, 1865-07-01
LABOAEH@ WAGES NtVEFEEN
CENTS kEA DAY.

4 dispatch Of the Associated Press lays be-
fore The Northern public the following piece
of news, which cof1oborates several other
reports from the State Of a similar character:
New YoRx, Juue 47.-Lyuchbnrg, Va, Papers
eontsan she proessdtaea OF tnae;snR of The farm
f:e Of Nelsun county. vs., Eccsnly
Rstolct.ont were adop1so to psy nu3ber une
ons xmen md Pionshbeyt tvo do;.ass nd bf,,
q. he1eao!crs, the hands to nod THAR o'n cl9th-
lpE. The loss Of due from sickness or itlenese
T. to he dcdu ted ENC the aauds sfe - be entirely
Gre are they to tirr taborer wno hat no, per.
1uleeiCn to reL1fe htHsaif. Aaorsss ttfun,rs
ta nnt sof,fs 3 Iqa e 9naas, M
irfred. in Eupp'1ea 1t mteket Fales.
psestdcnts xnc Snpe1iattucents OF public wosEa
are stQues ted not u hire hs.ds enEsced In sgri-
culture, without *F1tt-n pefmtFsioa IRON the
farmer in wh NC eerv7ce they saEe hcCn en .sged.
T.5ucs ytnan1iuR fhrsr 1oits. Atssf fretenbins 70
to them, Will b. deemed guilty Of peEjufy.
The rate Of wages amounts to one do,lar
ard fifteen cents per wtek, or what labor
lpe pau in CHICAGO charges for haifa daT's
work. 1t Is ltss than half the wages paid to
kitchen girls iu The North. And ont Of this
m,.crahle ut anee The iaborer is expected to
supply himself With clothing. ''Io.s Of time
for sickness 10 be deducted, and the hands to
be entirely subject to the oldere Of the eu1-
p'oser.'' .-......
AID It fs further stipulated that The 1orik-
ueu thalI not be allowed to take ecryice from
eu,e1 ntsndenss Of Public Works, WIN u
ccu,se wop.1 wiiiinz'J pay higher ine
lsbos:p< peapls Iisszst a1eef1 tberStore terms
Or stArve.
Nc atk working men OF Ch::1go, l7T
much il kpsh 3 condition Of tLinsz better
than elsye1y: Waat sort Of remunerat on is
$l.l5 per week for IN ahle-bodied mAn for
hnrd work from sur up to san down, hot and
cold? This is what the ''Dsmoctatic'' ex-
rebel chiyalsy Of Vsrginia hhve pledged the:o-
selves to pay th* dusky sons o: toll for TILL
ipe their fields mud producing their crops. I
q fair days work entitled TO fair days
wagese Are ntaefetn exnts in deprecated
mrnty lair Iay for fourteen hours' hard work !:
Should uot colorea mnn bt paid rs much
as a white man for doing The slime amount
Of workp II y bite man esrnstwo dollars
in the htyxrst field for cutting down given
quantity Of wheat or grass. ought black
man to be paid but nineteen cents for doing
the came amount CT wNks Wall the labor
Ing men Il Chicago AID elsewhere slrc their
sanc>icn to this species OF robb.ey OF the
Dca in the South who earn their bread By
the sweat Of thelf bEo*s: We have soue
h''y 'Asbof Unions" IN thus city, emora :'ns
large oodas OF working men; organized to
resist unduS reductions Of their wages. %
she5 ass.nt to this meFcilcss blow at the
rights OF labor: the 1fee eoiored 1a9orE
sh'n he sw:odaea sno 1909 with ampuutfJ.
1ow loLg H15;e attempts wsii be nade to
roe Willie 'aoof OF lis aue: Is hot esers
Held and "tman IN The North who works tor
wages apteiret;o N as qnesuont a DOW
Stuck At lie tec 1a"tTfr IN fsglo'a. Of anF
complexion, 'sar assault on The rights o: tse
*t1k1nE classef in every othcr 5tase. II me-
dolfIrs Ter mouth ls to he fixed rs the san
dad cf ths free black mAn's compensation In
FngfGia, how long will 1t be before ten dol
la1t. Or less. 1nay be white mana monthly
wages II tAs aa)e&uanE o.ates of feSntylThna