New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-11-15
LABOR IN NEWLY K;
RS c1EcvMsr.Ncrs. CONDITIONS AND REwARps
No. XXIy... The Tniior-.

nr;ncnallv confined 10 the making oil custom Coa's
! ,a ~, hcst custom Panlaoons All Vests and COM
mon pnntaloons and nearly all Southern and Stop
! .ho, work is done by women. who work for such
priccsas they getgcncrally earning, when July
EMPLOYED from 50 30 10 - per week There are
many instances however, in which these uniortu-
nate women are still farther oppressed and compelled
10 work for prices at which it is scarcely possible 10
subsst ut all The condition and pay of this class Of
females we have heretofore exposed, and is only
necessary 10 say that the sopshop tailoring cstab
lishmcnts afford no better pay than the other classes
of employment 10 which we have more fully alluded
in previous articles.
There is better class OF employers, however,
who pay women something like proporiicnable
reward for their labor. Some of the largest and most
fashionable custom establishments Ill Broadway also
make up large quantities Of Clothing Tor the southern
markets, of much better quality and fashion 'han
tho crea, mass of garments exported there. 1hese
are the articles sold the crack fashionable eslao
lisbmcnts in New. Orleans Mobile, &c. &c at an ad
vance of 90 to 80 per cent on the price OF first rate
custom. work in Newly ork. For ests and Panta-
looms of the kind alluded 10 the women are paid 62t
- cts each; while for custom work they receive
from 81 to 81 80
The present price for making Dress and Frock
Goats is So IS In 1870 the price was S., and Jour
neymen we're very glad TO get work at that-while
the price of Goats the purchaser, was from 10 to
% per cent. higher than now. The Cutter OF an
establishment who receives in rstrate shops $1,000
or even $1,000 and $500 per annum has the privl-
legc of giving out all the work, and generally has
his favores perhaps brother or cousin or partlcu-
lar friend. who gets the of the shop, and is
thus frequently enabled TO make $50 or $40 per
week. Beside this, the Journeymen have prac
tice of giring out their 1r0rk to women or inferior
workmen, and thus realizing handsome income by
their farm!ng operations. The hands thus hired
bv the Journeymen do not generally get more than
81 50 or 81 per week. while the Journeynan re-
ceives his So % for every Coat from the employer
while the employer himself with those who do not
know tho circumstances receives the odium Of I'M
derpayng those employed by the Journeyman.-
Sometimes, also the same principle is applied IN
another way: the Journeyman letting out his WORK
b.; the piece TO the lowest bidder, and thus making
more or less profit on every garment given HIM by
the Cutter-tor which of course. the proprietor OF
the shop is charged full prices.
of Fashionable Clothing has been effected which
strongly resembles that which has taken place in the
cost of newspapers. Overcoats which, tive years
ago. cost $40 can now be bought in Broadway for
SIS and SIS. There were always plenty Of shops
where Clothing could be bought lower than the
Broadway prices-but then they ocerc not IN Broad
rQv and the fash onabe dealers did not value their
competition a straw. But at length an extensive
establishment was commenced III the most fashiona
bic quarter of Broadway itsef-the best artists were
encased-the choicest qualities and most rechfrchG
STYLES of goods imported from Paris and London-and
garments of every description turned out in tptop
style, of the very best make and quality, and ut
prices which at once opened the eyes OF the public
aud established the reputation and fortune OF the
new house This was the house of VIM. T. Jen'
nings & Co. who were soon followed by Booth x Co.
and since we believe By several others.
The Journeymen Tailors have well organized
Society for the regulation Of prices and the general
supervision of the interests of the Trade-whch
meets every Tuesday evening a, Dunn's Sixthward
Hotel. There are few underprced journeymen in
New.York, so far we have been able 10 ascertain,
and those who are in good standing and have sue
ceeded in becoming masters OF their business, need
not generally want for employment and tolerabe
paw There are many, however, who serve their
time to apparently little purpose and know little
more about making fashionable garment than when
they first began These, of course, live precarousy
from hand to mouth and are the regular victims Of
the practices to which we have above alluded as
well as TO their own incapacity.