The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-30

which Is the prevailing compensation on all the city
railroad lines Conductors have also had thelr pay
advanced 10 the same ngure. Everybody knows ana
leets that both conductors and drivers ana parlcu
larry the latter, who nave no chance TO KNOCK
DOWN. and make up for themselves decent aRgre-
gate OF paw for their days work. are greatly over
worked and as greatly undergrad. the subject mas
been presented again and again before me STATE
Legislature, calling for reduction of the working
hours or the drivers, but without accomplishing
anything. IL is In contemplation to revive the sub
ject at the coming session, and meantime more
thorough organization OF botn conductors ana
drivers Is trying to be Effected AS the case sLinns
at present these two classes OF workmen-conducl-
ors and drivefs-not only have plenty oil work, put
MISCELLANEOUS AvocArIoNs.
IL IL amusing to go through all the trades ana
avocatlons making up the varied empioymenss OF
our WORKING classes A long story we might write
and the requed G pay they eG Teceye Is their
misfortune that there Is not sufcient community OF
interest to enable thorough and efficient co-opera,
that has produced any positive beneficial results ID
the Early Closing Association, and this has but
made the beginning OF the work requiring 10 DO
accomplished. Then, there are the 'longshoremen,
who complain OF being poorly paid for their work,
walters. Among those who are doing well are
the printers, whose ASSOCIATIONS are the most
perfect OF any In the city. The fresco painters are
lead to large indulgence in tins species OF ornamen-
tai work. Jewellers, engravers and variety OF the
pensatlon Tor their work. The publication oil new
books and making tevs and gifts for the coming
holidays keep THOUSANDS buslly employed. chapters
might be written upon the want or a general
apprenticeship law, upon the ill-requted pay given
To female workers III almost every avocatlon In
which women are employed, and OF the overtaxlng
the strength or children and miserable plttanees
paid them by soulless and INSCRIPTIONS task
masters. And then there are brain workers CON-
PEELED TO expend their vital forces and nervous
energy IN exhaustive brain labor Tor less pay often
than that given to stupid dolts OF policemen who
have no souls save the brass buttons their blue
Goals. All these belong 70 the great class OF our
laooring peope-the great class earning thef living
by WORK.
CONCLUSION OF THE MATTER.
This picture OF the condition Of the laborng peo-
pie OF this city ~ not altogether pleasant one as
would be desirable to present-n0t as pleasant as
wethought II would be when the subject was entered
upon In this article The record IS one OF serious
ness and sef-eydent matter OF fact, and II treated
otherwise, one might perhaps say that people have
no business TO he poor and 10 be compelled TO WORK
Tor living As 1t may be said that capitalists should
Int their souls above undue greed OF gain, and that
with the gong up OF prices VI manufactured products
and OF rents and necessaries OF life there should be
proportionate going up OF the prices OF labor. This
Is all the laboring people would ever ask Tor. This
Is all protective associations OF the industrial classes
seek 10 accomplish. This accomplished the grand
Utopia OF labor has been achieved This Is capital
ana labor harnOnized. For the willing worker there
will always be then plenty OF work.