American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-08-02

competent tedche-here the children receive
/ their education gratnitously while their parents
and other relations are literally paid for their
work in bis factory a Catholic chapel, and
Methodist meeting house, have been erected
| by him, which are well attended on the Sab
bath.
Of the hands employed in lis factory and
machine shop, about $50 Of them are males,
who average Sl25 per day; the ioremcn Of
rooms receive 50 4 day. The females, accord
ing to their age and employment, receive from
Sl2 TO $40 per mouth, being an average Of SIG
Il month. The y0ard of the men is $40 per
month, that of tire females, from s5 to Sc -
From the data here furnished, it will be seen
that the pay Of the establishment is upon the
most liberal footing, it being the policy of its
worthy and enlightened proprietor to place it
within the power Of his hands to lay BY some
thing for rainy day. We were pleased TO
learn that many of the grrls had each already
saved from their earnings many bundled dol
lars, which was safely Invested. The factory
consumes 5000 lbs. of cotton daily, which, rs
one pound OF the raw material will make IL
yards, the manufacture is equal to 10 900 wards
Il day, or 60 900 a week As Col Capron paws
WE'LL he can always command the best work
men; and 1t IS not saying aught too much in
7 his praise, when we state, that the fabrics Of
the Laurel enjoy a very high reputation. The
monthly payroll of the establishment amounts
to between s and 5000 dollars.
/ We have thus rapidly sketchcd tho facts
connected with the Laurel Factory, and with
out intending to mix them up with politics, we
may be permitted to address few remarks to
our southern brethren, upon the policy Of es-
tabshing among themselves similar esta .lish-
. St2ti NiaDt in .,J
supply the home demand, That slave labor
directed by competent white foremen, wonlj
he found adequate TO the task of fabricatinG
goods, we have not the slightest doubt Bnt
independent Of slave labor, there are but few
neighborhoods where factories might be estab-
lished, where numerous poor white families
might not be found, to whom such employment
would be highly beneficial.
A prejudice, we are aware exists in the
South against factory labor-we are aware,
that 1t is looked upon as mental employnent--
as the prolific source of disease and immorah-
ty--and therefore, to all who thus think and
believe, we will remark that they labor under 4
most iamGntabe detuSiOn-and here paw leave
to assure them, that, if they could with us
nave looked upon the pretty, rosy-cheekcd, and
modest behaved girls Of Laurel-haVe witness
ed the perfect order and decorum which pre-
vailed, all their preIudices would have been
dIspelled by the force OF unerriDg truth-lor
we do not believe that the same number of fe-
males can be selected any where, whether in
country, or town, whose appearance and de-
pertinent would be more indicative of rood
health and sound morals; and we will venture
the assertion, that in no country are the dauph-
tiers of peasants farmers, nearly as we'll
eled. We think the females when we saw
engaged at work, in the several stories of the
factory, must have numbered between and 7
hundred, and although we observed their coun-
tenance with that view, we saw but one who
bore the appearance of impaired health--and
all were dressed genteelly and in excellent
taste.
We have mentioned the flower gardens in
front of the workmen's houses, and we must
net forget to state that in front of the Factory,
Gel. Caproa has displayed exquisite taste and
love OF the beautiful, in the devotion of about
a third of an acre of ground to flower gar
don, where shrubbery and flowers, and gravel
walks aud green plats, present a contrast so
rich and varied, that Shenstone, could he re-
vKrt the earth, might envy the possessor. Nor
are the ladies Of the factory behind their pub
licspirted employer; for every window sill was
studded with pots of rare plants, whose blooms
wsTe only equalled by the tiring roses and lilies
which doomed around them.
We left the Laurel with the impression, that
was one of the best arranged communities
we had ever been in, and the loEeliest spot
which we had ever behed.