Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-03-31


defeat the end view. Go on. sir. If sou pleas, and
and legsaic bring the cation planters the
extraordinary profits anticipated the expense Of other
trufshes OF industry; hsw long viii IL b" before That
pursut will ke overloaded with competitors. nh Vie
market viii DO inundaed with cotton and its price tall
Just an the rano You have s nulatcd is production
po-sn IL wl---down IL must. by tho laws of trade.
come 70 level with the fall Of other productoas-
And what will DO gained by the whole Proccss'-
Nohing-ahsolucly nothing. except that u viii take
more Of our labor end Of productions to buy
foreign merchandise; our eoin will turn literally
into loss. This as capablc think. of Recommendation
lift does already sufficiently sppesr-bu, have no
time to enlarge. interesting and silpromineni as the
subject u
What motive can we have, SIR To reduce wsgcs aud
the value of properly When did the ever shine
upon laboring people blest those ofour conn
try have bocri The history Of the world proves MOTH
ing certainly. nothing with clearer demonstration
than that where wages lowest. there Us The great
poverty and Sucrng there the condition OF the IN
borer mos, fororn and wretched there Is the least
norul and intellectual cultures and there race Is
sunk into the depths of political degradation ncapa
BILE OF raising itself that lofty elevation attained by
free. enlightened people. capable Of governing their
affairs IL tends the opposite ofcyery thing dear
for the descent will carry with IL not only wa
ges, but oil the high qualities 10 be what we arc
free and independent This is n sufficient answer to
all that can be said uron the subject
But, sir much remains to be said must draw to
close, my object merely notice some lead
ing remarks of Senator's which have developed the new
and extraordinary doctrines OF this Administration
was anxious vndicaie the rights Of the great mass
OF the People who acquire this support by labor and
whose interests laying the base Of all prosper
iy, have at all times and all fitting occasions es
pouscd ind maintained with whatever ability possess
In tins have taken great and sincere satisfaction
beeveng to be the great end of our free govern
mont, and the only means OF sustaining IL. In
the name and behalf Of that great, powerful and en-
ghtened class Of my fellow citizens Of Massachusetts,
whom have the honor 10 represent. enter M sol
protest against the doctrines here advanced-end
If my voice could reach hcm in their dwellings their
shops and the decks of their vessels would cahor
them lie deluded by false theories lie fding them
TO ruin but TO their and at the bolOt
4 box, manifest their indignation at all attempts OPP
press them by diminishing their business and taxing
their labor 10 enrich others. ] would entreai them
not sit still and be made such they the dis
/ tressed and impoverished laborers Of Europe and
!. Asia.
MOTIFS
The statistics referred TO in the remarks of Mr. Davis
contained in Portcrs Progress of the Nations. and
: Wade's History Of the Middle and Working Classes.
two and respectable authorities relying for the
correctness Of the facts contained in the following
tracts chiefly upon the statistics collected by the Brit
ish Government
working the condition Of the working classes in
Europe, and upon what limited means they suhss,.-
q IL is this class of with whom they the
n ofcheap production. and consequently of coarse
. and wrriohed existence; for the same which
reduce them to hopeless perjury will produce like
u suits here &c few pence n day will support
there, il will f do il here. The intelligent work
ing Of the United States will pause before he pre-
cpitatcs himself such irretrevcable wretchedness
to cheaper the products of labor He will enquire
whether it tends elevate depress his race-wbe-
ther the privileges and hopes of freeman utterly
delusiv and end in rerracing bis steps to the dcga
ded condition from which we ali believed we had es-
cape. IN lis descent from his present commanding
position, he may well carry with him these reflections.
sit down despair and spurn oil the dazzling theories
of selfgovenuIent illusoy, If they leave him 10
suhsist the humble diet, and 10 grapple with the
sufierngs of the most desslae portion Of mankind.
ri Wages in Ffanoe-Calais laborers Z I'D.
NJ per day. with board and without dwelling BOuiegne
81 per day do do. do Nantes Sd per day do do Mac
. seilles "a 10 I'd. per day do do The food in some
districts consists in rye bread, soup made of met,
n cakes made Of Indiad corn, aud then salt
provisions and Vegetables; rarely, if ever, hatcher
meat In others, wheaton bread. soup made with veg.
eiablcs. and liuIe grease lard twice day, potatoes
n or other vegetables, but seldom butchers meat.
;, Sweden.-The daily wages ola skilled ngriouurst
are I'd Sd: while The unsklled obtain no more than
Sd ID, and board themselves. Agrculiurists in
the Southern Provinces live upon salt fish and potatoes
lin The Northern provinces, Poric sc and rye bread
form their food
III RarQria.-LaborcrS paid the rate OF 81 per
day in the country, without board.
/ BcigiHm-A skilled artisan may earn in summer ! s
81 TO Is Sd in winter from l0d To Is ID unskiled
half much Sithou, board live upon rye bread poia-
: toes and milk. Agricultural laborers have less
II Germany -Danizie laboIers a to I'D per doy with
OF board Mulhburg I'd per day do; Holsiein ID per
:. day DO.
Ne,ler,aals-scrth Holland laborer, I'd to ~ per
!. day with board North do GOD per day without board
Antwerp Sd per day do West Flanders 9s TO los per
: day with board.
= Haiy-Triesie laborers I'D per day without board
do 81 with board stris Sd TO l0d per day without
10 board do I'D to Sd per day with board Lombardy Al
!, Sd per day do; Genoa Sd to Sd per day do. and
without lodgings Tuscany 81 per day without either
!. Surony--in 1887 man employed in his loom
. working very diligently from Monday morning Sat
= urday night from o'clock in ire morning until dusk
: and times with lamp his wife assisting him
in finishing and taking him the work. could not pos
sbly than 20 groachen (about so ccns) per
= week. Nor could one who had three children, aged
~ years and upwards all working loom well
himself with his wife, employed doing up the work
\. earn in the whole more than 81 weekly
Observation-Disclosures aud England this is placed
: upon footing Of equality; all Advantage nav
gators being abrogAed II any interest bear di.
!, rect competition, this is the But TAI the
!, rsult set down by Mr. Porter. "In 1921" says
h this writer, "the proportion Of British vessels which
entered the ports Of The United States per cent
p compared with the American tonnage employed in the
foreign trade Of the United Sates while in 1895 that
A proportion increased to 80 per The actual
numbers in each Of tho years from s2l to S35, have
; been follows:
: British. American British. American.