New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-15


true IL many c9es Ia all the towns and villages
vifhin ccps enient ach OF Newark ARE great May
ftmahs who o. not pre'' nd to make Il bu,oess To
Few sttsoly, but they take go much work hey
DO in given time OF their leisure. Some CT them
m.nage to eet their af'e evenings for tIis
extra ro's, end in tbs w.y make from oDs to four
col as week One active sesmstress we knew 10
make fosr dollars week with the aid Of lit girl 10
her house, though che berse wss obliged 20 co no
email outy T. her family Inthis way many huodreds
OF femalee in Newark, BLOOMFIELD, Orange, R4h ~sy,
SsnerSilIe Norris,osp and in fact through Essex,
Pssssc, eomenet, Morris and SasseI COUNTIES, FL up
Ell, leisure hours all things considered to an excel
leLt sdvantsee; so thst 1t Is very ikey that some
1000 or 0GO difereIt bands-perhsps a larger nun
ber-s furnished with moe or less work known by
the elegant phra.e OF " sOp-xoik," by the clothing
tbblisi meDts If Newark.
As to rhe usses paid for work, a. best they cot
large ard by the time { work passes i6to t1e hands
o; the country women the remuneration is very htte
IN fs(t tie HODoeI is thst any person sho1d be will
ing to tale so ma stitches for 20 small sum as is
acusily psid BY The undeJobber,. Some Of tai, last
cless do well enough by furnishing emplo, ment to
womtn il the itry at pices sufficiently less IN
ID, receive az beaCqnaTtCs TO remuner4te hem Tor
tbectLsiprse. They in some cs,es shrewdy II creae
tber gsirs by paying off their bsnds "io trade sud
az some cf tie sesmsuesses ssy, sometimes IL pretty
hard trace ST tbst.'
There are urqnestionaby some hard phsses 70 thi.
" slop Wok BUSH es-, especially the cosrser psrts
q 1t s very reri eotable woman Orce gave u the
following {. Is SIS showing What che and her neigh
bfr- were doi g. This n tie b sex couUtry. fne
woik t5ey lad came through several uoceIjo5b ~,
...T. IL :.
awsy wteD finished For making heavy, thick Win
Over3 they PAID frC IN tia e. shl ings ard So
pence to four shiirgs esoh. The coats wee Shaggy
enc ugh "a sDsser parpoees Of grizzly bear and
me sewing wes heavy. By steady work al day
might axe one IA, or six IN week, m tk-
irga Eeek > wsges amount 70 from twetty-one shi-
li1ss to y rec dtIas. Bu' woman olt glite1 win
as good COZ sp'u'ion SINCE s sewiog ms
" chine can and that Kind Of t'eatnent long. For
mems vtsts these se.mst receiving from
sbidpg 10 end six pence, aDo even three shiings
according TO the qually. at this kind % work
womsn used to the business, might make from wo
10 four tiiliuss cay or from one dollar and haf
10 three collars week Bat this requires eIpsrtless,
some ign d hspd and tough consultation for
lrg pr. For pant OF the coarser kidd they Teosiye
from two 10 thee sbillings pair for Summer "a K
coas fock co is they get from two to three sal-
lDys each; from ole to three shilliDgs for Summer
vess. and ion eighteen pence to two shillings for
common Summer psrts.
Add 10 this the fact thst some undej )bbers pay in
trode. ether wholly or ia part and ~e have pretty
bsr pbese of the s-smsresss life who gains her oay
breso By docg sop = ork " in the country. Thee
a,t exceptions We know one who, when certan
s,ye OF yeats are 10 be sde earns her dollar Day,
Il
genera y have rather hard time of it, the prn lipal
allevisiion being found in their doing this work at
their leisure and at home under cheap rest none
ct all Those who get their work di'ec.y from fOun
tain head do better since they get the full prce with
cut pay ing al iupgst the urderoober and get ner
pay in CASH And yet thee live mostly in the city,
ard most pay high rent for the privilege of being
there. 1t would seem that hose females who look 10
this for their euiire living ust have hard times"
but IT, as in the country the business is taken up to
sdd little 10 other means of support, 1t quite taller
able The hardest stories toId OF jobbiog in the
shirt bUsins s. ODE woman terg that she knew one
who le out quite fine Shirts made for the sum OF
six and one fourth cents apiece
Copld plan he ccntriged so that with smal
exI ense the country tslors but esp cisy the seam
sessts could get their work directly from the manu-
fac cries without be impos, necessary 10 is passing
II iough Intermediate hands they would support them-
selves well snd lsy by soGe money. We think it
wculd ps, hapdsomely il the se.mstresses in ihe
country Villages would fall on some plan of union by
which to brig this about even II they must com
rnisrioD eape egeLt or send specia messenger
to Gerry end brig wOrG and the cash. Bat of this,
ugh
Considerable observation among this very indusr'
Gus end worthy Gloss of females, large portion of
Whtm arc Americans. convipces Us that az general
tt they DO not compare avoraby 10 the m.tler Of
ply icsl vi,or and health with the female helps of
nhty years ago. Their sedenary habits, and Ia
busy SEASONS their lsbors oyD extended TO late hours
at 10, ether with the want of stirring exc cise
arc undermining the health of great many females
But ose thing is certain: that the clothing business
Of Newark has already assuu.ed = commanding inn
port nee by The large capital Il is using the large
number Of abrrers il is employing, tie large amount
Of wages it oshuIses and the heavy s4les of ready
"made clothes which it il annually efecting.
Thee facts sn6 statistics are interesting as large
item in the Immense aggregate of manufactures in
this city and point Of contrast between the present
and the past.