New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-09-14
rns Condition OF t.l- Working Poor.

Thc Coalition OF The Working Poor.
~ InE WANDERING Jew, by EUGENE SUE,
Part ". translated by Hertert, has been ;s.ucd
by Winchester. In this, the great Moral aod
Social design of the work begins To be manifest.
cd. Witness the following e1trzct:
La iisyeux persisted in toiiing NJ her neeiic, b.
winch, with great Gifliculty. she earned sereRfyf fire
cents week; for she had learned OF Frances e "a
make up linen, and worked at shirt- tor h.
common ?e ,pia, ard rhe army, for nf'ch she wa'
p5i: tine t. Of 3 Ia. dozen. She had to t-ra
10 liz rHe coafs 80 ct item ou 10 -i'ch ii.e
orunrcies AID sew on i'e buttons; 81 thar II was
vDi, b. .orkipg ifoal tweive fifteen hours day,
III, .;ia ccud sr,cu?i;s! from fourteen TO ,lxiee,
ah,r;s week an HGi"unt o; labor which gryS iced
ner on al average, iouc ttarcs werK
And This uniorrgu5te eiFt w'as not hGra, or ar ac-
ciaenia exception IN this posli n; housands OF
work people had not. III hat I.tr'ud and have not
n'IH, tire Tower OF eGtning m"r-: tor the remunera-
ion al labor performed lay womsn, is Teguuted with
Incredible injustice apd Cr'ieity They are, in iac;.
not paid on.-ha!i aS much men, who are en-
pos ed like them in sewing, snct for instance. a.
,aors, waist-ccat-n.ak-Ts, e!overs, aud the ike
doubtless because. while doIrg t,s much work Us
ur,, they are trnil. and delicate, ana onCht in.
s;,ire SO nuch the INTER- Il and cnmpn;-on
perhaps, because their quality nj mothers cFuses
ttei III require greater meals oi comfort and sab
sis,ence.
l., ,iayeux lived then Oh her four francs week.
She i:rei thai is 10 sax, by working indusriously
Gm welvr 20 ff,ren hours doy SIDE succeeded IN
ooT d,iog OF hunger, cold, or misery.
Irritation poorly expresses The hahitual want OF
almost every ding winch is required 10 support
nsaiih, # not actual existence.
Qualifications il seems TO me, would he usier
name; Tor. by supporting himself painfully Oh The
verge which par,s life from DEAN, a person feels
keenly the consequences OF his terrible yicini-
y, md moreover The limit s coon passed.
70 show how far this hidsous modification, which
society imposes On thousands Of honest and indus,
rjous beings, By its criminal neglect Of all CUES
,ons bearing on a Just remuneration of labor 10
show, saw, how lar this hdeous modification may
53 carried, shall proceed 10 show IN what manner
moor Young girl support herself on four francs
II week. Perhaps those who read will be induced
10 feel al least, something OF respect for the COURAGE
and resignation with which 30 many hapess beings
endure 80 horrible existence this, which Ill
sures 10 them Ist life enough 20 feel all its agonies
Yes. the mere endurance OF lie st that rate is II
virtue; and society cruel enough TO tolerate or
impose so many sufieriDgs loses the right of COM
ptaining or OF blaming those who seek an end OF
their miseries in annhston, or those who sell
themselves, not from depravi,y Of tastes, but almost
ALWAYS because they are cold and hungry.
Here is the mode by which this young girl con-
trived 10 live on her four francs week:
Six pounds Of bread, Of interior quality, sixteen
cents; two buckets of water, four cents grease or
hogs lnrd-beter is teodear-Dlne cents; one BUSH
Ell OF charcoal seven cents; one quart OF dried veg
etates, peas the like six cents; three quarts o.
potatoes, four cents candles fifteen cents; needles
and thread five cents; Total, Sky. Elk cents.
There remained. then, 10 La Mayeux, TO pay for
her lodgings, her clothing ana for fuel 10 warm her
SILT, nine cents Il week. BY Il rare piece OF good
fortune, she was here favorable exception 10 her
class; for, IN order not To wound her deicncy,whch
was extreme, Agrico mad made secret engagement
witt! the porter, who let 10 the young gir, at the
rate of twelve francs year, little closet under the
tiles in which there was exactly room Ter lille
bed, chair, and trunk. Asiicoi paid The eish-
teen francs which made up the thirty francs which
was tho real rent Of the closet; that La biaycux
had still about lwentyiour cents month lett rher
extraordinary wants.
As 10 those of her companions, who earned no
more than she, and were not otherwise SO Fortunate
II si,us,ed; wien they had no home nor family,
hey bought piece OF bread, or some other ready
cooked food, daily und slept in the bed of compa-
.ion, III wrelched furnished loding, al the rate OF
one sous nightly. a poor trunk containing The few
clothes which they caa alone possess, Is lat IN the
care oil the odging-keepcr. And even thIs wretch
ed life is comparatively tortunate; for il work can
not be Obtained for one day, Tor Two lays-ii SICK
ness comes-sickness, almost always ascrIbsble To
The insuificiency or unwholesome quality of their
food, or the want OF air, OF rest, euo OF nursing
Sickness enervaung enough 10 reHner all latof III,
possible, bur not sufficient 10 entiIle the wretcned
heins 10 bed in a hospital-what thea becomes oi
these wretched girls, otienmes orphons3 for among
nsople OF this class life is brief and two living gene
ratiuns somewhat II rare phenemenon.
This iusuilicency of salaries is inconteslihle ano
general In tbs teeth Of this Wi! society, or those
yho represeu il, inaSmuch rs they make its laws,
xenan careless any ionger7 Do not they see, Thai
the least OF the Consequences OF estate SO unnatural
20 Ia. berous, be p.ecocious mortality, pfosi'u-
non and suicide y
I'VE Duve harrowed some Of these siacal details from
an cerrt work 10y n. Jauon,u w"tkins mechanic p'o
.,.,- m the Ruche Populne. new pApar computed %
'aechanics TINS -uch m"ertonns mp''iiaty unto te
-.ct,ru If VI Dt.uesne journey mHn printer NJ n'ili
sts We have and chi d;n iiVn: ir uunt.
,.-lcr suus wIth", -Ee' grease or tuiie'-iisOe o.
ere7d bCssd IN water handful Of salt It's moreover
say L. observe, the woik'rs wunpn cguno' M: me-
:yIsnns =; wholesale her emgl yer not having always wo
:, glyc her. IND: she Is n'e; "bl..d 10 buy phnh 81
,ead p-uuy ~or;h 81 sat nd ." ., caues exc ." ani'
aere 70 /, loss to Ter, ~ Tie irnciio'' awhs CO.
the retailer We gilnd here, that he poor pay, under &C:
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