New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-10-24

nj the foase Ten days s.er sickness she vas eoE
peeled through necessity 70 box down 10 re needle
Until every thing looked black before her eyes d-z
ness which seemed 10 place al things n motion anf
The stor7 OF the capt.rs Of me bark Pons OF Phi.a
ielnIia with oj slaTes un5r- .zlss colors, the-none
-e- IN the hold Of uurid ard dead slaves 100 and In
ia sckeutn- n the extreme every hear Tot made OF
stone 4 much larger number OF young women and
widows with children, IN thia ci' Il not Pairelyhs n
the hold OF slave sp areas young 7vora1 WHO made
y-ioyv baskets 81 cent AID nal. earn sed WORKING
from day . Iii after midnight 10 sopPo- herself and
aged mother TcST HsTe- b recef- nor h7cf any .t
ing TIE EdRpao'Te AID lSFe"'a 0'ag ~ 'ys ot
of he o,or ssrrnr-e&s.
Cast Dorm BIZ z0t ForsaksH-frou1 daylight 20 md
night WIDOW found it necessary 70 labor for me sup
por. Of herseif and four children Sewing could not %
s5 much a: The time even az the lowest prices More
than once has This mother locked Up ner htfe o'es
under the charge O: her eldest daughter sir eight
years old. in room alone ia's course was pSEsuS1
that the mother might De absent from 4 81 10 8 r NJ
70 lean the CAP making ousness. For this serTice she
received no compensation sera the ho OF oriet f7oi1
the trade II future. -,
paTs ten cents for making Cotton shirts, with linen
plated bosors. In the pace Of eight sa4lnss iAeT
give eight ten cent pieces and sixteen cents which they
call dollar Pay the remaining four cents says
ses,,e,ress "a Won agreed for hare dearly canned
NO, one word OF complaint, sar5 the saTe-drIFe7
Others viii take ten cent piece and two cents tor
shilling and fy0u dissatisfied. 90 about your Susl-
- Cotton shirf Fae.9rg-lles.rs. i. and z. corner OF
= and = employ some 20 girls IN ;EelF shop
from A. NJ 10 NJ. enc half tho number are gir.s
from nine 20 thirteen OF the other hs are
vo,,n1 women In making shirts az six sins per dozen
the lit,le rirls make 81 = per week eaFing mem
after paving 81 % for board and washing ole sa!.iihs
for clothing &c For eleven hours Work II day t-y
yet /, trife OYER two cents an hour Inc young Wo-
men in the shop earn average. three sn lings
dsy irl- them after deducng s. : per week Tor
board and washing 81 cents for clothes &c IN the
sbore estimate no allowance made for sickness ire
ooen, wan; OF labor together with many currsn; eN-
penscs and losses Provided they worked every week
dnv in the year the small girls would have - - al'
he vonng women $40 30 Can American young wo
men coihe themselves. sppear decent IN Respectable
society and I've above suspicion. DUNG Do Gays !OF
less than $40 IL the recital Of iacl7 MI any
more appalling the destruction Of female infants afa
Of female youth and virtue in heather lands agenera
svrnpainy i felt BIZ our wives mothers ana sisters
Why then should they be Indifferent to the su1erlns
and exposure in our own neighooFhoods- ahu '''Hi w
shade Of our Church steepes
a. Young woman at making gloves. cams two shi
lipgs day-a mother and daughter boih WIDOWS make
l. Tsr o n1;a rubber suspendcr=. with - stitched out
on holes in dav FOR three shings and eight pence
Two fcmale at making velvet caps each earn cents
iay In the house. eight Young Women make men
and childrens caps for oRe cent apiece
( blind sister md young daughter learning tne ar
ufcial flower making supported by a lady whose
wages amount twenty cents day. motaer ana
bcr little daughter at cutting and sewing rags together
for carpeting make tweliy cents day Atihc same pit
fl sum of twenty cents in sewing coarse cloths and
picking wool mother abors for the support OF herself
and three small children \ WHO" taiH9
cents day a. roundabout jackets for support OF herself
and four small children This Is living on I'VE cents
day May not these low wages be ono OF many cnuses
for the imprisonment OF so many hundreds ana lou
sands of women every year in city prisons. Hun
ger said wise nlsn vii break through stone wall
and will not love and pride OF dress IN this world oil
fashion drive the walls OF virtue INTO open neds oil lcen
tiousness =
