The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-11-20

u cersaiuy very plausible and oogenA fecine ous ire
sistiblv tho CONCLUSION that those who unen
poysd need not depend upon this rsnlheaLn Of oes-
FOR their winters suppysof c0ei Of bread
To large plumbers OF clerks and Others who have been
dismissed from hess houses for want Of burmese 10
which utilize their services, tb~ss fscts win prcvs
uupaaabls ta,rses though il L. perhaps better bat
they should Do aware Of taei and seek for their daiy
bread elsewhere "a her than wait "a uncertainty ony 20
nnd themselves unemployed aud penniIess 10 md
winter
Ia the way o. ladies' clothing, cioaks and winter
goods or American manusctnre. ths general weakness
OF the demand also noticeable Imported labrcs oe.
ing mostly absorbed by the Heathicr classes the tahc
IN the.e goods has suffered sss materially me great
failing on having IN the genara ist ri iss expen-
fabrics consumed By the nssscs These goods are
freely offered and srarnsly taken. At very reaucsa
prices and In ccaksof Inferior Goods usrsy 50 readily
sold at this season ths nAnufaclure snos, who "
ceascd-cnt,ing oil the resources o. large n.mDar o.
working wemen Win Us altlnosi GENIE Ie ss5uss
the hands IL manufacturers, WHO sre by no
anxious 10 augment their stock BY making up fr
tho spring trade and this taken 10 conjunction with
the spsrng Demands for gcntlemen's clothing has oc-
casioncd large aoccssons to the number of tnose who
r.as AID are ssy 70 want u Ss s s
hsfo- the advancing footsteps OF the spring Of 1883
II may be added. In this connection, that manu-
acurers In the habit OF qrcug the rise IN rents Tor
1907 above the maximum ~ 1885, AZ another and potent
cause Of tho want Of funds exread IN the wav of
trade among She masses especially In New York ant us
monsre the justice IL their rea on'ug. Ia ordinary
times the principal demand Tor AMERICAS goods, " me
OF the for mod rzely expressive fabrics rs"
Of per cent hcreahorts ARTICLES of the table
Which sss seassn was neld st tory nvs and nf,y-.apd
advance Of feeu cent IN tho general average Of
rents have occaoned expenditnrs OF that for food
and shelter which last year devoted to luxur.es
Thsss items together have added shout three nun
dred dollars the AVERAGE 70 the annual Expenses Of
living FOR an Ordinary family; and ~ the 'ahoring
classes In this citv not rule, tho fortunate nos
SCISSORS OF bank BOOKS, very htfe has remained to DO
expended for aught else than food and shelter
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the scarcity OF demand for ordinary sale work, ard
und0ubedy with. reason, II reduced prices and the
sprngng up auction nars here and there throughout
the civ arc 10 b takcn as ciseta in estimating the
brisxnesS or rather want Of brskness In tho trade.
Strong hopes ara however, rdulgcd that me c'd
her will accelerate ths deman In this direction aud
producers generally work NJ their fuil complement
n bands, though the brskness Of 1895 u not antic.
Pared and there growing disposition the part Of
bosses to demand reduction OF wages. The general
tandsncy OF wages H. IN fact. downward. and xhiic
business remains - dull as a present no amount o.
agitation the part OF the ab0rcr will hav, other than
tsinrions tendency, though with the somewhat IN.
creased cos OF living Increase Of At least fifteen or
afford TO work At the present rae Of wages to say
nothing Of q dscrease.
Happily the building trade has continued remarkably
active during the eatrc Season. and y likely SO TO con-
tinue white the present svstem Of rentages prevails.
thus furnishing employment 70 large GLASS AZ iuli
tine. Wages hare. however, manifested declining
tendency and there mead be surprise should sser
bnlders demand . lover scale Of prices during the
sssss nsvns as ay az un r.. s.r ~
ths iourneymen. At the various snipyards, on the
other both ia building and repairing business u
,nacive. propnetors complain that At the present
tarin OF wages they quite unable 70 compete With
the business elsewhere. ana ~ons derabfe building
which would he contracted for In New York
IL taken Bostnn and Portiand-DOs little repairing
being akeu 70 tho English market and made 70 furnish
bread for English carpenters, caulKes and English
wcrkmeu otherwise nomsuclated
Experts estimate however, that seventy-nvs per
cent or who have been thrown Of employ
during the past three four months have been Of tho
class,e employed az clerks statesmen, sowing women
trade for the means OF daily subsistence OF thase
many want and rev arc wanted. aud their Nance and
enormous aggregate, while IN the columns Of tho daily
papers they aided to tho catalogue Of those who
want but not wanted.