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Wages of the Protected and Unprotected Industries. We take the following f rom a "labor" paper published in Chicago. It shows that the workingmen are thinking. The last nnnual report of the Statistical Bureau of the State of Illinois contains the suinmary of a carefully prepare 1 table of the rise and fall of wages in 114 occupations during the fl ve years f rom 1881 to 1886, inel usive. Of these the following list of 12 protected aud 12 unprotected oceupations are given. PROTECTED OCCUPATIONS, WEEKLY WAGES. per et. 1880 188(3 d'cr'se Brushmakers $12 00 $10 80 5 Cloak-factory makers 14 75 11 75 20 Coal miners 12 02 8 03 33 Confectioners 18 86 12 14 a Iron and Steel workers 41 10 36 50 1] Iron molderg 16 43 14 41 13 Org-an builders 15 00 12 00 20 Paper mili operati ves 12 00 10 05 16 Salt laborere 13 20 12 00 9 Shoemakers - 12 30 9 90 19 Turners 12 90 U 88 12 Zinc factory men 25 00 18 75 25 Tne average rate of wages of watch f actoi y workers at Elirin, as reported, was $12.00 a week in 1S82 and ouly $9.00 in 1886. Similar workers eruployed in the watch factory at Rockford received $16.00 per week in wairee in 1882 and but 12.00 in 1886. The tariff on watches is 25 per cent. DNPBOTECTED OCCUPATIONS, WEEKLY WAOKS. per et 1880 1886 iner'se Uricklayers & stonemasons..$19 OS $2110 14 Electrotypers 13 50 19 15 44 Hodcarriers 9 00 1150 27 Slate rooiers 14 25 15 75 10 Press feeders 7 00 8 50 21 Stair builders 13 58 15 75 17 Steain fitter helpers 9 00 12 00 33 3tone block pavers 18 00 24 00 33 3tone cutters 18 00 2160 20 itreet employés 10 25 13 01 27 (Vooden block pa vers 18 00 23 50 30 ff ood turners-.- 12 00 14 25 19 Thus it appears that the wajres in the 12 prometed industries suffered a decrease of 18 per cent. on an average during those flve reara, while the wages in the 12 unprotected ndustries reoeived an average increase of 21 ;er cent.