The pilot. [volume] (Baltimore [Md.]) 1840-1840, 1840-04-28

Worki iis 10 article A distinguished AoInIhis
t,t;on Senator openly advocates Sio ', wages
sI,s,,rv scheme because It wltt reuuoo So" t On
for tn, labor of your hands; WIN Sd no;rv Il IS
l soi;stration part of whose avoWeG pot,o5,
-, ,,,,, 70 the condition OF those lofclSh 80
enumerated below. Are your W'so?? w ~
a. on are willing to assist the
5n.!ino them? Look to TINS ma''ei raonic ;s
trt; easure SO often repudlated py Che - Il;
i Ms n ~ r,road uuon them; and 1t AIMS Dlow u
aoo. ~ o,,r interest, already suffering greatly ~
fec'ly az hardness of the times feaa anu IT,
Got mon the following facts:
POLITICS OF WORKING MEN
few DAYS since referred to Mr' pucllanaiIs
,ent that the amount OF money III INC county
arg I'M ,,ces of labor must be reduced before we
and inc "N5 ,ent nrosperity; and that these bless
-. 10 70 be brought about by the SUI ieasuiy
lns or We showed the following to be the rates Of
9 in some of the countries to whch MI puoi1
Mas ragerred as patterns for the WORKING men OIL
IS,cs Wages Of common laborers, seven anu
Ifr''uU ner day and find th,i; own houses:
hac Men on farms daily wages from TOUR TO
o;abt nence per day, and board themselves. h,1
Observation-Disclosures PAID D pence Pei O"1 "''1
I,,1;,,,n-Thc best arlzans and mechanics one
.h;I,;ns ner day Wages lower on the farms
shi.l a.r1oqqnu-Iaborers from to pence per day.
without board :, =, nh 1horers from three
- f,,Ir ncncc per day'without board
HJ,['Tricste, laborers twelve pence WIN pol u
,risoa9 six pence per day without either poaru OF
lodgings. Co. ,,oo,ers and other man.
eacturers. about 10 cents per day; H.
M buchanan SAYS that the sub-treasury ScheIne
ill render money scarce that inc i.'o' Vi W. a.
e+ fall and therefore the manufactures "a t
mus eites will be able to compete IN our markets
e. ,nanufacturers of those countries IN winch
Ibong classes far above stated IN the way OF
IN We have entertained the opinion tlat IT
I'D he better to pay tariff on the productions o
s;,ers sufficient to keep them from our ports
ioreif +he WAGES of the poor, who have difhcul-
49,; nnough TO contend with in the best Of ilmes'
der fully to show the working men INTO whose
And tb;s NAV fall to what miserable conditioh inc
Van Buren administration wish 10 oIhS 1iehi 'o' a'
piled the following lac's A'0'' -
eh1 In some of the districts, the food OF the
,oar consists in rye bread, kind OF soup MADE OF
piet cakes of Indian corn, now ana tneh some SAT-
;;ons and vegetables, but rarely, II ever, butch
Pr ut In other districts, wheaton bread, soup
ers ";th vegetables AID little grease or lard,
t;ce day potatoes, other vegetables put seldom
butchers meat. ,,:. :; tho Southern
:os live on salt fish and potatoes, In the north
Pr norr;dee and rye bread form their TODD;
ei1, i;,,,-Tbe mechanics live exclusively on rye
bread potatoes and mix ;;1, ..
IT. ether hard money countries are similar 10
4osn The laboring and operative classes are IN a
;or,b le condition. While a laborer IN the cnited
STATES can live on the fat of the land, and indeed
I;ng side by side with his employer, ana eating
earne table the laborer in those countries OF
E,rone which Mr. Buchanan thinks are such excel
lent patterns must ubsst on but one KIND OF Diet
md that Of the coarses kinds In every other respect
an .i,;ra, men of these countries are equally de-
orsded compared with the working men OF the Uni
led states. With man may rise BY talent m
49,, and prudence from the lowest to the highest
.at;cn in society or the government; but IN the Eu-
ropean DISPOSITIONS he who happens to be born peas
mt will always remain So There Is no chance Tor
p' We feel every confidence that the working men OF
M country will resent, it deserves, the insulting
proposition of Mr. Buchanan and i the sS nS
seed bv the people before year In day or two
we will point out readers one or two OF nts el
sects and also OF the reasons winch aay nance
Mr.. buchanan to support it strongly.--HarT's0'"s@
Telegraph ~
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