The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-10-29 00:00:00

SPIROBNI ON THII AGRICULTURAL
LABOURRR.

Adirembm hio emmlbseala et Enter, Biz JOMi
Cola the AthemerGesseal, mid-There IS MN
msAir, sad as whisk I leek with apmebsosion-mit
for thesake el the Oineramesit, ter that In gaols a
matter would be unworthy of mesideratiers, but for the
take of our great and onames oesalry-I mesa the
ossditles of the agricultural labourers, sad the atti-
tude ametieed towards :them by =soy men who ought
to know better. (Applause) I have often and °lass
emehlored what would be the inunediete remit of sash
▪ Alas of thinp as that we now see before us, sad
although I do not empire to the gift of polities! pro-
Met I mintare to think that a Tory Duke and a
CalliokoPliewe between them reads the emlession of
the meaty seffrege a matter of very promise necessity.
(Applause) Ido not regret It (hoolserc) I thiali
that it Is fez better that every man who Ms a grievanee
should herein boned sod one' moans a stating that
grievance, and gut It cooddered ; and I am sedated
that if It were not awe might bays amosigni se -foe'
oar wary doors-a large oleos which SILS the elements
St
beat of hemming • very deogerous clue (applause.)
They &S SW, hardly, and they work very laboriously
all their If. bog; and what rest have they at the sod
of di What reardable hope have they of rising In the
medal male (Hear, hear.) Perhaps they do not per.
fedi, aorierstand the social and somomleal problems
that are coonootod with their condition, but they on
feel keenly that they are very miserable, sod, feeling
that they are very mineable, they naturally combine
(Hear, hear.) And though some may call them
mentors if they will, abler and mere eduseted moo
than the labourers give toogne to their fromplaints. and
make speeches to them ; and other men-one espeelally,
• 04410 Man lately mometed with this dice.., but now
a onooo in the neighbouring diocese of Oloomiter sad
Brieed-fapplause) -strives to mitigate the fistooof
some of these men by moving them away from places
where wsgra are at starving point to other places where
wage, and work ere more aboodant. (Ueer, bear.) Now,
geoslensan, strikes are lawful, oombination is lawful,
mnigrAtion I, odes extremely salutary, and • man has
• perfect right to go to other plows., ead to resort to
homes and peaceful agitation. (Hear, brar.) livery
each matter as this has two sides tllt,and Ido not doubt
that there is another side to it other than that of the
labourer. (Near, hear) Ido not doubt at all that the
state of the labourer is oonsistent with =nob fairness,
, and kindheartedven on the pert of the
n a obis, and on the part of the laudowners is
name • nisie trying to dejnathes to ono slam never let
es
be tempted to do irjustios to smother. (Hoer, hear.)
Besember that this Is a matter for careful argamest
and die:minion ; • question needle( deliberate inquiry
and reamintsle ensidendics ; • question which in any
other trate or manufacture would undoubtedly reedier
the &dilution to white it la entitled. (Haar.) Now in
such • state of Lbws what is the answer of the Duke
of Marlborough?" Make every labourer no my vast
lOW's be subject to the absolute will of the (armee
who emplor.tip.:." (Shame) No argument; no die-
cnadoo. the farmer's term who employs you,
or the hill-dde for your bed, and the blue vault of
beams for your root ! (lemm) What says the
%hop ? Don't let me misrepresent him This is
whet he sayg :-"I have no paned with the sympathy
which seta class °lam which some mooln
good prides (that is COM" not me) have 'hosed
It aseessary to pursue by deporting the labourer
from their own moot, to other parts of the goentry."
New. I don't know anybodr but Canon Girdled's* in'
whom that "an refer." It I. sot for me -• man of peen
-to say anything stronger than that all my friends will
keep the mom, and remember that their Bishop advises
Sham AM the village horse-pond steads invitingly near,
bet by an mesas put them men lan It" ("Untie,*
leseere) New, gentians'. It would be ers.l to
allude to this matter at all if It bad been eabsequently
retneted sad honestly repented of; bet It never kas,
se far as I sea an been mended or hountly repented
of, hat it has been half defended as a loca'n, humorous
ofterdinaer statereent, and a very 'Mom observation
has bees made macerates einem who *homes to
of it-(ben, hem). 7 Now I see the folly but .=.lO see the fun el thin statement, and I °eaten
Shot I think so womb Canes Girdlediese in semis" she
who fend himself at the bottom of • horse-post Is
seseequenees of it-(hsar, leer). But gentlemen, It Is
net the Isere wards of the Duke or the Bleisep, bat it
Is the whale spirit la approathing this inestion
tested by this sort of people width mods landemental
alteration-(applanse).' Mon mast remind that there
are two sides to this question, sad that • men who
believes himself to be ground down has jest as much
=to sombine for the purpose of setting himself
t m • man of superior position has to meet Ida
fellow lansers, or the landowner to meet his fellows,
sad In the priori of wages or orope-(hear. bear).
Commas mom point. out that combinatiee Is the only
way by whisk this snobs dose, beceun • slink Pomo
who make" a aomplaint or refuses to week leas simply
me Manes at all ef being attended to, and a man who
belleme that the labourers are wroaged, and tbet
sambioation will set them right, whether be be right or
mem has a perfect right to so and hall them so-
(them). De sot suppose that I meth 'to amide this
I mesa to deeds aotbing of the sort I
=16•7; there is a ens on the part of the fanner and
of tbe landlord. If there be, let it be stated. I hay,
an doubt that there is much to be did for them, and
in God's name let it be said-(luor, hear). All I protest
wand in that the landlords and framer" shoald attempt
te settle the question in th,ir own way and their own
lamer without appeal, and I protest soled its Wag
lambasted that it is morally wrong If you say they
should have this matter 'doddered, and if you presume
M landau with tbern-(orer, bear). (ientlemen, it I.
a matter, ma I have mid again and Saab's for careful
mosideratim ' • it la a matter that should be dealt with
es it would bein any other trade ;and If it be true that
the employers ham never fairly cooddisred this matter,
and looked at the question as it really is, It is the act of
• Misdeed not of a foe that forma them to look tillage
fairly in the fen, and compels them to look at this
matter earefully and oonelderstaly, hailing them that it
Is a matter to be settled on every enedion after fair
dimmest sad fair diereadoo, and not by intoleracos
mid &epode aathority-ihesr, beer). Now, gentlemen,
It is entails that the lam relating to land t:ranefer, the
law of mortenaln, and the law of "atoll, will all mune ha
dm Um" to be ocasidered-(applame)-and the
pretend effect of the present state of throe laws on the
moilition el the peasantry most have a most important
(ahead:aloe the decision of theme great quid/one-
Mr. M.P., rpeaking at the same place,
la sketching the legination of the future said-the
readaden of taxation must be proceeded with, the elder
troth system abolished, the dwelling' of the poor im-
proved, the law in the Trades Union del be removed,
tha pine laws abolished, waste lends be boned into
saltivatioa, tine land tee:later laws reformed, and law
reform be nentrei