q. A widow with five children put her eldest daughter
grl sixteen years of age, for TWO months under IN
struction 20 learn the tailoring business The time oil
l.k,a do u .aF ad "a ngT non
mother with no better knowledge OF the trade than when
she first entered the shop. Each girl Is kept at one tang
which puts the most money IN the pocket OF thc EN-
plover One rrl worked four months Tor this cdni6ft
Give me- said the faithful servant OF the needle aicw
cents to buy my sick mother loaf OF bread. Leave
my shop you beggar was the modest reply OF the man
who pockeicd her four months wages Tor nothing
7ico. Dollar PLsdRe-A jew in Dirisionst demands
of all the women that for him two dollars in ad
vance as pledge that they vii! not leave his employ
for year Part OF the time he has no WORK ior MS
hands If thew complain he tells them 10 90 elsewhere
complains OF their work and IS sure 10 hold on to the
twodosr pledge, Whenever woman Leaves short oil a
years service
Uork Jlork I0rl In sixteen hours Mrs -
makes one pair lined with straps ~
cent? At this rate how long feeble woman live TO
support herself and fatherless babesf
PRy The SeGntvess A young woman, by making
mems caps can earn Il shillngs per week. One en-
2ovcr cheated her of S4 She earns clothes IN the
Summer TO wear ont in the Winter II Is with the
srcatest difficulty she cen pay her board In
when work is dull but Tor a disposition favor
the prt of friends hundreds OF girls would
be turned penniless into the streets
HTO-Mr. No Conscience takes work al under
prices from all the clothing shops and getS il made up
in suited the character OF the unjust judge
who feared neither God nor man. Once IN two months
he advcrses for of fifteen twenty new hands 20
learn TO sew Young woman plies the needle from
A. NJ to =. NJ boards herself, and works two months
under the promise Of wages al the expiration OF which
time the noble lord turns her Pennies into the streets
advertisement replaces new victim in his
clutches.'
.4mricas Woaen--A widow lady and three daueh.
tiers who few wears since could make S2 ard Sli
week now earn in the time by working from \.
TO p NJ 81 Out OF this they pay six shillings for
trimmings TO shoes leaving them only - % For closing
and binding morocco boots sister gets seven cents
pair Another sister makes c!drens caps tor - cents
mems caps for % cents dozen. For ten weeks they
have been almost destitute Of work, and living the
slightest subsistence. Here four women. mother
and three daughters, with s. IS week or "a cents
apiece Now subtract 81 ~ month for rent and each
woman has "a cents This sum al cents meal is con
sumed leaving american woman in the city OF New
York to buy her clothing and hundred neceSsaries
each week with just ONE CENT
Portrty and intempTGRce-In filthy cellar was
Irish woman with three children Her husband, she
said fond of drink, and had left her sick babe
y; the breast while the mother attempted TO sew
ten cent shirt. To keep she obliged 10
night in bed Fifteen cents day was the amount she
could earn
that Expresses the Miss after laborng
four weeks al tailoring, was dismissed with only one
dollar Many get nothing al all for months service.
Manufacturers cheat them out OF their dues. by COM
planning their work or by inviting them TO call again
Such are few Of the million facts indicating the
condition of the Poor under the system of Hiring
and w ages, in our City. Men have ratherbetter
chance than Women but thousands of these can
find no work al any price. How are these who
most need land ever TO buy and pay for it But Il
the Public Lands were made free in small quaint
ties TO actual settlers only. thousands of better
class o, laborers would be drawn away from our
over-crowded cities to the Great West. which
would give those now depressed better chance.
better wages and opportunity 10 save the means
OF removing also after few years. Why should a
Religious paper step out OF its sphere to attack
suggestion like this Why should it put itself
forward a champion of such Social and Indus
:risl system SIS is depicted in the above extracts
II THE SUPPLEMENT OF to-day contains the
New Constitution OF New-York, Poem by Whittier, an