Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-03-03
NOTES.

The statistics referred to in the remarks Of Mr
Davis are contained in Porler's Progress Of n a
tiOns and Wade History oil the Middle and Wor.
King Glasses, two recent and respectable author
tiles, relying Tor the correctness of the facts con.
tanned in the following extracts chiefly upon the
statistics collected by the British Government
These developments show the farmer and all
other working men the condition OF the working
classes IN Europe, and upon wha, limited me a MS
they subsist. IL is this class of men with whom
they ATE to run the race OF cheap production, and
consequently OF coarse and wreiched existence +;
for tae same causes - hch reduce them 10 hope.
less penury will produce like results here. III a
lew pence n day will not support there, il
VIII Tail 10 do IL here. The intelligent, work ing
mau of the United States will pause before he
pfeepiaies hlmse nto loh rr-tTievabie wretch.
edness TO cheaper the products Of labor. He will
inquire whether il tends TO elevate or depfess his
race-wheihsr the privileges and hopes ofa free.
man are utterly delusve, and end in retracinr
his steps TO the degraded condition from which
We all believed we had escaped. 10 his descent
from his present commanding position; he may
well carry with him these reflections sit down
IN despair, and spurn all the dazzling theories
seligovcrnment as illusory they leave him TO
subsist on the humble Diet and 10 grappIe "a in
Vie suAcnngs ofthe most deFolate portion ofman.
kind
Hag's in FrGHee.-Calsis common Iaborers
Z ] % per day with board and without d eling;
Bouiognr, ID per day do, do. Nantes, Sd per dsy
without board aud wIiho Il dwelling MaIseiIIes
"a TO ID per day with board and without dwelling
The food IA some districts Consists 10 rye bre.d
soup mace OF mIllrt, cakes made Of Indian corn
NOR and then some salt provis ons and vegetables
rarely, II ever, butchers meat"
SDodeH. THE daily wages Of skilltul aSri.
euliarst are I'D or I'd white the un,killed obtain
no more than Sd or I'D and find themselves Az.
reo'lnrisis IA the southern provinces live upon
salt t-h and potstors ~ the northern provinces
P"iIidgr and rye bread torn their TODD
bataTta 'Laborrrs are pad al the rate Of Sd
per Gay N the country without board
BtigiBm.-''A skilled artisan may earn in ,pm.
msr ls "a 10 Is ID in winter from IOd 10 4, ID
unsLillrd hall as much, wiihour ard. live upon
rye hresd' potatoes and miik." Agricultural ia. .
Dor 70 have l-ss
Germany -Daatzg lsborsrs 4 I'd 10 I'd p.r
deyi without board Mnhburg I'd Der day. Do !. I
HolsirIn, I'd per day without board
.Nehu'aHds Soul h. Holland lsbor.rs I'd IN A
per day Nhh board North Holland, sOd Der cav
~ WITHOUT board Ani~srp, Sd per day do West /
FLANDERS, ~ 10 !O4s per We r. with board
nay -Irests isbOrers I2d per day. without
essfa 60 % per day with board Isins sd 10 4
iod pei DAY without board do I'd To Sd Drr dav 4
S'h board Lonbsrdy, ID to I'd pei day. Do
otu"A, % 10 % pei day do, and without lodz.
"Rh' tuscany % per day without either.
o@1ofy In l-57, nan employed 10 his own
.s'h'' ~orking very diligently from Monday ,Dor
mag 10 Saturday night, from 5 O'Clock IN tbs
morning Until eusk, and even At tunes Win
amp h's lie sssis,ing b,m in fni, hing aud TAI.
Ing nm The work, could not possibly earn more
bAn - grotehen (sbo0t 90 cents) pr xesk NJ,
could one who had children, aged ~ YEA, srS
uPS arcs, al working al the ooln, as vel as Inn.
sill Siih his Nis employed dong up he xor.
earn 20 ihe whole more than 81 weekly.