Excerpt from Wages and Hours in American Manufacturing Industries: July, 1914 January, 1922 The investigation did not include executives, office and sales force, foremen or assistants, clerical workers or others paid on a salary basis. The classification of wage data closely follows that pursued by the Conference Board in previous wage studies. The wage earners were first divided by sex, and then into the occupa tional classifications of male common or 'unskilled labor, and male all other labor. Common or unskilled labor is de fined as the general group that performs the cruder muscle tasks for which no previous training 13 required. All other labor is composed of the remainder of semi-skilled and skilled labor of all kinds, which has some degree of training. All kinds of workers are contained in the latter classification, from those who rank just above common laborers to the most highly skilled wage earners. The dividing line between these two groups is difficult to determine, but this classification follows the general understanding as to the distinction implied in these terms. In the, charts and tables contained in this report, the word skilled refers to the male workers in the all' other group. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.