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The proposed reduction Of tbs pricss a
this place, . . subject that has ealisted The
deePcst solieisuds OF every meaber Of our
highly respectable eooDunity, and u carried
into effect, 10 will certainly compel many Of
our most worthy and respectable mechanics
to abandon thai service in which they have,
with honor TO themselves and sAe public, been
employed Cor years. We cannot, however,
think that the heads Of our War Department
would be % hasty in carrying into effect, with
out proper investigation, proposition 90 ma
iicious, 80 vastly void Of reason, and which
must, without failure, prove futile 10 the ex-
,reme. II Is well known that for several
years past discharges have fisquentiy occur
rcd, and that q thorough revision has been
made so that mono but the best hands have cesn
selected and kept; aud Il may well be sssert-
ed. that a more steady, respectable, md sx-
perienced collection 0f mechanics cannot be
found. We ere VI opinion, that II govern.
ment would have the local disadvantages of
this place thoroughly Investigated, they would,
in justice TO US, add to that ANAL pittance
which they are so strongly recommended TO
| curtail and il cannot but be known 20 some
OF the officers that compose SO honorable q
body as that Of the Department ut Waskiag-
ton City, that the local situation Of this place
Is, in many respects, Of the most eiscoursging
kind our town is destitute Of q regular or
liked markct--we are genersliy supplied by
the produce Of the adjacent country-by
country people, who transport il from door TO
door, and for which they exact q price al
most bordering on extortioa-they are not
destitute OF the knowledge that we must DO
supplied with these necsssaries, and for which
they levy upon IN the most sxtrsvagant prices.
We are obliged To pay TO government a heavy
land ] must think an unjust) rent for house,
which government some years ago provided
free for those employed under her ut this
place. We arc also liable to the elects Of
The unhealthy situation which we are placed
In, and visited annually by those diseases COM
mon to the localities Of the place. We would
ask IL these arc tics that would be sufficient
to bind the restricted mechanic TO . climate
thick with the dangers Of diseasei No, We
| cannot think otherwise, than that government
will have thorough review Of the subject,
TO which we most cheerfully submit.
BY the following article il will be secn thai q
redaetion Of wages is also contemplated at the
Springfield Amory.
From The Springfield (JNass.) Gazette.
| ARMoRERS' WAGES.
! This 10 q subject to which va have re-
peatediy alluded. and 10 which we, a.
well rs every other inbsbit Of Spring
field and the county ought 10 feel q deep
interest. in common with the laborera Il
the reduction Of the psy for labor should
60 into effect. ~ was proposed, on the fra,
Of July, tho Tendency will DO 20 drive ma
ny Of the respectable and industrious Ia
borers heretofore employed by the United
States, TO seek other moro profitable am
ployment elsewhere. u has sflen been 70.
marked BY our citizens and by Strangers
who have visited the public works, that 90
large q body Of respectable and intellire nj
mechanics could not DO found in any oihs,
manufacturing sstabl,shment, end 20 citi.
gems we should depseeats an exchange for
al inferior end less respectable class Of Ia.
borers. The new tAri6 OF prices, if we are
rightly informed on the subject, 10 nost
manifestly unjust and edious in its opera
ton. Material reductions are made in the
wages Of the operatives. and in some cases
such IS to render IL cut Of the question Cor
them 20 gain more than bare subsis-
tence. while in other cases good pay 10 10
be made doubly gsod.
| Ii would seem that these prices for labo.
were 6xed by those who perhaps know
more Of che manual exercise after The qua
is flashed. than they do sbost wis!dina the
sledge. the hammer. or the Gle. We are
in tsvor OF liberal salaries % eeupetsns
efieers. and sqeally 10 fsssr Of giving 70
The opsrstivsa pssDps Esd hbsral Ysesm.
Penss fer his labor. We have besa quits
sure that the whole truth vac net kasun
to the proper authorities at washingtsa,
for We believe that the Secretary Of Was
4 would be ihe last man % sanction any
thing like an oppression Of the wosk@ss.
The policy Of our government should be
liberal. both TO the lsborsrs and 70 those
IN the higher grades Of the public sesvies.
We are Informed that Representatives.
OF the effect Of the new scheme Of prices,
have recently been made 20 the Secretary
OF Wsv. TO which he has givea fsll sad
patient hearing, end that there will proba-
bly, be re-iavsstigatioa Of che whols
matter, which We earnestly hope viii re-
suit 10 the mutual advantage Of the govern
nsni. tn laborers, and our eommuai,y.
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