Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-08-19

Work AND WAGES rs EUKorE.-Ihc :. G
-..arv of the Boald OF Agriculture collected,
daring recent witt To EuroTe, some inter-
e,tin. particulars in regard TO the wagts of
farm laborers and Others In England, Ireland
and on the continent. Ihirty--evcn cenis
per dav he reports as the highest sum pait,
tie lahorcr boarding himself in most PARIS
Of Ireland the farm iabJrer gets but p cents
Ter dav, and boards and lodges himself-and
at that rate he cannot get work halt the time.
The " DAYS work. moreover, i from day
lght till dark, no ten-bOur system or act
,r1,ecting the workman on the land
In Ghent, Belgium, the average Is about
frank and n half, or about 80 cents G1y; the
workman finding themselves. In the neghbor-
to,i of Bonn, GU the Rhine, 1t IS 10 silver gro
s.bsn. or about % cents per day. In Wiosbiden
II :, from - to IS kreutzers a day for workmen
on farms and on roads, or from 30 TO 80 cents.
A. the farm OF the Agricultural Institute at
belsberg, near Wiesbaden, the price PAID is SO
kreutzers day, or q cents, the men IN all c'ses
boarding. themselves. To and about Heidelberg,
IN the Grand Duchy Of Baden, It varies from y
10 ie kreutzers In and around Cassel the daily
wages amount to Is silver eToschen, or .. cents
At the Agricultural College at Weihenstepan,
the pay for female lab0rers in the field is u
kreuiIers or about IS cents day, finding them
selves This Is IN haryee time, when the price
Is higher thar At other seasons. These prices
every where seemed small for hard. earnest labor,
and ccud not help thinking how glad our own
farmers would be to give double and board their
EoIkmen at that
Now, 1t is quite true that the price Of living
IS not generally quite 50 high IN the countries
have named, as with us, yet the difference Is
.To
uaid for labor. In fact 10 live as well as our
people Of the same class do. the cost
would be very nearly the same. The
urice Of potatoes, for instance. in the neigh
s.orh-od Of Dublin, is seven pence n stone ot
posnds This i cent pound, or 90 cents
tu-hel. Parsnips are 81, or aboutS $50 n ton.
The price of good butter throughout Ireland is
On an average a shilling pound. 50 that man
5f, 20 work hard y or Il hours 10 earn a
round Of butter This l. the price in town aud
.artrv. The model farm AZ Glasneyin got u
--.ee. OF &c cents pound in January Of thi'
Year. 1854. and the loves; price az any t'n'
shilling or 70 pence-that is q and % els
lz.1e similar enquiries az 70 the pI4ces Of CON-
mon ar:icl,s IS means Of comparison every
Al ere | went. and know about how the cas-
stands, tor ! made :; n practice 20 record sucf
He-ns On rhe spot- The price OF -four 6 anoui
- ---l tl llC Ntli' 'lS-l = u III ~. e---.- @
* SINE GUILTY. Of meats about ls high
Whou oorkiuEmen in Europe colaya-S
f1e>e wages with the reward s0T siniiir il
IN ibis county; w'er ,urthe. rle,
... He-l t-ey ,an sr5 work every day
lH 5l- year IL t.icY are only industrious sH.
-0-r. iio there. a. ticl ta~ g. tl,u
bitter SORROW. they coFn.t airavs secur'
even tie miserable Tit'anee OFF fvrrtv-tre
'r-. ..- O. ai!. a.i-- .s .-J aiac6 bread
a. loJitoes ior their families when thel
Dean irm their frioHds 10 america taat here
-'' rs' workinEaian cii. cat llea, daily
".h. uLarope meat i ..n almost an-uawT
I-A1ig 10 the iaboror's iahiiy-wacn al
ines 11nlrssts rre presented "a thc W.HAia-
p'ali4ii1n ia Europe, need any me wrulc
sla' tAis population Seek To letter BE- eJn
e.l''a oT tast li-h and German iat1Ie0
n'Gk 10 our shores ~ ihuu,ands
Farmers IN tue eastern states have b.el
oGilged tnis summer 10 pay two dollaTs an'
nan tor day 5 work for which the Labor
CT IN Ireland would receive twenty-five cent