The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1866-08-04

plain Of the condition OF the people. and 10
attribute 1t to InisEosernment. Our object
y TO seek 70 show that the same position ID
Sceupied ~ lsborsrs ID ssSpI ne nest pros
peroiis lands and thAt II men men are 70 rise 10
higher status and more comforts Of hfes ID
must be BY personal exertions and iudi,
yidual effort. :. -. y.
Wsnt Of kao~lsdrs O. the state Of labor.
ers In other countries, makes too many hsse
conclude that there is:nothing in the 6pfl6
equal to the misery which they endure. We
have none Of the evils, permit us 70 say, in
ceaneciioa with arH leboHrs 10 ireland,
wh.eh gre h.swn In En- ana. TIE "gang''
systemss unknown. sFouAg pesple are mol
hired out in gangs" to be treated aluoss
as slaves, a. the children Of the lshorine
classes are in some agricultural districts in
the South Of England The interlnixing Of
the young OF both sexes, and the fearful
consequences which follow, are not known
in Ireland. II would be impossible, too, Il
get an Irish boy or girl ignorant Of the great
leading truths Of religion, We often see re.
cords Of English childree brought up With
out knowledge Of even the existence Of q
God, Oh, an idea of what are his attributes
and Of the duty mankind owes 10 him
Every child 10 Ireland is instructed In these
things and the result is a higher tone d
morality fewer illegitimate births, and in.
fanticide is all but unknown.
We do not say that wages are altogethel
as high in ireland for farm labor as in Eng
land. We, however, do contend, chat til,
money earned is, on the whole, worth a.
much. The Irish lsboFer is never obliged
to take part Of his wages in beer, or spoiled
cider. He seldom or never drinks these. II.
generally receives his wages in full, or els.
, in "kind' Of q valuable description, and such
as he needs potatoes, milk, DC Fuel i.
Ireland is for the most part cheap. The
farm laborer saves his own peat, and never
wants in winter for good Dire, except it b,
his own FAULT Provisions, too, are general,
cheaper than in England. Flour, oatmeal
aud Indian meal are readily procured at rea
sonable prices. Butiermilk can be had
cheap; and if the wives 81 the laboIers only
knew better wha: excellent dishes could b,
made from the various vegetables which ear
be had by them at the most tritiing cost, the
condition Of the Irish laborer would be, tax
ing all points into consideration, little. il
anything, inferior TO his brother toiler IN
England, so far as the means Of living are
concerned. while m other features il is much
superior.
w question, too, II, viewing all the as.
poets OF the case, the Irish laborer in Eng
land is SO well Off as his brother in ireland.
We have seen the Irish working man in
London, Liverpool, Manchester, Bolton, Pres
ton, Dudley, Haniey, Nswcastle-under-
Lyme, and other places in England, and,
while ne earned more wages, we we're rather
inclined to believs that he had not even She
same comforts as the same class in Ireland
possess.
There are great trials and difficulties to be
contended with by our day laborers, as by
many other classes. but they are nearly all
of such nature that by individual and unit.
ed effort Of the men themselves, with the
kindly approval, counsel and aid Q employ
ers land these can be had they may sooner
or later be overcoms.-London Nottingham.