The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-03-11

Wehere that the manufacturing interest continued
prosperous under comparative low tariff, as well as
under high tariff but it goes into the pockets of few
divdus and not into the hands the operatives the
as In 1881 the wage, psd per week to each @
male employee in the mills, was $200 above her board
which continued to be the price up to last year when
in both Lowell and Dover. Lately the wages have been
cut down twenty per cent in the Cocheco mills the lat
ter place. and twenty per cent at the Middesex mills
In Lowell. Atthe latter however, which woollen
mills there extenuating circumstances
s,,2s week above their board-s2l6 in ls4l-$9l in
ls40and ST. 10 1885, This year by the reduction they
will twenty FIVE per cent less thereabouts These
the wages paid females of all ages and for all kinds
of labor Their board 81 26 week. That is the price
now In 1887 when provisions were high the rate was
exclusive of board This has been the range for nearly
ten years 1t therefore, clear that high tariff does
1t is that nearly many hands employe in
1887 when there were but l46oeo spindles and 1900
there 900 spndes and 900 looms and
yards of cloth made being 900 yards in favor of the
rich manulacturers and;asant the poor hard working
employed girl is compelled to tend four spinning
frames where she regulated but three last yearand
female operative who managed two looms one year ego
has to tend to three and this at reduced wages
To accomplish this extra labor the girls begin work at
O'Clock in the morning, and do leave off till after
seven in the evening taking thirty minutes only for din
ner thereby working full twelve hours aday, the result
probably Of the protection given to manufacturers by the
mense labor performed by the girls, who mostly
young the sanaory report Of Lowell speaks well for the
health Of the place.
HEALTH REroRT OF New YoRK AND LOWELL.
Deaths in lowell in 1872 47s Population, 20 ssI in AZ
This is in favor of Lowell but there fact to be
taken into consideration. Many the factory girls belong
to other parts othe New England States and merely go
to Lowell to obtain livelihood Whenever any of them
taken sick they generally return to their homes and
often deihere of sickness contracted in Lowell These
of course not included in the health report of that city
and hence the comparatively small number of deaths
there. Yet the condition Of the American factory girls
is TAR very far above that of the female operatives Of
other countries, especially Of England where they
nearly the point OF starvation. Here the operatives
have thousands of dollars the Savings Banks There
they scarcely get money enough fer the pota
toes they eat This state Of things in England, howe
yer, has been produced by high tariffs. Our .ope
ratives were in good condition with a falling
tariff they now with high one. The pro-
lection much clamored for by the manufacturing inter-
has not benefited the working people. If il makes any
change in their affairs it will be to tn cir injury We
little dependent upon foreigners for manufactured
goods that high tariff cotton woollen goods az
fords but little protection, the annexed statement
clusively proves -
DOMESTIC MANUrACTURIs AND IMPORTS AND EXPORTS IN