New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-04-11


labor were ten TOW they are fourteen 50 tla' 'o-
the same duration Of to.l which ia l-A brought
g. % he nov receives bot % cents These hglrss
speak fo- themselves ard need D. comments
Naked as They stand, the. are rep.e'e With heart
rel,ding eoe 1e1ce Which 10 rhetoric could gDten-
IT, 1883 the Government made ~ uyes-igs'iol
INTO tie coalition Il these operatives. Vhea ever.
care wa taken . ascertain tee NE,. ruth -
Among many witnesses VI. Thomas Heaih.
weaver vas examined ty toe Couu.ssioa He
va. 1nders,ocd o. be one Of the most sziii-. work
men ia the district According 20 BIS statement.
during sisht wears lis earnings hsf been u.s. ~
week, ard lis w.les - Tbs following 8 gwen
in hrs evidence
Quesfpn. Have sou az children M.
No J had two. bat they are br'h 1ea' tas-As
be % Goo
u Do goa express satisfaction 81 the dean
of V0gr children 4 % ] thank Dod i5r u
am relieved from the bsrden o. maintain hen
and they. poor creaf1res. are relieved lf''h '"e
troubles Of THIS morta A'e.
This. ies 4 b. remembered vas 10 1882, When
things were much better than nov"
The wesyers universally attribute Tie decline Of
WAGES 20 competition. Oue said 70 Nr AafHt"
In November last:
The worknleu are obliged 10 take toe io"
,rces because they have rOl the ~ ans ~ Ao1 oIt
and they know that ii they don taSe The wprh
others viii There are always plenty q" "ea'e's
ureluployed, and the cause Of that is c"IAI u tDs
loyuass u prices and tie people beng compelled
~ do double m. quantity Of work that tn.J used
~ 5o IL order o. isc have made stand a. slNsl
tic oyness %. r.ircs. and have lost my "ofh /
tL,ougb ,ei1sile b. take the price. circumstances
compel Us 10 tai % a. last The cDpboafd gets
low and the Landlord comes Tor his weekly rent !
rta masters are trying o. under sell one another
They never yI advance wages 20 ee' IH!
ueigibor 20 DO IT, esch says, and then H advance
I,s been a continuation OF reduction Tor me Iast
ak and twenty years, AMI 2 continuation o SUI
ferng for ilst 40 hong
The same witness gives the following testimony
u the effects Of competition 18th foreign wofkmen
alf. useless tab ing about French goods. Why
,.s.v, driven The French out OF the marx ~ A un-
b-eHas and paraso's-bid he I~0P'e are @0ttHg
1ehtle Heg r. drruggf 'em on"
We commend this oomInon-sense statement
oftbe results Of Free Trade 10 the consideration Of
workers in this country. Free Trade has no other
end than tie reduction Of aborers every whore %
one common levcl. and can only accelerate the
universal tendency Of Competition, Usory, Land
Monopoly and Commercial Speculation 10 render
that level one of umnitgated misery and degrade
ton.
Another weaver made this statement
"Weavcrs are all a getting poorer and masters
all a.cettine country houses Ny master has been
losing terrible, and yet he's just taken country
mansop / work fifteen hours, and often more
When knock off at o at night, leave hehisup all
around many 20 on till u. In the dcad o.
night ! can always see one i-ht somewhere
some man con the finish. war" ~ % ana tNtH can
hear the looms going.
Another said d" II you was % come around here
ON Sunday you d hear the looms going All about
they re OBLIGATED to 40 10 or starve.' Some Others
expressed themselves as follows
"We think there is desire ou the part Of ey-
crv manufacture 10 uuderse the other, ami 80 get
an extra amount of trade INTO hls own hands and
make large and rapid fortune thereby. Tie pub
tic We arc satisfied do uot derive o1y benefit from
this extreme competition. The public gsin no od-
vantage whatever by the depreciation in cur rate
of wares Ii Is our Grm conviction that affairs
continue as d, present, the fate OF The working
man must bee paupcusm, crime or death
We close for to day with part Of the testimony .
OF another weaver.
The prices If weaving if 50 low that 80 re- /
ashamed ~ say what it Is, because 1t the means /
of pulling down ether mems wages and other /
tradcs The people is a-bemg brought T. thai I
state Of dcsttuiion that many say rs blessing /
from the Almjsh that takes EN- from The world /
They lose al love of country yes. aud AT hopes /
and thew pray6 g. he tortured ro longer W by /
want is common L. hundred ol families close here. /
and this it ia % have cheap silks should like io /
ask question here as see you re writing SIR
When Is the people OF England 20 have the hie |
loaf they was promisod-thats lt--thcy wants o. /
know when ,hoy re 10 have 1t As Tor animal
tod, why IT'S stranger 10 US Once week may /
be- We gets "A taste oft but that's bard struggle I
and many family don't have it once month /
The Goyorumcnt Of my ustIye land ought to inter /
pose thcr powerful ann o. put stop % such /
sste of things Unless they do, civil society with |
as is ali ~ ana cnd Every body Is becoming brutal,
unnatural Bills to his son. just turn ur that
shell NOW aud let the gentleman see What beauu /
ful fabrics W. re n the hadn't OF producing then
he shall sas whether We ought 90 be in the filthy I
state we are Just show the HIGHT, Billy That's /
tor ladies to wear and adorn ihem and make them /
handsome. IL was au exquisite piece OF maroon /
co'orcd velvet that amidst ali the sgnalor Of the
place seemed mari clously beautiful, sni II was
wonder q soc ii uuso.led amid al the filth that |
surrounded IT, The mauuiscturcrshayc owercdthe !
wages So low SHAT ouo would hardly believe the /
people would take the WORK But what's ono o. /
dof The children can't quUc star'e Oh no - /
Oh. no.
slavery ENtcu-iOn- Letter from \. Bascom. /