───────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────── Lgth of Season. │ Time Shut Down. Overtime Run. ───────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────── 1-4 months │7 half days. 28 hours Sunday, 24 │ hours night. 2-3½ months │1 whole, 4 hfdays 30 hours Sunday, 60 │ hours night. 3-3½ months │5 whole, 1 hf day 10 hours Sunday, 53 │ hours night. ═══════════════════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════ Table Showing Wages paid per hour, Season of 1912, in Honolulu Canneries (As of October 1st.) ═╤═════════╤═════════╤═════════╤═════════╤══════════════╤══════════════ │Forewomen│Trimmers │ Packers │Labelers │ Over 16. │ Under 16. ─┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼──────┬───────┼──────╥─────── │ 〃 │ 〃 │ 〃 │ 〃 │ No. │Wages. │ No. ║ Wages ─┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼──────┼───────┼──────╫─────── 1│ $0.09│ $0.08│ $0.08 │ $0.08 │ 250│ │ 100║ │ .15│ │ │ │ │ │ ║ ─┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼──────┼───────┼──────╫─────── 2│ .15│ .10│ .07½│ .07½│ 85│ │ 40║ │ │ │ .10 │ .08½│ │ │ ║ ─┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼──────┼───────┼──────╫─────── 3│ │ │ │ │ 47│ $0.07½│ 12║ 0.06 ─┴─────────┴─────────┴─────────┴─────────┴──────┴───────┴──────╨─────── Total largest number of women employed 651 Total smallest number women employed 142 Total Hawaiians and Part-Hawaiians employed 242 in 2 canneries Total Japanese employed 104 in 2 canneries Total Chinese employed 40 in 2 canneries Total Portuguese employed 28 in 2 canneries COST OF LIVING Inquiry into the cost at which it is possible for a woman or girl to live independently in Honolulu was based on two propositions: _First._—That she live in the home family of a friend or relative, and pay her quota of expense. _Second._—That she either board or room in the community. I have given first consideration to the proposition that she live in a family because experience has proven that to be the most desirable place for the average working girl.