Mobile register and journal. [volume] (Mobile, Ala.) 1841-1849, 1845-11-08
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the hands were seduced into factory employ by high
wages, and when bound hand and foot they had those
wages tni down without their consent. The eagacI.
ty Of The Tribune breaks forth follows
"This is clearly Il bull Of the News. Its cue is
to insist that high tariffs are not followed bv high but
by low wages. Does il mol assert that The manuac-
tories reiuced their wages upon the passage OF the
present Tariff 20
II is certainly disgusting 10 follow thai organ OF
oppression through its shiny turnings and lwislings,
but II sony by such severe duty that the vlIlny al
the present protected factory system be exposed.
The following memorial WAS sent IN the Massachu-
setls Legislature, Feb 6. lS43 five months after the
present "benifcenl tariff came into operation
We. the undersigned, females, dependant upon the
labor of our hands for subsistence, having lett the
| employment Of the Mddlesex Manufacturing Com
pany on Account of violation their part of an
agreement existing between the undersigned and said
company, are suffering persecution from said
compang, aud hunted from place ~ place, that
moy find no employment by ,chch to earn a living.
Not being able 10 contend against rich Eerse.
cuIots by bringing suit at law for satisfaction, we
are compelled 10 seek redress projections from the
powers which created said company.
The "Regulation Paper which ampanies this
memorial reads rs follows:-"All persons entering
ito the employment of the comnany CONSIDERED
a engaged for hceiUe months, and those who leave
Doner VIII not receive regular discharge. We
dd not imply, by agreeing 10 this, that wages
nTe TO be subject 10 any reduction which the Copdn
night see III TO make, and when they gave official
ntlce that they were going 10 cut our wages dOiSn
bout 20 per cent we considered il violation Of the
agreement which existed between us, and there tore
I'D not feel bound by any agreement which they had
right 10 break; for il they could reduce wages
% per cent ,ohy not 80. and sill hoid MS 10 m0vk
r0etDe month! We therefore gait working Tor said
company, and The consequence is as follows:-'Some
OF us went 10 work for other Companies, hut these
companies received our names, and we were
I'M nH nj nod fnr
work where hands were wanted, but were informed
that they could employ of the "turn-outs from
the Middlesex," and many who abored with lis
have been obliged To leave Lowell and seek their
bread, we know not where, on account of the perse
cntlon carried on against them by the Mddlesex Com
pany. Our names upon all the corporations in
Lowell. that we find no employment. We there
ole pray that YOU will, If consistent with your con-
sIitutonal powers, stay the hands Of our persecn.
tors and II not, that some law may be enacted which
will prevent our brothers. sisters and friends, suffer-
ing we suffer, if ever they should resist injustice
from manufacturing companies. Sigred,
Ruth Hancock Mara French
Mary StoweIl Mary W. Honey
Caroline J. Swee,ser Lucinda Ruler, OF Keeler
Deborah Smith EunIce q Ilsey
Betsy Tenney Rebecca X. FLYING
| Lydia G. Bates Amy lulrheld
julia A. Taylor Jane q. Morton
Mary A. Morgan.
Here is the foundation Of all the horrors of lanca-
! SHIRE; when female once gets into the o
these corporate monsters, they are To work nj any
compensation that may he duled out 10 them What
be more just lhan the argument of these hapless
iemaiesl They engage TO work Tor one year at a
certain price; as soon the hearless employers
la' procured the passage OF the ACT which protect
ed themselves m their 20 per cent dividends, they
turn tercely upon hese females, reduce the PIT.
tia"ee allowed for hoard, and down their wages
The gils stand b, their contract, and cast adriit
/ with the "ban" upon them; they are doomed to
starvation. What a spectacle, To see Abbott Law
renee supplicatng at Washington, cringing, cap IN
hand, TO the servants of the people, TO obtain law
which shall convert his annual 10 per cent profits
into 20 per cent gains; acting upon false prnci-
pile Congress- in lis beneRcence grants it, The nexi
"traia" finds that man Fastening home to reduce the
| allowance of cents for each meal for a gnl Ia
| FIVE cents.
Ii the glrl complains, "turn her IA drift" is the
hearless order Now observe the aged milonire.
Fastening from factory TO factory with the anxious
| cry h,s "Ruh Hancock applied for work?'' has
"Mary Stowell ebeen here?" "Does Lydia Bates
seek empIoy?'' "1hey must be starved Out.'-
''Thty have rebeed ut the reduction. Our power ia
| in jespaidy; some of them have aged mothers and
helpless families; they will be bowed down by
| hunger, and will be lad TO crawl back upon their
knees. Till then,give them work, - and the girls
IN their hepessness turn TO the common government
of the State orreliei but aas the government ''pro
| tects" only the rich! Ii the operatives combined
together to do no work nut at certain rates, they
would be severely punished for combination. The
| mionares combine, however, to break contracts
and 10 sarve helpless females, and the law laughs
and the Tribune says ''pooh! they are of bad char
acter." What constitutes ''character" in factory
| pbraseology? Does il mean good moral conduct
Does II mean steadiDess, attention 10 business anc
economy! Far from it, II means unscrupulou,
obedience 10 the powers that be. Ii means the
bringing serylty Of the cat, 10 be kicked
ed according to the humor of the "oiicer of the
deck " With this character no factory door i:
shut against her. A las for her if she wanting il
that necessary quality and has resource but fac
tory "poection."-(N. Y. Morning News