At Woodbery (Devoe), filr LAWRINCI PALK. if?,
said the labourer was the great hero of the day. Bowie
=I • division of landed property, others the
of the 01161111 lAMB, others emigration. The
fast of the mailer warn that the position and wages of
the serioeltoral labourer were oomarandad by the
naivetes' law of supply and demand. He had pointed
ess is mama OS 005 the abmlnte neessalty of some-
thiag beim dome for the aviculture' Wearer to induce
him to remain oe the estate •bere he was been.
Al he wee' good deal laughed at last year for
that it was a good thing to give the labourer
a sow, • , and an allotment, he es. 14111 of opinion
We
allurements meat be given to the agricultural
glelog him better oottages, the quantity of
lead whieh be was able to farm, and, if possible, to
eneograge labourers, as they were ettoommed la the
serthern distriete of the montry, to add to their means
by the peamegion and we of • err As compered with
the Mowers of any other errantry, the farm labourers
• libmlsed were to a very superior oonditioo. They
resolved, for the most Dart. very mush higher wages,
were freed from almost all taxation, and education woo
ipmerldid for them. lie had boo., many labourers
Who had been induced by the high rate of wages te go
to Ober parts of liamsed, and even to emigrate, sad
these who had mosesdad bad been the exeep, whilst
those who had failed had been the rule. It was
geteassely desirable that the farmers of this country
Medd met be dishearteced by the ties that Wearers
had made of sembloatioa, but that they should matins*
to the lahoarers dime numerous good Oleos sad that
bled mare which bed always bees the matom, sad rakish,
seta wril Waded mes Mad agitators stepped Is between
the farmer and lie Wearer, bad exerehed a beeelehd
result as both.
remme

