The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-06-03

Do do february a, $40 81 70.
Weekly wages for weaving for is4s-
O. two s. via: loom. IL
Card. Spin weav. Dress. Warp
Wage. 1913 IN" !, si Hs rs 5 50 3 81 ~" &
Also in Amoskeag
Mill Mol, New
Hampshire ls43 TO
lsi5, inclusive II I7 I96 2G
In all the above cases the rate Of wages given does
not include boardj which s from 81 IL to IL 25 ad-
dtonal.
Annexed is the rate OF "English pauper labor, !"
as furnished by a Massachusetts gentleman, who,
like Mr.. Lawrence, is a wing, and who has recently
been in the manufacturing districts Of Lancashire
He addressed the writer the following letter. under
date 2sth February, lS45:
"My object is TO put you in possession of what
is near the average OF wages possible. You
will see by the enclosed that | have obtained the
Of mills, not IN Manchester only, but from all
directions; and, taking the average Of all these,
think you will find the prices high the Oxford
Road Twist Company Of Manchester, which | find
| acknowledged by all to lie Il fir acreage Of mills"
"Plense bear in mind that mill hands work but
63k to SO hours per week (the latter being the ex-
tent the factory act allo HSD while. in the New
England mills, believe they work 75 hours. IL II
| not so?"
At the same time, thus writes Mr. Robert Hyde
Greg late member Of Parliament for Manchester,
and an ardent friend Of the working classes:
Lowell labor and that at .ashion "a town eight
miles from Manchester, numbering about twice the
population of Lowell, are about par, both for
money and efficiency. At Lowell the girls get two
dollars and board-equal, perhaps, TO thirteen shr-
lings 10 al-or used to do, for there has been
duction Of wages there"
"The outcry about pauper labor in the manufac-
turing districts Of England is utterly without foun-
dation."
Statistics of wages in English cotton mills 1874
and l545, Oxford Road Twist Company, Manches-
ter-board is included in all cases where English
wages are given
per week. two looms looms.
3Os. to SIS. lis to las. lis. 1855.
or 81 SO sac sa64 81 80
The spinning machines called mules in this mill
them, who, after paying his assistants, earns as is
stated.
The next list Of wages is from Nessrs. Gardner
& Bailey, of Manchester (Mr. B. is president Of
the chamber of commerce there who write under
date Of 22d February, ls45: :" We beg to inform
you that we employ perhaps upwards of one thou
sand hands, and pay weekly;
Young person lsto Hasd-mulc
81 years old. Carder,. Shippers. spinners.
los I'D 81 90 sOs 81 IS l5s 50 6s 4os 50 10
The merit is from George Borthwick Bedford new
mills. This mill lies between Liverpool and Man.
chester. All the persons employed in the mill are
taken into the average because in the country whole
families find employment, (of course many young
persons and inferior hands,) which brings the ave-
rage lower than in Manchester or other large towns
where picked hands can be obtained
Weekly wages for
81 80 90 40 ss4 %
'sThe above statement has been made out from
the wages paid during eight weeks, commencing
August and ending September 26, 1874. This Pc
,,A kaa, oh
being neither in summer when the wsavers make
most, nor in winter when they make least"
Gard room is occupied by girls and boys from IL
to 90 years old, with two or three better hands.
Spinners all men, mostly with families and of
ten their own children "pece" for them, in which
they would earn 81 shIllings or IS % additional
Total per week, Sl3 IL.
Weavers-Men and women, principally the latter.
Warpers-Men and women, principally the Inter.
Dressrs--Men; and the atmosphere in which they
work rather warm.
Next from o. o. Walker, Bury, (birth place Of
Sir Robert Peel,) who writes, LIST March, lS45:
"Ths establishment has 100 looms, and makes
beavereens and stout cotton twills. Work people
have turned out for higher wages. The average
earning Of each loom is five shngs sterling (S1 2l)
per week. We have some 2, 3, and loom-wea-
vers, but very few Of the last | fancy the average
earning, through the mill, will be lbs. Cd. to lbs.
| (S3 06) each weaver"
Next, Barn Meadow Mill, Duckinfeld, 7 miles
from Manchester, Robert Ashton, proprietor: who,
February %, lS45, employed Ala hands Of all de-
scrptons and cert6es that the wages paid per week
work of SO hours averaged l2s, 5 SD. or 90 OF.
| Pending the election of Mr. Polk in 1874, Mr.. Ran
tout, in speech at Faneuil Hail, Boston, asserted
that at that time the division Of the gross profits
on leading article Of cotton manufacture was as
| follows, ...
In the United States capital took GO per cent and
| labor 80.
In England, capital took about 40 per cent. and
| labor go.
The comparison for the present year WILL be still
more favorable to capital IN the United States.
INOR aAIE-Pafenf rights for EifZ-