circular houses was six francs a thousand. Inquiry among the workers and a long test by a good penman gave the production in an eight-hour day as 1000 addressed envelopes, for which was paid six francs or 24 cents.
What sub-type of article is it?
Economic
What keywords are associated?
Paris Wages
Envelope Addressing
Low Wage Workers
France Economy
White Collar Labor
Where did it happen?
Paris, France
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Paris, France
Outcome
lowest wage scale in france: three cents per hour; 1000 envelopes per eight-hour day for six francs (24 cents)
Event Details
Newspaper investigator tested envelope addressing work, finding average rate of six francs per thousand envelopes. Workers, mostly white-collar and civil service employees supplementing incomes, produced 1000 envelopes in an eight-hour day.