Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-04-28

adopted by employers siRce the price OF spool cotton
| has risen from four to eight and ten cents
This woman, the mother OF three children was very
moor and came to the rooms of the Working -womens
| Protective Union No. New Chambers street, where
she threw down the work, syng she bad been Working
these drawers Tor mouths, and could not work
any longer for the price paid. Said she: 4" may as
we'll starve without work as to work and sarve at the
same time" An inquiry revealed the Iact that the
| wealthy firm who employed her, PAD jtOe ara d'haU
cents per par for these drawers OF which she could
make two pair Fer day. remarklDg " LII get 10 oto
about daylight and sleep two three hours, eel sat
| isfed."
| haversack pocket, made by hand, containing -
yards of bundled stitches and three button holes
| two yards Of sewing.
This article was made by woman who supported
her sick husband and four little children Each pocket
required one hours faithful abour, and the coppensa
ton received was One and onefourth cents, t1Celve
andahof cents for ten houts work She furnished the
thread.
coarse flannel army shirt large size shade by hand
sewing Collar, wristbands and gussets put on with
double rows of stitching all round. The seams all fell
ed, three button hos buttons and stays requiring up
| ward of two thousand stitches.
| The woman who made this garment was sixty years
of age and too deaf to go to the stores for orders She
has worked these shirts since the war broke out re-
ceving seven cents each-one Of them being good
| DAVIS work for her. oungeF women might make two
Or perhaps three in twelve hours, furnishing their
| thread. This old lady occupied with another woman
damp, dark basement, where she strained her eyts
the daytime, ana SeWeO py llSDt vi
lamp during the evening 1T the end of tie eVeek her
earnings, otter paying needles and eod, amour
ted to harty-mane cents IN cur ency.
A knapsack-army work-an article made of ST. ong,
linen sewed up with two thousand tive hundred
coarse ches entirely by hand, makiP, eighteen fell
ed seams. These knapsacks atterward painted
nshed and trimmed by male workmen WHO complete
, them for he soldiers.
Three Of these knapsacks be finished III day,
bv an ordinarily good seamstreas, working from six
| or in heut
NJ The operators furnish the thread and receive for
each completed article aud half cents t0enty
tao and a,toy cents for the days a0ork.
A fine VIII cotton shirt, with fine linen plated
BOSOM nicely stitched and we'll made throughout,
tanning eleven thousand five hundred sewing mach ne
stitches, six tuttonhos, fe!led seams, &c, &c.
Two of these shirts are finished each day by the ope
rator, who employs nearly every moment OF her tnle
finds her thread, aud receives for the garments
sixteen cents each, Mirtyt1UO cents for more than
t,Ueiue hours L0bou. These shirts cell for three dol
lars three dollars and fifty in the retail stores
Their total cost to the employer may be summed up as
follows:
Three yards fine muslin at SO cents, 80 cents.
ltyard fine liren,. ....................,. IS :.
Labour and thread, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 16
Total cost, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 81 09
A more common bite shirt with plated muslin
bos rm collar and wristbands, containing eight thou
saUd Stitches six buttonhoes, &c Ene stitching Is
done c0arsely on the sewing ma chine.
These shirts are chiefly worn by working men a3
their Sunday shirt. They are well made and servcea,
BILE articles. hree completed in one day by the
OPERATOR who buys the thread and receives from her
employer eight cents for each shirt. These garments
generally sell for one dollar and twenty live cents cost
ing follows
Three yards of muslin at "a ceas. .:............7
Ianour and thread.
Total cost. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
A large SIZE linen buster, beautifully made a sew
rlo ri Had rI flx
sewed with 1890 stitches, four button holes three
pockets, etc.
These nen coats manufactured in the best mln
for first class gcnlemens clothing store. The
operator ceves twnyv cents for her labour, which
sum also pays for tie thread and pressing. Two can
not be finished in day. They SILL for three dollars
and fifty cents, and probably cost the dealer es7 than
two dollars.
Ladies' collars an d cuffs containing f,7OO fine sew
ing machine stitches, the Onter edge being ornament
ed with an insertion of various toOuled trimmings.
these articles of sades wearing apparel are made
for !weutyoDe cents per de- n setsa set consisting OF
The collar and two cuffs Three dozen sets are made
per day by good operator, working early and late
/ he thru I'D is paid for by the who takes out
the work,
A dlzon sets will coat as follows
sne yard OF linen: 20 cent4'
II Yards of trimming at cents pes yard i y
labour and threads ..................... II
Total cost ...........................S SO
The retail price per set in the Broadway md Bowcry
stores is seventy nts The wholesale prices are
not les than five Dc lrs per dozen sets.
Ladies cellars and cuffs, with lace work upon them,
bnt equally fine linen upon which the operator can
thirty nine per day receiving ten cents per
dozen sets. and completing i've sets In fourteen hours
The thread costing her eleven cents
An army blouse, well made on the sewing machine,
with over six thousand stitches four button holes
two pockets, &c
These hlouses short jacket-like coats, made OF
blue flannel lined Throughout pressed and finished for
which the working receives tRentythree cents,
out of which she pays for the thread. good opera
tor make two in one day. Some can complete
three with the assistance of baister.
Fancy flannel L}uave shirt, with vest front very
beautifully made containing about fifteen hundred
stitches and eight button bols, &c.
The who made this shit is the wife of a sol
er in the army, who obliged TO do anything
for her children's support until the last few
months. She stated that her husband had been sea
captain tor many years, bat had enlisted in the army
with the expectation of being transferred to the navy
where he would receive better pay, but being disap
pointed in this she had been compelled to seek employ
ment to assist in maintaining herself and four children
The price she received for making this shirt is twelve
cents She stated that with assistance in baist-
ing, she could complete three in day with machine
By hard she could not complete more than one.
ladies' robe skirt, front containing seventy-two
yards of machine stitched tucks upwards of twentysx
thousand fine stitches, evenly done.
The working stated that she received for this
work cent per yard and that by constant applica
ton she able to earn thirtyve cents per day. The
work is ubiesome, requiring Blasting and marking of