New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-10-22
THE TRIBUNE.
xvag.- Jutrulh. of The Tribune.

vactory Wages -Jntrulhs of The Tribune
N, following it appears il from subscriber Of Tn
,..,, and no, Of the News aud sends US an excellent
10 ,orrec, the ialsohood Of that paper Thus il
,bs, untruih defeats the object for which Il ID
urered.
:. "a, EStor II r., Morning Mar
LOWELL Mass Oct ls lsij
,be Mr.. York Weekly Iribgse Of ms week ma 'i
- headed Lowell fscOres-Ihe Ne"s, IN r.
nee 10 the regulation ofthe prce pad Tor board enc
- soother article commencing q" We give over The
- y,s IN reference 20 the tiIqc OF the reduction
ss.a. in the Factories-whch think deserves some
,s,on that the there published may not go "iu-
out correction. &c., , .,s ,;,l,, .s,, .
me Corporsons in this city have the entire cOntfo'
s,bs rec 10 be required iOr boar Dol those u
- Coronation boarding houses who are emPOy'o ny
- ma, mice fixed By them fOf boarding leinses
49, n, ,,srs usst and is now, is 81 p per week
~ ~ - a. nv knowledge more than - III his
E.,mentIonei price pad during the uepiessIOn "
"a and soon ser was reduced 10 the oo stanuaiu u
4. o. Tbsf also the wages Oitho operatives are reckon
:, - .n.b ne, week or by the piece (as may be md
saad- MOI ihat a. stated by The Tribune the ope-
.ves nav for their board from their wages Sut ina
IN Coruorstons pay the operatives exclusive ~ "ases
49, 80 AGREED uuon by them Ohe COrpOratlohs) lot
n "a - vhich 1. now al 25 per week for females
mus YOU viii that the Corporations hare sofnetns
m do with regulating the price OF boafd-I" i'O" 70
20 the contrary Notwithstanding - ....,, .,.,
In -efereuce 20 the reduction OF wages "ouiu ale"
-, ira, there was a reduction made IN leil. AZ stat
10 IA, Tyjbnne and also reduction OF tnniypcc pr
Sr,in 1912 att,r the new Isrih law was passed ms
III, reduction was made in November and December 81
,hs, vesr-whle the Manufacturers, II ] mistake not
,ye, making dividends Of twenty per cent per annum
The statement in relation 20 the reduction OIL wages ie
eei,ed from an operative IN tue MINIS al the uh'
n the reductiOn-the remainder ! give from persona
knovedge having resided in this city for the past ten
years. ,,, -. =. ....t,;.h ,,ro,
see A. and may be relied on as correct ,,,.,,,oo,,
H. l.. C. NEWTON.
LOWELL Mass, oct. le, ls45.
r~9-It is rather odd if II. l.. G.. Newton ID a
snbscriber 10 The Tribune and nat to The News,
thai he should send his statement to the latter paper
Inn, never mind. Here it is rcrbatim, with the
Newss Jhourish Of trumpets and II 1t coTects any
hlsehoods of our paper, our readers will see it
and they are rather more numerous than those OF
The News. Now let US see what this letter esiab
tshes
/. The original, regular price Of Board for Girls
In the Factory Boarding Houses was sl,25. the
.ame as il now il. Ii twas raised III cents at time
when Provisions had greatly advanced under the
influence Of the initiation, specuaiions and short
crop Of 1896, but was reduced again TO the old
standard when Provisions came down
. The Corporations have a control over the price
Of Board in these Houses built and owned by them.
But this nobody disputed The dispute has related
their interest in the price not their control over
IT, II. l.. c. Newton asserts very plumply that
the Girls are boarded by the C0mpdnics-,hat Is
are only paid so much per week or by the piece
and paving their board eUc}0siUe of this. But the
LOrA A9rertiscr (Loco.Foco) Of Saturday last
Anocks this story in the head by the following state
menl.
On the 4ih Of May 1872 beioeea me time Of te pass
ags nc Tariff and The time Of Ns sofRs INTO operation
the Corporations cut down the wages Of the operatives
,oou les on the females per week and > cents on
he males They then ordered their Boarding Hous,
keepers charge their girls but p per week for board
instead Of 81 81 per week they had been paying
and to charge their men but A. - per week instead
s. This operation left the wages OF the operatives the
sane they had been but took from the Boarding House
women twelve and hall cents week ON every gif
hey kept and twenty five cents week on every man
snd pat into the pockets of the Companies.
Here is Loco Foco authority at least as good a.
H l.. c Newton establishing our own view Of
The nstier The Boarding House keepers charge
The men 81 IS and the girls ~ p per week, which
sdeducied from the amount OF their earnings, which
more or less according TO their skill and efficiency
lhereduciion OF wages of which we have heard &c
much 5olanced mot augmented. as the News
and Ms witness would have il by the Simultaneous
reduction Of Board and this reduction was simply
iOihe former and usual prices of Board Provis
ions We're decidedly cheaper in lsi2 than they were
1872 and thence TO 1885, when the old stand
ard las II. c. Newton tcstifes prevailed. And
We mistake not the price Of boarding Factory
nAnd' male and female is quite as high as that pai(
'~ boarding young gentlemen and ladies' attending
academies IN the villages with which we are &c
qaAn1ed around Lowell-But with lis suficiency
We nave nothing 10 do We think few of the board
house keepers are snxious 10 quit the bushes,
even al present prices Still, # il be too low. We
nope will be increased and if Provisions continue
up, We think il should be increased decidedly.
The Advertiser makes bunder in saving that
'se reduction he speaks Of was made after the pre-
~n' lsrifswas passed-but we excuse that We
never yet met Loco Foco who could speak of this
iA'n and not misrepresent it, even though he called
unseh Tariff man. The Tariff was all in chao.
oo 'ne lA'h Of May. 1872 manufactures depressed
Ou' markets crowded with Foreign fabrics; John
A!Aef PRESIDENT; and good lawyers coniendng that
g a"ueswha'ever could be collected after the 30lh
June unless new Tariff bin were got through
there were, after May 18th, 1899. more than once
several chances to one against getting ann Pro,ec
I'VE Tariff at al, and the prescn, Tariff finally be
anne a law on the SOFA Of August-more than tbr,,
"0H'As too late for the Advertisers story.
And now TO return to H. l.. C. Newton, II,
o. SIS Is most unfortunate wi,ncs. for Tn,
news on The subjec; of Wages. since he undertake
prove too much. His story of reduction Of .,
III cent IN lsi2 after the new Tariff was passed i
.''''y demolished by his compeer Of the Lowel
advertiser who tells the story las above quoted cir
essentially, and as fairly as Foco can tel
= VI paragraph We have quoted The aetna
JUNCTION OF wages was % cents week ON Men.
- AZ cents on WOmens, and this WAS balance,
simultaneous reduction OF the price Of Board
IA NE Boarding House keepers stood the whole
NE Workers actually lost nothing. The Morn
.'@' has also knocked bis story in the head. b,
~ 'As maj the Girls now receive SIS per vocl
"eE board, whereas the larges, sum they ar,
a., nave err received was s. per week. :,
matter Is finished And as TO Newton. f,renf,
s'11 and the Advertisers hirfv per cent. div
Al N'oe oy Factories in 1912. there is no one a
~, S1a'''ed with the subject who does not ksO,