The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1843-04-28

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Tom The Indiaaa Sia,e Sentinel
TARIFF--rA CTORIES--VyAGEs
One of the stronses; pleas urged by the wings in
favor of the present protective tariff was, that tho
wages of the aborers. particularly in the manuiac-
turing corporations Of the East would be increased
This promise has been kept like all the rest of that
promising purly-instead oiwages being increased
| they have been Gu, down 10 large amount by the
very men who mos, prof, by Il taIiii. To prove
this, and to fix upon the minds Of our readers the
result, we copy heIe sandry paragraphs, which We
| have collected within few weeks-a since the
passage Of the present tariff law
The first is copied from the New York Pebeun,
from paper called "'lhe Factory Girl," published
| ut New Market, n. II. However much the work.
les may suffer- the privileged ones are PERMITTED TO
live in grandeur on the hard ealnngs oihc temaleS
"a notice has been posted up in the mills in this
place, informing the operatives that they must sub
nit 10 another reduction of wages! Wcavers who
tend four looms, are reduced iIom 10 cents per cur
TO If; those tending three looms, from ID cents TO
| ) IL cents per cut. The wages ofspnncrs, car
ders and drcsscrs reduced in the sane proportion.
Only 81 IL IL is now allowed for board, Dis
charging the spare help as fast as possible. Wages
of the oversecrs are from ~ 80 to - 90 per day;
agents, from four TO sever dollars per day.
"Overseers" Occupy pretty much the same posi-
lion ms those on n Southern plantation; as their
title implies, their duty is much the same. The
agents are generally small laleho!ders in the cor
pOralion, and exercise general supervision OF The
business
The following extract from federal address re-
Gently issued to the people of New Hampshire, VIII
show the general coot Of the aii, 20 Lar as lliat
Ctn,c Is concernod
"!iusincss and eu,tfpriac haflcd, hunted and dr-
ven from the State; her manufactures closed; her
workshops closed; her mechanics idle; her impro-
vcmGnlS stopped; her capital eong abroad; the
value Of her real estate diminished; her luLorcrs
staying
~ haro ' not prevented |T or loIGGS Haw ccIa-
evils, as the Wigs affirmed would be the case
before IL adoption
At Lowell the great manufacturing town Of
Massachusetts, the wages Of the operatives have
also been Gu, down repeatedly during the same
time. The Do,ton Statesman OF Nov. IL, copies
the following from religious paper OF tho same
CITY. called The Olive liTanch;
misunderstanding the manufacturers have just
the protection they asked for, we STE 10y The Lowell
Patriot, that, after the close Of the present month,
nonce has been served on their huad- tn, their wa
yea will he reduced Mark his EcIurc the tariff
was passed the stock in their mills was Il! prem
ium, Dfcoursr, tn, knowing ones were assured
that it paid good dividends. Another evidence OF
snch briur thr case is the fact that other Mills arc
abnu, TO be erected. Now, On the top u all ms,
with the whole market secured 10 themselves 10y
heavy tariff, they are on the c'e ol klDItlN
the already shlnciu!'y siloI wages OF Their '"Dor-
/ crs,' .
The ihrealcnl reduction caused II "iurn ont
among the girls enlployrd who, according TO tile
Iowcll Advertiser considered the reduction ''pc-
culiarly outrageous, "a the company who took me
| lead were never doing more profitable business
Tho rirls held public meeting; but Il lawyer was
cmploycG To molIily them, with considerable sue
| cess The Boston Coulicr O. leading wing paper
niycs the annexed uccouut OF the ALTAR:
"TuE LOWELL OpERArIyEs-Ana agreement
has been entered into hy the factories at Lowell TO
reduce the wages of The operatives, uiier 'ho n's'
! of December i,om fifteen 10 twenty per ceht-
This has reused the feelings OF the Affected c'"SS'
and many of them have talked rather Strongly u
Lout strikes, ,urn.outs and other measures Of The
! kind. They held meeting at the Masonic Han
ON Tuesday evening which was fully attended Ivy
| females: males not being admitted, except to tie
urn,bcr of nerInps half dozen This meeting
vos odressed hv b. 7. Butler, Esqr., who set be-
fore his hearers, in strong terms, the INJURY they
would inllict upon lhcmsclvs by amy violent, pre-
cnia,c step; spoke Of the had times; the IIilie
demand for abor the iightncss oimoney' ne; ana
urged .hcm to keep al work Ills renarNs hah
much CticCt ana All litsChl tANVP' u" ." ''
leGt the hall dissatisfied, resolved 10 FOLIO" The ad-
vice given them by the orator. II IS not now
anticipated that any trouble will be the eonse-
quencc OF tire reduction.
Poverty and ;heica ofgrea,er oppression having
induced the operatives 10 tolerate this reduction
second was ordered. which was ncilced by the Lo-
well Advertiser, as follows: m
"ANoruER TuRN OF THE scREWs.-i lie
male laborers Of the NliddleseS corporation (Alr'
Samuel Iawrcncc's) received notice on Saturday
of another cui-down Of their wages. Yet MI H.
and his corporation associates pretend TO he me
! extensive friends uf the lahorcr See his sunday
circular We understand the business OF ms
compony is so successful and prosperou. that the,
are running nj. Their machinery al the highest speed
aud ill late At night -.
The Lnwcl. Courier, whis paper (in 'he mic
roe, Of course. Of the lords of the loom) attempt
oil n defend the the reduction Of wages, by ASSERT
inc that the production was 50 very irIiiihg. 10
n., cent, tha, it would hardly have been ielt.
which drew The following rebuke hom The Boston
Post: go 49,
.,Thcse very lliddeseN mills uhirh have ,urh-
cd AWAY nearly one hundred aud tiiy gllls-laTh'.
ore da1sh,ers-havc jus, declared dividend o,
cir per cent for sir months, and have aciua"y
made clear profits, in the same time, oil screen ana
a half PER cenf-equal to fifteen per cent yeHI!
So mrch luI The ncw protective iari'', in'enueo ~