New-York tribune., 1868-03-26
From oar sVecih corre'pouieai
RosroN. March %. taes.
FUND ASSOCIATION.

FROM Oar s2sch Correspondent -. ,,.,
The Hon. III. X. Oliver, who was appointed Q
deputy state constable whose duty to the
execution Of the Jaws regulating the hours of labor fo
children in manufacturing establishments has made q
rcport showing that revision OF the SAID law is much
needed The law enacted last year forbade the employ
mont OF children under ten Of age In any manuac
turing or mechanical establishment; required that all
employed the ages OF ten and fifteen should at
tend school least three months in the year and that
sixty hours per should be the limit Of working time
for such statlstcay the report is not OF much value
a. no law required manufacturers 10 make returns and
ont OF g inquiries sent there only 33 responses
OF gS children returned only three reported as less
than ten years Of age. Thirty establishments employ
from thirty TO sxy hours The report high ground
in favor OF the American SYSTEM socially ana education
ally considered. and the ignorance depreciation and
misery which have been engendered in England by the
systems prevalent there apy set forth Y quotations
be- the whole favorable to the arnelora-
tion OF the condition Of the operatives aud Gen Oliver
notes with satisfaction the liberal principles prevalent at
Lawrence and Lowell While some agents are glad that the
state has taken the matter in hand there Others who
think the Common wealth has right to interfere one
machinery and another he used his millhands he
would his horse, but these rather the exception than
the leto the credit OF the manufacturers agents and
law be amended to provide that child under thirteen
shall be employed and. after that. be eligible 10 employ
ment only upon condition or having atalr knowledSe
OF reading arithmetic, and geography and furthermore
that the English SYSTEM which requires five days OF l0s
hours each ana u on Saturday making 90 hours III the
week should be adopted as rule for a factory hands.
The Ute Indians Gen Kit Carson. Gov. Hunt, and the
other gentlemen from Colorado had hearty reception
in this city week IL being the first city In which the
authorities rendered them reception They were shown
all our institutions of public character. and were highly
delighted with the hospitates extended them. Their
visit called mind most orcby the visit OF the Sacs and
Foxes Il think the tribes called who came not like
the Utes in the garb OF Christians, with SIMPLY blanket
loosely thrown their lons There was an incident
connected with the visit OF the Sacs and Foxes which has
visit this and other cities to show them the
things Of which they had avery faint idea They received
decided ovation in Boston. The late eminent statesman
and scholar Edward Everett the Governor Of Massa
cIusetts AT that time, and delivered speech in Fan
euil Hail. which was translated by interpreters. The
Indians, who were quartered in Concert Hall, were
feted and feased, and occasion large number
OF city officials, with their wives and friends, were
gathered IN Concert Hall to the visitors To contribute
TO the enjoyment OF the latter number OF little girls
were brought forward TO dance for their qualification
The young misses entered into the spirit OF the occasion
with such that the Indians became greatly excited
To the astonshment of everybody they jumped up and
commenced dancing themselves Ihe people though as
tonished. delighted with the genuine Indian dance
but they thundersruck the Indians forgetting
in their excitement that they we're not In their native
foress threw O their blankets, and finished their dance
in the nutbrown dress cuticle which nature had given
them. The ladies, however, stood It "manfuly,' aud
some few OF them living have told the story during
the past week with an nhnite relish.
new system OF horse railroad mahaSemeht htS neeh
@ S M s Ss ans Sd s Ps ro%d Il or n
finding that the stock OF tue company had gone down
several degrees below par and that the receipts were not
what he thought they should be. conceived inc uea OF
placing inspectors at point along the route, where
they could the number of passengers each
IL passed the point selected The inspectors were accord
ngly appointed and stationed but colluslOn between
them and the conductors preyentcdany material Increase
IN the receipts chief inspector was then appointed.
whose duty to watch the other inspectors. and the
latter, in turn, watched the conductors. Under this
double system Of espionage the receipts have increased
and the system OF open inspection rather than secret
"spotting' Is pronounced success. The passengers,
however look upon the inspectors an innovation and
as latter count noses" many uncompli-
menary remarks made The pay Of the conductors,
honesty under this system has been raised
S. per day for l6 hours labor The system could hardly
be worked successfully on long routes where way
fares the conductors required to
tell the inspectors the number of way passengers they
carry, the latter do not see them. ...
The Marriage Fund Association Is not very wel sup
ported and day or two since the membership was
almost exclusively confined 10 those who started Tins M.
advised scheme In the rooms Of the Association, 70
which the circulars direct inquiries for further prticu-
lars displa yed portrait Of Horace Greeley, which
10 DO the only substantial sign OF philanthropy
there the premises. Although the institution has
been advertised In 100 country papers II will Doubtless
be short-yed Any indications OF longevity benefits
accruing to society from this Association Will be noted by
your correspondent.