Lb glitergavomy.Sels HILL, the Mobutu, lied
fir lb pion boos • very large employer el labour, sad he
got is very well with his mew They ..at
resesisbor that It wee writhes I. the best of all beets
thM "lb. labourer b worthy ef his Mrs." They meld
sot ripest mos to week for Mist they were pald
Time II eir• Leg them 1104114 the question aeschtly sad
wiggiv-..• lOW* IMAM he has edepted la his trent
irgeigg..-esd they would led that 44. elm was hotter
this 11. doseas . dod TIM time was selmWg ohm labour
mid NOM sterteiteke heads—hi other words. that
worimes• weed Is some WI, p,.* %UMW* la QM moat el
emplores. BAN %homier% al the old pewees el
&Weed te try to make Ibsir labourers what they
Mould he. Leg them se6 Os too hard co the labourers,
or they meld sertaialy loge 1b..; sad if they lost
them, whet would Moms se egrieultarel iliere were
labs ad Oases ewes to labostors whore they could got
hotter Imes thee farmers could afford to it. ;
sod there were agitator. goiag thread ready to lestll
tato the Wade of agricultural labourers the cosyletlem
that they were treated unfairly, whoa perhaps it might
he that they were fairly dealt with. lo the Irak plaice,
let the labourer have • thoroughly good cottage to live
in, bed • downright good plot of garde. to cultivate;
and let him also hare hit pig to feed. If those thinge
were dome, the agricultural laboureli would bold to their
employan • if they were not dose, the labourer. would
sot be likely to hold to Om. In making them remarks
M would ask the employer* of farm labour to kindly
tlslak over tbas.
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At 15... Ir. Odium' Often odd es bed to den
with s gagers' deo Is rises, slid int IS not them In
pais at haw. He did set balm non Is Uwe
twenty at Soursy they would expenses, tie dillisidtle•
MA& had arise. in a great sassy piety @insulters!
amide, Loots' is they did, enble leash of
Loathe, ewes bed bees intik blibtr Ines is other
Adele* awl the labourers had set boos obliged to
Hob thole Andres la rural penults. If may ef them
had peeved le bare sows abilleles,..er Were out far
farm work, they bad bad •PPerMudadll wi
Sham la other ways, aid of getting very nee\ hitless
wee. Therefore, be did pot think they in lkormty
would Woe to eve wtth the stiltedly of Ur erten,
total labour queues. He whited to my eve viol..
cottage,. Uefortaastely, to sway villages a
ouster of *wages were bold by people of mall so
5..,• wen *bilged to easel the VestedVestedroots thoy=l
I. ("doe t lire by them, sod it was rather In Ihe
cottages held In that trey thee In those oa the lug*
estates that improvement was required.
Mr. SUNLIT L73OIITON said the labeenne Teatime
attenld I. taken up by the agrieulturiale and lebourees
themselves ; and should be settled sot by mere expe-
diency but by the principles of rigid. It would have
to be adjusted by mutual forbearance, ash!' ewe airbag
up something. Any shanges that were brought about
should be gradual if they ens to be effectual. It mad
Ink. • great variety of forme to sail a groat variety of
owe H. thought it would he @owls@ to oppose the
the movaneat ; but they should all midst la &reale,
It aright. They should not be afraid of the Indepen-
dence of the labourer, so that It became en istolligost
ludopeedeece. Ile loved ladepeadease himself, and he
felt It his duty to reaped aid encourage 1114'pol:dose@
lo the labourer. He believed that all loyalty sod true
subordination sprung from It, and would melte this all
really independent.

At Beckon, near Hoehob. Sir S. Noir/won ..It he
believed hat underpaid wages were bet la priseiple,
beasue• the labourer would not be strong eaoagh le do
the work expected el bias. Bat if they reload his
wages, pee hint better food and a better cottage, and
treated him better, they would get more work eat of
jest as they wa.ilh get mere work owl a a IWO*
which wrs tad and oared for. He believed that
'dn.:atlas was edvenalag, and that labourers were
becensiog mere reepeetable and better irdermed, and he
ass of opinion that it would he foetid to the interest et
all parties that they should be better paid. It all cleanse
palled together heartily sad endeavoured to do their
duty in their rerpective stadium—and did not sry eat
because a man was trying to rake himself as if he wee
doing ',methane wrong—they wield de • great deal
towards improving the position el Ingland, sad raising
her higher than she now stoat among the Wises.

