New-York daily tribune., 1843-01-10
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We expec. to be misrepreseuted by the Pte0efo''
and journals Of itscass, butthe Morning ChT0R'cfe
ought to treat Us more Justly. The statemen'5"c
have published in relation to the so much bazoned
and denounced reduction Of Wages at Lo%eii es
tablish the following facts:
L. There has been no general reduction 81
cages in he Maanfaetories. A single establish
men, only has reduced the prices it pays fer piece.
work.
9. That reduction is based on Improvements IN
Us machinery made since the former rates OF pTl'
ees were established. For instance, the machinery
in a factcrAenabes each woman to weave ~ Yards
of cashmere per day, for which she is paid 2k
cents per yard. At length great improvements are
made in machinery elsewhere; the mi.owners
must adop, them, or they no longer make cloth
as cheap as thqir ncishbors they put in new ma
,binerv nj cost Of several thousand dollars, with
which each woman employed can weave 30 yards
Of the same cloth per day. Now can they go on
paving 2t cents yard for weaving? How, then,
shall thew compete with their foreign rivals7 How
nav for ,heic new machinery? But they reduce
their price paid fer weaving to cents per yard
Is il not unfair and dishonest to present this with
out explanation to The public, and pronounce it
real reduction of wages?
5. The price OF Cloths in our markets has not
been increased in consequence of the new Protcc-
tive Tariff, but reduced 5elow arg prices crer
k,own before.
a. The wages of Labor paid in our Manufacto-
ries arc now substantiaUyhighert than erer before
We do not say that more money is paid for aweck's
- chr e., ANY
way; but the money earned by the laborers in our
factories will now buy more Food, Clo,hipg, and
other necessaries and comforts of life than the pro-
ducts Of so much labor in factories would have paid
for at any former period.
of course no ono will understand us as af-
frming thnt the Factory system OF Hired Labor is
persect-that the miii,owners are more honest OF
phiIaathropic than other men--or that the oondi-
s:en Of tho Lnbofers therein is all that IL should
be-. Our opinions on oil these points are quite
otherwise. We greatly desire 70 see state oil
things in which virtuous and intelligent combina
ton of Laborers shall own or hire factory ioi
themselves, fix their own hours of labor, work IN
harraony and with alacrity under the direction OF
their most skilful and able menbers, divide fairly
their own earnings, and thus demonstrate that Man
is capable Of maintaining and profting by Indus
trial and Social as well Political Liberty. So also
in Asricult1re and the Mechanic Arts-in every
department of useful Industry. But the fact tha'
we believe better system of Labor desirable and
ultimately nctcabe does not incline US to abuse
and misrepresent tha, which exists.
We know that mill-ewners are at best but Inen,
and tbs, they will naturally look we'll TO their per
sonal interests. They must. From the nature Of
the case, they must Judge what wages they can
afford to pay if they judge niggard'y, we see no
help for it bu, in their nsbili;y to procure Labor
at the prices they offer. Abusing them tor not pay
;nr more, may enable the lower strata of Loco
Foco demagogues TO catch the votes of few sim
ple and ignorant persons, but can answer no good
purncse whatever. If all eur Poor people were
as well situated us thoss employed in our Manu-
factories. we should feel less concern on their ac
count. But there are lots of men among US over
flowing with indignation because the poor factory
girls arc not paid $40 per month and board, whe
themselves hire girls for SIS OF Sc per moa,h, make
.heir lives one reund of slavery asd degradation
and sometimes neglect to pay the hard-earned pit,
lance at last Let Reform begin here
Gy HENRY w. MERRITT, it will be seen by on,
Common Council proceedings, WAS last evening re-
sppointed Justice of the Police Courts OF this
City. No other namo was proposed or considered
As an energetic interchangeable Magistrate, Justice
MERIT, has now high character, and he viii
doubtless continue to discharge the duties of his
responsible station with signal ability and ei-
cheney.
Coal IN CHnh-Mr, Wheelwright, eminent,
for his zeal in promoting steam navigation in The
Pacific has written letter 10 the National lns,i.
tu,o at Washington, giving en- account of his dis
coveres of coal in the seuth of Chil;, and accom-.
panied it with abundant specimens. He says that
itvery plentiful all along the coast and that
the Moro OF Taicaauano mining has been carried
on tor the last eighteen months, during which tirae
1000 tons have been mined. Arrangements have
been rnada TO mine between 500 and 900 tons pe,
month hereafter. The coal costs on the beach
about two dollars and halfa ton. and is in mary
respects OF quality superior TO that in mora com
mon use. Ccal has been also abandan,ly found q,
the ls,huus OF Panama
Tax DEATH IL IsS WHITE PLAINS J.,1.-Wa
are assured tsoa source in which we place i'm.
Plicit confidence, that the statements of o,r ..r.
respondent, on which We based our parssrsnb las,
week, were msds in ignorance ef r,..,., ,s ,,s
essential facts, and wesc thence Incorrect to the
9 prejudice Of the 5aiier, TIE negro was insane,
and died IN Jaii' bar we arc assured ,ba, he was
attended BY Physicisa and hsd all necessary care
and attention 10 make him comfortable in his si,u-
aroa rsndercd 10 him by ,b, J;lar Arrsnse-