In the late reports made by U. S. consuls in Germany to the Department of State at Washington, Consul Dithmar, at Breslau, Ger. many, sums up the wages of farm laborers in that district as follows: Free lodging, free fuel, about 100 square rods of land for raising veg etables for family use, $19.00 to $23.80 cash, 24 bushels rye, 3 bushels barley, 3 bushels peas and 1 bushels wheat. The laborer's wife is required to work when needed, and receives for her work from 10 to 14 cents per day. Mr. Fox, consul at Brunswick, reports farm laborers' wages in that district as ranging from $184 to $195 per annum. In regard to the wages of miners Consul Dithmar states that daily wages range from 184 cents for common miners to 52 cents for foremen, engineers and carpenters. He estimates that the average cost of subsistence of a miner's family, including rent, clothing and taxes, is $122.82 per annum. |