Al Clapham (Bedford), Mr. ILION Howaan,
maid : If there be a feature of the mama Use ebb&
dlefferaistees It from the pearatica wblelt have
It Is this—the "eater Interest Mt by what are
uPost ewer In Oa welfare and medial°. of the
lower and working-olasese. I feel tha* It 1.. matter of
rejoicing to Heath the tines what the dada( of pre
are so pnerally reeordewd. add whet ill Ark
people feel that whatever their stalls. is Ills we are all
members of on* common family, and that If one membew
of Ws we great family suffer* all lhe mambo,. suffer
*Lb It. I think ate .1 lb. moil sbssl.g Mis of tie
mean limes I the rearleg of vlllees osals, bemuse
they point fa • brappier future for the workbag slams&
Tbe time la fiat using. If II las sot already arrived,
etas the Mae sf a sot be easesural as
mash by the streegth if blurs.. as by his Litman's/mos.
You Is side villag. knew that yea so tearer bear the
mead of the dell la tke bus, sod lettowd sus.
bolag put le sash meastreseas seapheyneent, bis latent.
peas le used Is saperbasedlag a samplleated steam.
thresh* maeldae. Th• strew* of the labearees arms
Is soling., required le wield the myths ea the a
hat be sew epees the reaping sad aiewbeg easebian
believe the lime will atm* whet all 11). Isberim tell
whisk has ler as lea. Mend tho pewees ef the Ishearer,
sad Maid his to somethlas like • beast if banks.
will he performed by mashleary, and haelllpaes more
thaa mere elrearth ef atm will be the guide sits the
rale of wales le be peld.

At Righam. Mr 1111retalt. Rzi 1116011,
:t that If the Masse whisk hod bum famed so
threaghout Reiland wero many be earn eat
ptineiples, they maki ass • my sad lay for ail
who were iaterestod be &greedier,. AM amass those
whie were inbesoled be did net ealy speak el the
farmer; I.spoke she of the isadierd aid the labourer.
Barely It weak, be • bad day der the lebreme whits
everythiag woo judged by • nen nosey staartard, whoa
It biome • mere light Mem= streams& and westamt,
whim their freedom of aides was lakes dram them,
sad when for &notions for whom May waists work
and for what mien they wore to reecho, they hid M
oresult, set theinesime, bat the leaders sr their Elam
TZ, would it his • good 4.yfor the femora
whoa meld stet domed ter • An* mewl apes
the roes their employ, sad pedals perhaps, at Me
basket seem of Ms year, laatreselions sheaki some
from the Usloa that they were to mese work Or,
would it be • reed day for the leader& Mai, Is armee-
queues of ell this, they were told by the farmers that
they must either ham the fame eta refused rest, or
' Rive theca lap altogether? The Melee of the Oaks he
looked upon as tending to alit. of Elmiallem, as It was
I not only making fumes pay the men for their with,
robbing men of property which biliterbe the Slate had
I secured to them. It seemed to him that at the present
time they should be repeeiely °artful sot to me rash
O r forcible measures to put down these thiloas, as WDOO
sash measures were employed they were apt to remit
apoa those who employed theta. He was aortas of
this, that, however had -if mistakes • souse might he,
no.hiag ma more likely to maks it prosper than mob.
lag martyrs of those engaged in it. Can mast also be
taken that too mush was oat sande of this matter.
They might at,. these Unless oonlidenos by patting
them too prominently forward, and by making
heroes, as it wee, of man whose nlllllOl or lotions
would sever ham be.. knows beyond the street
I. which they lived. By talking too mush on the
matter they might be doing the very thing they were
DO &otiose to avoid, and by attaching Importaams tt
Mims which they desired. Hs agreed with the Bishop
that the labourers shoald have better dotty' meow
'sedation sod allotments, and that the wage" shoed be
paid entirely in moon instead of drink. On the latter
point he thong ht it wield be hard to find an employer
who would not rather give his Nomat all he wood le
eel than part Is mosey and part in drink, sad that the
real diffisalty was to re{ the labourer to wee to It.
As to the providing of good °Mega@ sad the exteadon
of the allotment system, he mid that must be looked
upoa rather as • matter el shortly than as a matter
of basimse. It was irposible to Mad good eottages
and let Men at ma eats se the agrioaltaral labosrer
can afford to pay and it did set pay the landlord to
break up hi. Bolds into allotments sad let them at ties
same rate to tie labourer as he meld get from the
fanner. Bat, be said, the allonseat system did DOA
always primal the rosy peter' Mile setae presented
of it. The keening, eanioss, or kile who had allot-
meats, too frequestly allowed rely • growth of weeds,
sad, therefore, they should set always give sa ellenneat
of grimad bosoms • man mind fer it. Thee, if
I were improved, the him& Amid be derived by tee
' oorapMr, lasteld al a resat Wag used as a perms
Com, or ledgers being hikes in and the family huddled
together. Ia deans with Use digisalty, he urged
that they amid amid hash sad forcible messium,
sad that good haft amid be eieinteleed boluses
landlord, Masa, sad labourer, the latter betas
taught that they were net sore wiashineo bat men.
With this he had so few for the future of Ragland Is
agriculture.

