itions closely
approximate those found in other departments of the industry. Average
wages for the different occupations are shown in Table 30.

TABLE 30.--AVERAGE DAILY EARNINGS IN PHOTOENGRAVING, STEREOTYPING,
ELECTROTYPING, AND LITHOGRAPHING OCCUPATIONS, 1915

Average
Workers in trade daily earnings

Photoengraving
Artists $6.32
Photographers 4.69
Etchers 4.52
Routers 4.25
Finishers 4.21
Proofers 3.69
Strippers 3.61
Blockers 2.36
Apprentices 1.49
Art apprentices 1.27

Stereotyping 4.00

Electrotyping
Molders 4.41
Finishers 4.01
Casters 3.18
Routers 3.17
Builders 3.13
Blockers 2.05
Batterymen 1.97
Case fillers 1.59
Apprentices 1.10

Lithographing
Lettermen 6.63
Artists 6.41
Pressroom foremen 5.80
Grainers 4.73
Engravers 4.35
Pressmen 3.91
Transferers and proofers 3.41
Pressroom apprentices 2.80
Tracers 2.63
Stone polishers 2.53
Pressfeeders 1.72
Other apprentices 1.59
Artist apprentices 1.23
Flyboys 1.10

There is no well organized system for training apprentices in
photoengraving, stereotyping, and electrotyping, or in any of the
lithographic trades, except that of poster artist, in which an
efficient and strictly regulated system of apprenticeship is
maintained.

THE PROBLEM OF TRAINING

The report maintains that up to the end of the compulsory attendance
period school training preparatory to entering the printing trades
m