Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1846-09-24
Pnirner Lahnr.

II will be seen by the subioned extract from the
Democratic Review for Juy that the paupor labor Of
England is better paid than The free labor tho NORTH
ern slave Factories at Lowell There ought 10 he but
feeling (jusily remarks one of our New England
contemporaries that Of Indignation at the iBfamousy
oppressive in which the female operatives at
Lowell have been ovcrreachcd and crowded with
work-Ohio Statesman.
"In relation TO English manufactures, the wages
of operatives are higher tsn in tie United States.
The report of the parliamentary factory commission
ers States that the average labor in England is SO
Lours per week for lis, or So 81. In the United
States, IS hours for los, 81 40. The average in
Lowell is 81 80 per week, and 81 % board, being
50 rs or lis. Cd per week. These figures show that
England has advantage over the United States IN
cheapness In the last two years a very great reduc-
ton has been made in the prices paid for weaving
The manner of il has been thus: Prior to 1872,
girl tended tlro power looms, and she received 10
cents per piece for cotton cloth; these looms sre
driven by steam or water power. In le4l and lo4z,
the speed which these looms was propelled was
reduced, and the girl required TO tend three. The
healthy and active girls selected, and the
others discharged. AS soon as habit enabled her 10
tend the three looms with comparative facility, the
speed was increased, and still further exertions on
her part became necessary. This process was con-
tnued until the old speed was restored and an active
strong girl taxed 10 the utmost Of her physical
powers to tend three, where before two was con-
sdered great task. These three looms then would
produce three pieces In the same time that Two were
formerly produced. The price allowed the girl was
reduced from is cents TO ii cents per piece; she
therefore received SO cents for the length Of
time employed when she received 80 cents for pro-
ducing two pieces Her extra exertons in producing
the third piece is the increased profit Of the mill
owner, who memorializes Congress for protection
against British 'pauper labor" because he has in
creased the wages of his operative, that is, he
PAYS her 33 cents where he paid 81 cents before.
This increased production does not lower the price
here because as soon as the United States markets
are overloaded the goods exported to China and
India, where they underSeR the English goods at
discrimination Of ten per cent. duty in favor Of the
latter This system is secure in the hands Of mono
poliss. long tie large capital Of England is de-
barred from competing with the corporate capital II
is impossible for individuals here TO compete with
vested ca pitals of million dollars and upwards each,
and the protection Of the people against this oppres
sion is to be found only in the aid Of the large capital
Of Lancashire, whose people now asking far
mers to sell them their surplus -four for their goods.
Tie practical annexation Of the manufacturing inte-
rests of England the agricultural interests Of the
United States, through free trade, again unites the
Anglo-Saxon race in an indssoluble bond, and gives
new impulse to the prosperity Of the glorious
Union"