N. per loastar. Maio was parehased slowly al basely
Issuer term Dow awl roe were sales iddieed up-
erostalgos ehamia prises. Tits lour trade riled Leary
at
DEIN?. FarTmr.—Ploe wheat • shads laves. la-
feriae sorts Is es Is is.,.
LINOOLN. PRIDaY.—Bed it. at tritest mislaid&
late rates. Inletior samples 14. elsesper. Barley la la
Ism mosey.
LIVIAPOOL. Fame.—la wheat • Wailed sale. at
• redletiest of Id to 24 on rod, &ad Id per natal ••
white dtmortptittos of whilst. flow quiet, at • asollast
.1 61 to Is per mak and barrel. BONS sad peas Gaoler
to bay. oorn 61 per qr lower, but..,. 'aqui
Mlles iodation.
STAMFORD, PILIDAT.—Wheet was Is lower. Bar-
ley 1s to Is loony.
WARS/IMO, PRIDAT. —The wheat track continua
dull sod Inastive, aad where Wee am pressed a &ells,
of Is per qr ha. to be eonceded. Barley, Is to 24 per
or *beeper, sad damp parcels mealy unsaleable. Baum
and oats unaltered.

At Gristliest., Mr. Wahr, P., thought, in dealing
with the 'abject of agrioultursi Unions, they had threo
things to bear In mind. First, that the labourers bad
• perfect right to combise and refuse to WOfk except ora
wagn issa&tkme, so long or they did not make them•
saws or their Wallies • burden to Ms :at., and did
sot intioklate or interfere with say ono who in ght be
to do tbe work in their *or. Seeoudly, that
iwitallitico to the vague prons of boneatt whieh
were held oat to impsrfeetly educatod men (cs tho
labosrors were) by tho Unions, they had this dietinetly
Is their favour—they had walled public *twills.'" to •
deal of undoubted hardship suffered by the
In pasty oounties, and earn in this district
limy had materially woolorsted the rise in wages.whiek
must have some, though probably some months haw,
to the. osteral mune of sventa. And, thirdly, be
thasight May most boar in colad that the agriesiteral
Mlles, &sported from the mual preetioe of Trades'
Unions, sod bad sot, so far as be bad bee. able to
oasortalo, satored spat Loy orgaoieed ',atom of strikra.
This last fiat showed that any attempt to put Om
trams demo use unseoemory. It arse is Ira eon-
vietiom thin if they would eontiose to treat the
Mimeo to lbs raw kindly spirit in whisk they bad
always boa sasestomot to IrsiS Woo, and at the was
tins mks paw. 'WA of VIM, to woven. quietly whit
their owa no, mg they Wu bow swostlally a
%
abbe to gaols Imo the Mil= vit
wok mbild hi Moo whitest ay ineigaro
AS oli.

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1872.

LISA AND PERRINO'

T .088 of HAIR, kc.-1111 Weds of the lair
LI area bildaess, or gror belr, eta beefily be
remedied by Mr. Torres treableat. The PILO
POWDER. ke the reweeval et eapetlese• bet; AL
Tbe DIPILATORY LOTION llor pormeasetli
111/ADIOATING Ye ROOTS, Es., 'who peld.-0.
MUM. 31M, Regest-etreet, Lemke.

"asadiadialH3rl"altmw ird"almeh. Waligimmege4=ll4l4lll.B" iputriw
dam. W.. ma 50. Swirl w.O.

IRON CHURCHES, SCHOOLS i ROOFS.
Insoo,l by
CROOOOII fad CO..
Albion 1111011, 10, Um. Thimisdrest, Lemke&
It Osorpaquors, 01•110111.
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illOw TO FASCINATE, sad pia the
rwastst, silsolewlisa„ sad aadylas lan sal War
ties el soy etw yes wish. lbw& Hsary, s se
Lawirstratt, Noe York, paraliand this saws* fir *as
hundred dollsrs. I will wad it te say sebum far els
slumps —J. HWY, Walk Read, artesian. Lesko.

nE.10101711 Hone linde Bread la Ia ninfalns. Yonnina'n
jj Tont Ponder. rod In Bar *OmWe [Wm. *my
and Navy, ler Brand sod Pirtry. Orem and anskirell, sal
all Gomm

MLar ir ms—, G. NITIYII RAW BUCK MAD
lenrywbervo by all eboyisepers.

rILIWILIZIES.—W. G. ILIITII PAdhed BLUM LOAD
ij ter pollaisig Mom, Itss., awl to banished Mei. Ida-
out vests sr gad.