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Jewish Influence on Arab Economic Life
(Con l in u ed fro m [tage 9)
is subject to an ever-increasing over
loading by the growing number of
Jewish and non-Jewish immigrants.
In spite of this, however, wages
have had no tendency to decrease
but, with the cost of living showing
no great rise, have increased con
siderably; which is a clear proof
that this social stratum is participat
ing in the economic expansion of
the country.
The increase of wages paid to
Jewish workers in urban and latterly
in the rural labor markets of Pales
tine is a familiar fact and requires no
demonstration here. Hut as con
cerns the Arab worker it is neces
sary to make a comparison along
two directions. First of all, what
were flu* wages paid to Arab work
ers before the War and at various
periods since? Secondly, what is
the present relation between wages
received by Arab workers in Pales
tine and those received in neighbor
ing count ries?
A comparison of data from official
sources provides information for
1922. According to this source,
wages were many times what they
had been before the War. Taking
the index figure of 19Iff as 100, 1919
was 190 and 1922 was already 890.
All other sources at our disposal
reach the same conclusion. Before
the War an Arab agricultural laborer
in an orange grove received 1 or 1) 2
bishliks a day (i. c., from 2 1 2 to ff) /£
piastres, or about 12^2 1° 17^2
cents); rates after the War had in
creased to four or five times that
amount. In towns the increase was
no less, as is proven by numerous
comparisons, also largely based on
Government material. As a result
of the increasing shortage of labor
of late years, the wages of skilled
workers have grown still higher
and in special cases approximate
those of Jewish skilled workers,
who, as is well known, are at present
among the best-paid of laborers. A
similar conclusion is reached upon
comparison of wages in Palestine
with those customary in the neigh
boring countries, which the author
had the opportunity of studying.
A few examples will suffice. In the
Spring of 198.5 the workers engaged
on drainage operations on the
Euphrates went on strike in order
to have hours of work reduced from
twelve to ten and wages increased
from 1.9 to 2.8 piastres ( piastre
is five cents) a day. In Egypt,
workers on the large estates receive
1 1 2 t° 2 piastres daily, and women
and children } 5 to 1 piastre per day.
Higher wages, to be sure, were paid
from the close of the War until the
commencement of the great Gotton
Crisis; but even then they were
scarcely more than ,5 to (> piastres
daily for the adult male worker.
In the towns an unskilled worker
earns about .5-10 piastres per day.
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