, 1865-01-17

ton is quite right; that is the sole
and certain cause of the distress now so
painful 10 hear Of and witness. WHY not
give employment-not charity? the en-
plOyment would be the greatest charity
and the only efficient mode Of relieving
the want and distress existing in Barba-
dos. Why has not the Governor and all
these wise men thought Of the thousands
OF women unemployed? from these-the
unemployed Women-emanates the deep
misery now experienced by the poor. All
the poor women of Barbados are not cal
culated to bear heavy burthens on their
heads: such as attending mason work
nor are the frames and arms of half of
the poor calculated TO take a hoe and 90
In the landto dig but there are thousands
amongst them with nimble fingers, will
ling hearts, and good eyes, who could
earn q livelihood and help to maintain
their families it only given a suitable oc-
cupatlon. This enormous number of fe-
males who can get no remuncralive work
to do-han9ing on. htipiessly 10 fathers,
husbands and brothers earnings as a sup
port. Having to pass through all this
miserable ndigence-lhat at length reach
es an epidemic dlsorder-until at last ii
loudly calls on public charity to remedy:
and not all the charitable contributions
from any body able TO do so, will effect
the good result; in fact bounty in this
way will only increase the evil. The
agrlculturiStS have done their best and
almost all the women and children who
can be employed in that line are. Now
it all rests with the Merchants; will they
do this Twill they instead of importing
readymade boots and shoes call on the
Boot and Shoemakers in the island who
desire it, TO come forward and enter into
contracts for so many dozens of boots and
shoes? If the Merchants will only do
this, here is employment for some hun
dreds of women in this one line alone of
trade, and nothing can or will the Mer-
chants lose by it, for they can still sell the
imported leather, lining calico, black Jean,
thread, gibbons, laces. Only give The
work to be done neither will they lose
by bad ilIdone work OF cut,-for ali who
have lived in Barbados for 10 months can
say that heater or better workmen are
not in the mother country than in this
little island; the articles will be we'll
done, and it is downright cruel and unjust
not to give the employment hat would
be so maHJngy done. Every body knows
who knows anything at all of the boot
and shoe binding done in Europe, that it
is 10y women and children. | have cal
cuIated the amount of a pair Of satin-iean
boo:s-thoSe sold in the stores in Broad
street for 60 cents per pair-hundreds
WHO can go no higher In price make
themselves look respectable in those
cheap bootS-the materials costs about
twenty-five cents say the bo0tmakcr
will undertake 10 make these at Is. per
pair, consequently it gives ~ cents pro-
fit TO the Merchant, besides selling the
stuff for the making up; now the bind
ing costs but 2 cents, and any woman of
the least activity could bind twelve pairs
a-day without even overworking herself:
here would be-supposing 4 or 5 in a
poor family would get this kind of work
it would be 5 shillings a-day-here child
rem could help and do so in a degree un-
known in the United Kingdom-all this
kind of work is done by no other hands but
theirs, women and children-this will carry
bread into almost all the poor families in
the island, and do more general good