The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-10-25

portion Of their work y made up Those not 40 located
ase Aessrs Morrison Hoyt wAioh b as Norwalk Ccan,
The warehouse being q - Murray street. and usually en-
Poypg exclusively through An agent between twenty sod
q the nns Of the Housaooc, Danbury and
Norwalk Railroads; most Of whom are sti rtAned Jud-
ray street, employ lvge number Of hands through IN
ssens, al over ne country, having no woH
employed s0n By I :n.m .ns manner n1nss s.nsssa
q frcn eight hundred 70 thousand but they wore una
bic % eive any dsnnise dss Of tns precise nu"sss a.
Muir, who employs about two hundred and f hands oil
Of shom are Ia ths country, and ke.r. welsh Wise,
10 the couay and hrvc yet msde no reduction in their
hsnds OF any Toso houses manuscture for
rSs II S city
manufacture exciusvey FOR otY custom work. are those Of
employ rom 1.y to seventy sir in ana ont or The i.c
tory but who present hsve but very little Of anything
d. osins 70 one or s.S o. the prncp., clothing
btir cutters, and ceased manufacturing for the
present a. Hohn, No. l67 William street, who
abou txo and George Greene, No Barclay streea
who USUALLY employs about one hundred Alsogether, bu
other establishments who manufacture city
exclusively, OF oss importance who average in about the
" Ss umssr nanS: u prsssu. s
psyed and ihs aumoe usually kep u work. may DO had
THE hOSE OF TAXING ON NEW HANDS.
in most Of the shops who do large amount cf cheap
and WORK, such manufacturing hickory shirts
wade and flannel under shirts and drawers Jumpers
duDgeres pants &o generally require dep, OF ab,u, 81
from workw who take work home % DO ,de up and
whom they do not know, - sort Of security tha.
they VIII return The work given them within :
is osn made means BY me unprinciped In he trade
OF raising sum OF money that may be required for mme
date use, which IN In ances there intention OF
tha Al In
they oy any possibility or pretext can avoid It, This 10
done BY .dvertiing TOR . nunber Of girls % work
shirs AMI vho afer making the necessary deposit, In
order 70 rssse which they frequently compelled
pawn dress and in instances ihe clothes of her
amount, should they not be forunase enough 70 be
otherwise possessed Of II, which thousands Who seek
i said that instances have frequently seen known whore
several hundred dol ars have been made in day two
made up oo being worth half the smcaas Of he sspos
which on being ma 10 and returned 10 the proprietor
of The place becn Teeoed on the plea that the articles
spoiled In making; and the poor women who, per
haps had worked night and day for swo three days In
order 70 ocmpeA the work. turned into the street minus
gratifying however 70 add hat Instances Of this kind are
seldom ever known 70 ranspro establishments having
asnpsd n Sy II msS IN u. de se1srs HPO o.
the largest houses In III city do not take any hands
,ake work Of out Of the shop uaes .hsy can show
recommend atoms, . book, or some reference nom
.ho plaoo where they ass vorkod, or are introduced
.,., he ,nSy By some ,s per.Sn already employed
made responslbe for his her honesty, and shoald
.he party hus nvodsoed prove dsb ouest he party intro
plan said 70 epesals most % ali psr e.
and fewer casss Of dishonesty praosed under Il than
by any other means.
TIE NODE OF GIVING our WORK.
Mosi Of tie work given out 70 hands 10 take their
denees In tAs city, ss co. BY tho cutters In tho fac
tories sores and placed In small parcels each srs BY
ineH and given 70 the enpoy 70 mako up ss much
piece or doien these women tako tho work homo, and
there eqren.1 have from two 70 three hands, meabsFs
Of their families or ohsB, 70 asht them. while others
fortunate than their ssters have from two machines
upwardsEAs sheir homes, whom they employ women
he work 4 he nsauisctursrs This class are By no
means puroerouif however, ~ low women who do this
s worm
country generally done through the OF oontrac
tors. or ssens directly oonn:csd win tse Manufacturers
and N many cascn paid for IN trado altogether THIS
done In ,he following manner Mr.: A., keeper Of ooun
Try sore In tho interior Of one Of tho saios IN Of
tho inland t,wns, contracts With Mr. tho psnufaot RoF,
10 do oil OF cets,s kind OF his work given prce per
dozen Tho work 10 accordingly most seserally cus
niiss, which Se dIssslbuies 70 hn naads throoIh
o.t his section Of the country, most generally
s ~. ss Ss
the rccsvng The YORK are 70 ko their pay for
NE same To nase OF Of bis store IN whatsoever article
they are enabled 10 make from twenty 10 thirty per
cent on ner goods. In addns to drawing large trade 10
bis store, which b In all cases tho cash {, hi a.
Instances have been known vhsre merchants In inland
:o~ns have gone &, contractors for these mauuAcurers
Sxs ss Green and twenty per cent 10, tssir orders, DO
sides making good prodt on The goods disposed OF on
the osaen oher maarf.ctuIsrs anoos which are seys
isear hsuse, who travels through the ooanty giving os
receiving and paying for work q stated periods, mai
he workwomen kno the precise day whom ho will be In
,beh No thborsod, sed frequeny, a. is tAs osss IN
oonrecti ,ut, send twenty and thirty miles 70 he depot
ir n. 81 :.%s and sss % suppT ossr '
send the raw material By The case 70 their agents or oon
sn sSs u s.S sss . 4. oS o.
wholesale dealers all copplee, with tho esocption OF
s.:1g 1 sSs% sn,oSsn s.s .nnd,y which ' s,SSsi
mont o. This kind ID most usually oonnocssi win ssch
factory
THE KIND OF woRK sIvn OUT.
Tho work usually sent Into the country 10 made up
Of Tho better cs Of Wholesale goods manufacturers
se BY shs means enabled, . general sAins, 70 have
dose pross whs ,hey could have Tue same
lna tf work dsss N his c,sy q, for instance, shirts
cen have made jun ~ veil In the country for ~ dozs,
Another reason aid be .hn the county Win
r., .sius @ N Sssssaassss ne small pssnos: shos arc
paid thercfuv The principal portion OF the work given
and ooarsssi kinda such As oosSss was and s,osory
shhn Of oil kinds Jumpers dungeree pants overah 40,
which are pri cpsy tahsa .nd made up By eermsn aud
Irish married womes, vho, for the most psri have
oher occupation which mainly 70 dspeso for living Or
have family Of children 70 aid ,hen In sewing Ia this
women during ne lhey osher-he euyascd,
and by voes Who keep dc and nle and have
families ~ homo, they oniDg and beating Vie vnk To-
Eehcy and learning the children sew on duriog the
time hey are ohsrvise engaged ms finest work how
ever most generally made up In shs factories by sxps
rienced hands.
HOW rHI WORK Is DIVIDED.
shlrt generally divided into tvo separate and dis.
ancs paru he bosoms, collars and wristbands being
and bodies apothsr nrs, being pripcpsy
made By set OF hands win machine and the la by
hand Tue scsoms and collars general thing made
up By women New FORK who have machines and sent 70
The country 70 be lifted Into the snir there-whle In tbs
factory where the best work made, the work 10 divided
into several distinct paih, the goods Gor being cus
out dst going into what called the ocrs hands,
basic the bodies tcgeshsr hey next pat into n
chimes and the bottoms he nmcd aftsr wsion they
taken by the hody mAheri and tas Gde up,
led and then handed the nnishes, pat the
hoeors coass ssd Wristbands on, afser whloh ther
ssAn sivcn the hands OF button hole makers
a.. "a. h-i.. ,h.- 80. -.,-