The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-10-21

/ pect of VIM. Mason & COPS works resumIng
/ operations ut present. At Fall River, in
consequence Of the factory suspension in that
| city, suffering begins TO be felt among the
! poor classes there. The Star says: "W hoe
| families are suffering for bread--the fathers
willing and eager to work, but nothing TO do.
We have heard tales Of distress that would
bring tears to the eyes Of the most indffer-
/ ent. These people must have bread or starve,
i and this is not community to allow the lat
ter" This is too gloomy, altogether. Take
heart, men of Fall River, and show your
selves equal to momentary distress. This
I is glorious, rich country, with resources
equal to the wants of thrice its inhabitants
\ There is considerable distress in the shoe
I towns of Essex county. During the last
/ week many hands were discharged in Lynn,
and the winter prospects for the poor arc
& gloomy. The Ncwburyport Herald hears
I TINT orders have been given for the diseon
\ tinuancc of work in one. half the Globe Mill,
and adds elf these times continue, we can
not see why they will not all suspend, and
much other business, to the injury Of the
people, both physically and morally"
late Philadelphia paper, describing the
distress which has resulted in that city from
the decline in all descriptions of business,
has the following:
w are told that at this moment there are
thirty thousand operatives and working men
of various kinds without employment in the
city and vicinity Of Philadelphia. Many Of
these have families, and thus the distress
may be said to extend already directly and
in iirectly to q hundred thousand souls. In
NJ ,nayunk and frankfort alone, no less than
Effaap rhnusnnH md
cnildren, who have heretofore had regular
employment for years, are now wandering
about in idleness and anxiety, the factories
md workshops in which they have hereto
fore been engaged being closed. This is the
condition of affairs now, and matters are like
ly to become much worse as winter approach
es, unless some IN cans OF succor and assist
ance be afforded. This is no fancy sketch.
1t is the simple truth.
In New York also great number of opo-
rativcs are thrown out of employment daily.
In few days 5000 cigar makers were put
out Of work, and on Saturday alone 2,l00
sewing girls were deprived of their wages.
STORAGE or rHg IiDpIRsEx MuIs.-The
Lowell News says:
II will be seen By n card in another place
that in consequences of tho failure Of Law
renee, Stone & Co., Of Boston, the Middlesex
Wooden Mills, Of this city, are obliged to
shut down their gates. The company own
four mills and three dye houses, running
l6,340 spindles, 200 hroad-cloth and 900
narrow looms. In January last they EN-
4 ployed 1870 females and SIS males. The
number Is probably less mt present, thong h
the mills have been very busy Of late---run-
ming extra hours even working Off large
/ government contract.
HARD 1MKs IL NEW Yoak.-It is certain
that more than two thousand girls, engaged
in the various departments of mantil!a and
cloak making, are already out Of en- 10y
ment. Nearly every establishment of nn
merical Importance has reduced the number
of hands from one-thira to one half, and
some of them more.-lN. Y. Times.
The Iron mills of this city, at least the
Belle, Belmont, md Missouri, intended to
suspend operations in "a few days, and it is
not so certain when they will resume. The
suspension at In Belle and Belmont works
commences to-day and lasts for week only
at present, but it is not improbable that it
will be long before they resume. There are
about 400 hands employed in the two estab-
Iisbments. The Missouri is expected to fol-
+ low suit in a few days. 1t is uncertain whea
the Crescent mills will stop, if ut ali. AT
least we are Informed that the managers hav
no such idea at present. The Washington
mill, which manufactured railroad iron alone,
will not suspend at ALL Wheeling Intelh.
gencer.
FRuiTs OF DEMOCRATIC PoLIcY.- AL
bany Evening Journal, having given list of
the manufacturing establishments in that vi
entity that have stopped altogether, or are
working half time, adds this comment:
/ The stoppage of these works is the stop
page OF food and clothing and fuel 10 thous-
nnds and thousands Of people, through the
channel OF the only industry in which they
are sklllfal. The stoppage, too, is upon the
edge OF a long and cruel winter. What suf-
iering there Is in store for American labor
ali can divine. No policy could have avert
ed so much of the existing monetary pres
sure is due to bad investments ia unprof.
liable and unfinished railroads and specula-
tive purchases of land in the extreme West
But good government could have made il
unnecessary 10 close the manufacturing es.
I Establishments of our country at this uupro-
ptious moment. Ii our revenue system had
been framed to protect aud foster American
labor, instead of that Of Europe, our work
ing men and women would not now he stand
ing idle, meditating upon coming winter Of
unemployed time and tantalized BY seeing
foreign cloth and iron passing by them, in.
ported under low duties, dictated by slave
holders and British irce-traders.
G17y~ Jones and Wilson can now suspend
their bilingsgate abuse Of each other, and
forego their foul-mouthcd oaths and bIud-
geon arguments, for neither will have any
objection to the Others becoming a candi-
date, We apprehend, before n Republican
Legislature. As We expected, the late exhi-
bition OF ruifanism at Dubuque between
Senatorial asprants, Was altogether gratui-
taus, and foolish in every light, for sound
Republican State, ike Iowa, would never
select representatives who could be per-
sladed 10 employ the services Of politicians
with such pot-house proclivities. Iowa has
very emphaticaily inslmated her ability to
get along without the all powerful intellect
Of the pro-slaycry Governors and groggery.
Drawing Senator's of Dubuque. We do not
think the people have any occasion to weep
i over the fact.