Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1840-03-28

and for the same causes which reduces them to
hopeless penury will produce like results here.
II few pence day sill not support men there
it will fail to do it here. The Intelligent wor-
king man of the United States will pause
before he precipitates himself into such ire
trievable wretchedness to cheaper the product
/ OF labor He Will enquire whether it tends TO
elevate or depress his race---whether the priv
lleges and hopes of a lreemen are utterly de-
lusIve, and end III retracing his steps TO the de-
graded condition from which we ali believe he
had escaped. In his descent from his presel
commanding position, he may well carry Wi
him these reflections, sit down in despai
and spurn all the delusive hope of seIf-gover
ment as illusory, if they leave him to subsist o.
the humble diet, and to grapple with the suffer
ings of the most desolate portion of mankind.
Wages IN France. - Calais common laboreri
7 l-2 per day with board and without dwellin
Boulogne IS. per day do; do; Nantes Sd. d..
without board and without dwelling; Marseille.
I'D. per day, with board and without dwelling.
The food in some districts g consists in rye
bread, soup made of millet, cakes made of In
dian corn, noto and then some salt provisions and
Vegetables, rarely if ever butchers meat" In
others, wheaton bread, soup made with vegi-
tables, and little grease or lard twice day,
potatoes or other Vegetables but seldom butch.
er'S meat.
SDeden.---', The daily wages Of skitlfu ag-
iculturast are I'd. to Sd.--while the unskil!cd
obtain no more than l-2 or id. per day and
boarded themselves. Agrculmralists in the
southern provinces live upon salt fish and po-
tatoes in the northern provinces porridge and
rye bread form their food"
Bauaria.-" Laborers are paid at the rate of
Sd. per day in the country" without board.
Belgium.--" A skilled artizan may earn in
summer Is I'd to Is sd, in winter l0d to Is ID {;
unskilled half as much, without board live on
rye bread, potatoes and milk" Agricultural Ia
bOrers have less.
Germany--" Dantzig laborers a 3-4d to I'd per
day without board Mulhburgh, I'd per day do.
Sd. per day, with board"
Netherlands. .--South Holland laborers 3 to i'd
per day with board. North Holland god per
day without board /; Antwerp, sd per. day do.
Nest Flanders, 96s to l04s per year with
board.
Haly.---Trieste laborers I'D per day withou,
board do Cd per day without board Istria 81
o Cd per day, without board; do Id to sd per
lay with board; Lombardy 4 TO Sd per day do
JOhoo - W Cu pCI udy "lIHOut lOuSiHSSs 1 US
amy Cd per day without either
SarOny.-In 1886 man employed in his own
oom, working from Monday morning to Satur-
lay night, from 5 O'Clock in the morning until
usk and even then could not possibly earn
more than 20 groshen (about 60 cents) perweek.
Sor could one who had three children aged -
ears and upwards, all working at the loom, as
yell as himself, with his wife employed doing
p the work, earn in the whole more than 81
Ieekly.
NaUigatiOn.-Between US and England this is
laced upon footing of equality, all advantages
} our navigators being abrogated. If any in
rest can here direct competition this is one.
ut let us see the results as set down by Mr..
orter =" In 1921" says this writer, ''the pro-
ortion of British vessels which entered the
'rts Of the United States was 7 l-5 per
snt., compared with American tonnage en-
Dyed in the foreign trade ofthe United States
hlle IN 1885 that proportion was increased to
per cent The actual number in each of the
ears from 1921 to 1885 have been as fol-
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