Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-05-10
statistics Of Labor.

Tho better to illustrate tho benefits arising
from "civh and religious liberty" we publish the
following, clipped some time back from an old
paper. It will teach contentment, and furnish
theme for the next political speaker.
In England the reward Of the Iaboring man
varies. Tho stocking weavcrs OF Nottingham
work from II to Is hours per day, and rcceivc
from four to five shilIipgs sterling per week. OF
course they can indulge in no Injuries, and are
compelled to subsist almost exclusively on bread
aud water, or potatoes and salt.
In ireland, the average wages Of day laborer,
ranges from nine and half to eleven cents per
day. Tho food of these oppressed beings is
principally milk and potatoes, varied occ as ion .
ally, as one of them touchingy remarks, by pO-
tatocs aud milk.
In Austria the land is held principally by tho
nristocracy. The peasants are compelled to la
Dor for the lanaed proprietors except on the Sab
bath. Bondage, the most stultifying, is the son-
dition Of the poor.
In Hungary the. land. as in Austria. is owned
by the mobiles. Laborers:are compelled:to keep in
repair all bridges and highways-arc liable Mt all
times to have the soldiers quartered upon them.
and compelled TO decmate the produce of their
scanty tllagc to the church, and one NINTH to the
lord Of whom they hold.
In Sweden, the law regulates the dress Of the
laborcr. TIL. food Of th, class consists Of hard
bread, dried fish, without Cruel, and without
meat. Truly here,
'.IIard is the fate Of the laboring poor.''
The Scotch are comparatively a fav ore peo-
pie; yet among them, not to cntimerate many
other vexations, meat IS, except on Sundays, all
unusual luxury.
In Poland, cabbage and potatoes supply the
food Of the ordinary workmen. Poverty among
this class is universal. Sometimes. though by
means commonly. they Partakc Of blach
bro ad and soup, butter meat One who
had travelled extensively in this country, aud
was close observer Of things remarks;
II have journicd in every direction. and have
never seen a wheaton loaf to tho eastward Of the
Rhine, in any part OF Northern Germany, Po-
land or Denmark"
In Norway tho ordinary food Of the laboring
classes is bread and Cruel. These are prepared
from oat meal. with u mixtare Of dried fish. &C.
casioually. Meat is rarely seen on the tables Of
the peasantry. and is regarded a. q luxury.
In France, il is said that seven and half mil
lions Of the population never eat wheat. or whra-
ten bread! Their subsistence 10 chiefly buck
wheat chestnuts, rye. barley, and few pota-
IN France, amount annually to about $31 50 for
male. and 81 % for a female. And yet, with
all this, the taxes upon them amount to nearly
or quite one fifth tho nett product Of their yearly
toll
In Denmark. the condition Of the under class-
Is 10 that Of bondage. Their state 10 emphaf-
caliy that Of the ancient predal slaves during the
fcudat ages, and they are bought and sold with
the soil ON which they labor and pass their lives.
In Russia, the condition Of tho peasantry or
laboring classes, is even moro oppressive and hu-
initiating than in Denmark. All the land is in
possession Of the mobiles. and it'll it trans
fcrred the inhabitants whe never il is sold.
A traveller remarks that q largo majority 81
the i.borcrs, ''Have only cottages, one portion
Of which is occupied by the family, the other aP-
propriated to domestic animals. Few, it any,
have beds-but sleep upon bare boards. or upon
parts OF the imme nse stoves by which their hous-
e are warmed. Their food consists of black
bread, cabbage. and other vegetables. without
the addition Of butter.''
a. Henry Dodge Of Wisconsin, is recommended
to the Democracy By an Iowa paper for the Pres
idency. Governor Dodge was the hero in the
Black Hawk war. that may b sufficient 10 elect
him.
The city an .horties Of Mobile have n.de ar
.angements to give q suitable reception 70 Gen.
Scott. en- his :ival in that city