Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-08-09
work and wages i'm Europe.

work and Wages i'm Europe,
The Secretary of the Board of Agricul-
ture collected, during recent visit to Eu-
rope, some interesting particulars in re-
| others In England, Ireland and on the Con-
tinent. Thirty-seven cents per day he re-
ports as the highest sum paid, the labOrer
boarding himself In most parts Of Ire
land the farm laborer gets but twenty-five
cents per day, and boards and lodges him
self--and at that rate he cannot get work
half the time. The "day's work" more
over, is from daylight till dark, no ten hour
system or act protecting the workman on
the land
4In Ghent, Belgium, the average price
is obout "a franc and half or about thirty
cents a day, the workmen finding them
selves. In the neighborhood of Bonn, on
tho Rhine, it is ten SILVER groschen, or about
twenty-five cents per day. In Wiesbaden
It Is from forty-two to forty-eight kreutzers
day for workmen on farms and ON roads,
or from thirty to thirty-1ve cents. AT the
farm Of the Agricultural Institute at Gels
berg near Wiesbaden, the price paid is
thifty-six llreutzers a day, or tWenJy-tour
cents, the men in all cases boarding them
Grand Duchy of Baden, it varies from
forLy-two TO forty-eight kreutzers. In and
around Cassel the daily wages amount to
fifteen silver groschen, Or thirty-seven
cents. At the Agricultural College at
Wclhenstepan the pay for female laDorers
ii the field is twenty-four kreutzers, or
about eighteen cents day, finding them
selves. This is in harvest time, when the
price is higher than at other seasons.
"These prices everywhere seemed small
for hard earnest labor, and could not help
thinking how glad our own farmers would
be-to give double and board their wOrkmen
at that Now, it is true that the price of
| living is not generally quite 50 high iii the
countries / nave named as with US, yet the
difference Is nowhere so great, comparative
| ", as the price paid for labor. In fact, to
i've as well Us our people of the same class
| DO tie cost would be very nearly the same.
The price Of potatoes for instance, in the
| neighbOrhood of Dublin, is seven, pence
stone of IA pounds. This is a cent a pound,
or 90 cents Il bushel. Parsnips are Ga or
about $2o a ton. The price of good butter
throughout Ireland Is ON an average a shil-
ling pound, so that the man has to work
bard II or IA hours to earn pound of but
/ price III TOWU ana country
The model tarmiat Glasnevin got Is pence,
! or 80 cents pound in January cfthis year,
1864, and the lowest price at any time is
shilling, or II pence-that is, "a and 70
| cents made smaller inquiries as to the
| prices of common articles as means of
| comparison everywhere L wentand know
! about how the case stands, for ] made it
practice TO record such items on the spot.
The price Of flour is about as high on the
continent as with US, and think the same
quality of meats about as high"
When workingmen in Europe compare
these wages with the reward for similar la
Dor in this country; when, further, they
learn that here they can get work every
day in the year if they are only industri-
Gus and sober, while there, as they know
to their bitter sorrow, they cannot always
secure the miserable pittance of twenty
i've cents with which TO buy black bread
and potatoes for their families; when they
hear from their friends in America that
here the poorest wOrldngman can eat meat
daily while in Europe meat is an almost
unknown luxury to the laborers family
when all these contrasts are presented to
the working population in Europe, need
any one wonder that this population seeks
to better its condition, or that Irish and
German slaborers flock to our shores by
thousands z glc8 1.4t
Farmers in the Eastern States have been
obliged this summer to pay two dollars and
half for a days work for which the la
borer in Ireland would receive twenty-five
cents, or in Germany thirty or at most
Lhirty-seYen. In many parts they could
not hire men enough even at these wages.
While such disparity exists in wages, and
while worlungmen know that labor is re-
| spceted, as it is in the free States, the exo-
dus from Europe will continue. r
The COIOrs Of the Sth Ohio Among tI,e
Archives Of the State.
Colonel Sawyer forwarded the colors of
the gallant sth Ohio to Governor Brough
and received the following in reply:
STATE OF ONO, ExEcUTIvE DEPR'r. ! b. h
p -IJ COLUMBUS, Aug. 3, 1864. L !
Lieut. Col. Frank Saloyer, 8th Reg't O. VI,
~ - No5qoaIk, Ohio.
Sfe:AYour letter of 23d July came duly
to hand, and the Colors were delivered du-
ring my absence on Saturday last. have
deposited them, with similar trophies in
the proper Department no afl--T
The. record ofthe Sth Regiment is among
the most brilliant of those made during the
war. 1t reflects honor alike upon the men
who have written it with their blood and
their lives, and the State they haveso well
represented and defended. Upon eyery
field they have fought and every contest
IN which they have been engaged, the Of
ticers and men of this command have dis
played earnest zeal, courage and patriotic
fidelity to the country. They merit, as
they will receive, thanks and gratitude Of
our people. God grant that their noble
services and sacrifices have not, been in
vain-and that we may early rejoice in
re-established government and united
country.
Thanking you and your Regiment for
the return of these Oolors to the State.
with so much honor am
7i-sH -.,sr7u Very Respectfully,
~ 'JNo. BRoUGH, Gov. Of Ohio.
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