The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-10-09

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OF these 93,l40 females between 10 and 40 years,
at least 10000 live by sewing. Of those, probably
5000 sew for their clothes only. Now when the
business was diminished by failure OF the houses
engaged in IT, and reduced only TO that trade which
furnished only the actual cash demand at least one
half Of the 70, 900 females were thrown out of en-
ploy. Those who worked the cheapest and best.
continued 10 get employ. This latter class COM
pehends precisely those who work for their clothes
only, and are not obliged to support themselves.
Hence 10000 needy and destitute femeles who were
toiled into the city, and from other employments.
by fictitious bank movement, are without resource.
Legislative sanction having first produced the
evil, now enhances it. Nearly all the linen and
clothes made in the city are sold to the agricutu-
rlss. The means OF those people to buy depends
upon the sale OF their produce. This produce, un-
der the low range of the compromise tariff, they
exchanged for foreign cloths which were manu.
tactured by The females in Cities and sold to the
farmers, the home price OF whose produce was in.
creased by the surplus having found a foreign mar
ket. Hence they could pay higher prices to the
females who made the clothes Under the present
tariff they cannot send the surplus out of the coun-
Try but 10 limited extent because the law forbids
Them from bringing home any thing in return
Hence il is that -four is but $3.50 per barrel
The. farmers cannot, therefore, buy city made
clothes, hut they spend and wear their own flax
and wool and make their own garments The ex-
tent TO which this is done may be estimated from
the census returns, which gives the value of the
home made goods in farmers families at S29 ,O23,
$50, being greater than all the foreign cloths i'm.
ported. The value OF these goods made in the far
iners' families of New York was 81, 636, 81 If
these goods were made in the city of New York, as
they probably would be under system of low du-
ties, it would give 81 100000 per annum TO the fe
males here IN those employments Nearly all these
family goods are made in the western counties, the
value IN the northern district being "a 273 7l3
These some OF the effects of unwise legislation.
producing that depth Of distress among the genter
sex, which results in the demoraziRg scenes of
Broadway Of an evening. The same results are
brought about in greater less degree in all cities
and in all parts OF the world The state Of the work
ing classes of England at this instant being the re-
suits OF the protective system, presents scenes of
horror to which this country happily is vet stran
ger In illustration of what we have been saying
about the employment of females, we will confine
ourselves to that business in Londsn.
In Cornhill, London, is the shirt making establish.
nent of Messrs Silver g. Co II is the Oldest in that
vast city, and gives employ 10 5000 females In
consequence Of the extreme oppression OF the poor
law rates, Tor sometime employ mad been given by
societies, who supposed themselves benevolent, TO
the poor in the work houses, in order to relieve the
distress The operation OF this brought out testi-
mony OF Messrs Silver 81 Co. in relation 10 prices,
as follows:-
Having determined never TO employ warehouses
any other establishments that were provided for
by the pubc-soely, they state, because they
would not poach upon the manor OF the poor seam
stresses-they were constrained TO reduce the pri-
they then paying, and the profits they were
Then obtaining, to meet the evil and they declare
that the prices which they pay for shiIt.making
are, for