the New York Free Trade
Club, who has handed me a note under date of February 7th, from a well
known iron ship and engine building firm of New York. They enclose
their tariff of wages with those remarks:

"In regard to shipyards, you know there is no such thing
around New York any more, but I give you such rates as we are
now paying. We are building three small iron steamers at
present.

"In regard to rates of wages, compared with Wilmington and
Chester, they are about 8 to 10 per cent. under us."

RATES OF WAGES IN SHIPYARD.

Carpenters $2 50 @ $2 75
Joiners 2 50 @ 3 00
Blacksmiths 2 10 @ 2 75
Platers 2 25 @ 2 75
Rivetters 2 10 @ 2 50
Angle iron-smiths 2 00 @ 2 20
Hammer-men 2 00 @ 2 25
Holders up 1 60 @ 1 75
Riggers 2 00 @ 2 50
Laborers 1 40 @ 1 50

ENGINE AND BOILER WORKS.

Carpenters $2 50 @ $2 75
Joiners 3 00
Hammer men 2 00 @ 2 25
Smiters 1 50
Angle iron smiths 2 00 @ 2 25
Boiler platers 2 25 @ 2 75
Rivetters and caulkers 2 10 @ 2 50
Holders up 1 60 @ 1 75
Iron turners 2 25 @ 2 75
Iron finishers 2 50 @ 3 00
Engine fitters and erectors 2 50 @ 3 00
Planing machinists 2 25 @ 2 75
Shaping " 2 25 @ 2 75
Slotting " 2 25 @ 2 75
Pattern makers 2 75 @ 3 25
Engine drivers 2 25 @ 2 75
Laborers 1 40 @ 1 50

Having quoted both these lists, their data will now be arranged in a
tabular form, so that the difference in the cost of labor employed on
the Clyde and on the Delaware will be at once apparent. For this
purpose, the Scotch prices are reduced to American money, one pound
sterling being represented by five dollars currency, and the hourly
pay multiplied by ten, to make a day's work.

An average is made of the wages paid in New York, and 10 per cent.,
the largest allowance mentioned by the New York firm, is deducted
from the average prices paid by them, resulting in the rates upon
the Delaware.

COMPARATIVE TABLE.

_Shipyards._

Labor on th