Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1848-12-14
Rates Of Wages in Great Rrltian.
a, We copy the following article from the
Lowell Courier. The writer, Mt. Aiken, is


i We copy the following article from the
Lowell Courier.. The writer, Mr.. Aiken, is
agen. Of the Lawrance Mills, in Lowell:
During the autumn of s47, / visited Eu-
rope,j and while in Great Britain, spen, several
weeks in the manufacturing districts. wa.
admiued with entire freedom 10 the Linen Fac
tories a, Belfast, Ireland; TO The Machine Shops
and Cotton Factories a. Grsenock and Glas-
gov in 1Seo,land; TO large Wooden Factory
at Leeds; 10 several of The machine, Shop.
and Cotton Mills at Manchester tora Lace
Factory at Derby. and 10 the Shop. al Shelf
field and Birmingham All the processes ia
,he'seversl r,anuiscloriss were shows 10 me-.
aud all my inquiries was answered without RS.
serve, and. 10 my entire satisfaction. The ra;e
of wages paid To the operatives. and The cost
OF production. were of course points which L
could no, overlook. | was uniformly attended
by he proprietor or manager Of tho factory and
the information received as Immediately y,notsd
on my memorandum book. (tom which J. take
the following particulars regarding wages; -.
Tho operative in all ca.os boards himsof out
Of the wages paid. =. -,
| j. lnJhe Linen Mill al Belfast, wage. from / Id
| TO I'D. per day: average 6s. a week, equal TO
Al. ..l.. i...
:. In the Cotton Mills which I visited al Green
ock and Glasgow, in Scotland, wages ranged
from d. to Sc. cd. sterling ia>week; sverssa
not over Is. 3D.. equal 10 ST. go
Ia The largo WooIlen Mill al. Leeds. wsges
ranged from 6s. 10. ,lOs.s s.esltng week; ay-
erage no, averGs.. equal ie $2I6.
lnihe Two besl Co,ton, Fssiolies:I ! listed a.
Manchester, one of them spinning. fine Lace
Thread from No. 200 10 No. 400, and the 9th
er spinning No. 40 Mule, Twist, The average
wages paid 10 .meh. women and children, IS
given me by the proprieiors. was l2s. week,
equal TO 50 8a. "A, ihe same, lime, she propri-
etors informed me, thai their ,rae OF wagssswas
considerably above The general rate; and IN .c-
cordance with This statement. found 10 ,hesa
two mills much The hes, cIohed aud best look
ing sets Of operatives saw in any fac,orles in
Great Britain. ssa e .A4st
As anoiher test at The COS, Of labor. .,eer-
eenained from The ptoprietors ,her., .,,eI,e., who.
IN some instances. submitted =, my inspection
iheir private weekly mi.,u,c.s OF cost, shat Ns.
40 Mule Twist was prod aluced and packed for
market al cost e, I'd. DER pound nn labor.
And this embrlced mechanics and all o,hsf Ia.
Dor employed sJou, the establishments.
okiiiel ia1or is also much cheaper 10 Man
chester itan in Low ell. la one mill, much lar
g,.r lh1n the new mill of ,he Msfrinack Com
! pany, was informed that The head oveflouker.
naying general supern,sndencs Of the whole
mill, received E3 week. equal 10 $40 a
day and the oyerseers Of particular rooms
from 27s. TO 30s. week, equal 10 s ,08 and
$l,20 per day a.s..s.
/ My general conclusion was ,ha, labor in The
cotton manufac,ories in Manchester, Was at
least SO per cent, and in The NuoIsn i; Iced,
., least so per cent. cheaper. than similar IL.
bof at The same time, a, lowell. f.ss 81
Very Respectfully. 4 JOHN AIKEN.
Poor VAN Buars. Here is parody on "Oh
Susannahm.--- sgese eees
|"I had dream the other night, when all around
was still. s ssa .as tsss-s sssiasa
I,.housh.I saw Old Kinderhook'a gong down the
hail.
A cabbaps stomp was in his mouth. the tear was