Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-11-02
Can / Lessen Nv Expenses +?

] Ac ssi-lH GHi Ltitsr Ir1lunt pub
li~..ed al Lancaster. IA, printed the fol-
lowing article. under tire above title. In 1t,
issue of the l2th Inst. II j. worthy ~ a
thoughtful reading by All classes OF our
citizens;
fcW worklngmen ia PENNSYLVANIA are
LAYING up any money. II takes all their
Income To live. 4 dollar and s.venty-hye
cents day leaves but little. AFTER PAWN.
rent and subsistence bills. The morAmen
can't lessen the price OF -four. sugar. or
pork nor the price OF calico. >hceiin.
"ooicn>. or boots aud shoes. These must
De had aud paid for. Certain ontgoes can't
bc helped II these ouigoes balance the
income right along there Is poverty holding
IL own. The experience of most workmen
now days i, that after paving rent and
provision bills, at the end OF the week they
md they have nothing left, and generally
d hat. cap. dress, or coat unpaid Tor be-
sides Things are not As they were in
l'Go and le6i, and the laborer finds himself
gradually obliged 10 lop Of wants.
but. says one, You don't pretend to
say that the la5orer has q harder time now
than live years a.of" or course we do,
and can prove u by every workingman we
meet. Look about and find how many
ia0orers are buying and paying for homes !;
ana then ma out what per cent are in debt
for rent, or store bills, or both, The out
look Is not very encouraging, aud Is enough
to dishearten half the working men there
are. For man TO only live from hand 20
mouth. l. TO be in constant peril OF public
charity state of things not the most
pleasant to contemplate
The fact of ii is. workingmen who work
BY the day don't get ahead. and very many
are heels over head in debt besides. What
IL the trouble. VIII every workingman
take the trouble to ask himself the ones.
ilon: we answer IL by saying 1T costs
too much To liye-too much money goes
out. To enter into the discussion of the
price of the neSessaries Of life. whether
too high or not is not our purpose. We
wish To call &tention 10 the bare consid
Grafton OF the facts as they are, saving
nothing OF price or Circumstance. Leay-
ing out OF sight what might and what
ought 10 be, II labor received its due share
OF It's products, We take things, as they are.
and say, it costs too much to live.
II Is astonishing on what small income
people can live If they are driven TO IL.
Cornmeal and water don't cost much
There are people who live on less costly
diet. In some parts of Germany the work
ers only have meat once year. There
are cellars and garrets in the cities where
NASiN - nv hic ihc y CAT Iouuu. ana the In
mates sleep on rags and live on five cents
a day. 1t is good ways from the present
status of the majority of workingnen to
the bottom of the ladder. No state ia 50
bad but there is lower story still. This
picture is not very fascinating, but after all
a good one to look at. People take conr-
age very often by finding that they are NO,
SO near the bottom of the hill amer ali.
The remedy by which to get out Of a
scrape is the thing that got you in-some
of the hair of the same dog. II q man has
got head over ears in debt by eating too
much cake or beer, wretched bologna. to
get out, he must shut down on these YAM
pires Of his stomach. II breadcloth, chan
deliers, hat-racks, and sardines did il, they
must be cut of-expenses must be lessened.
No man should spend more than his income
any more than he should put his fingers In
the fire. But how can it be helpedf just
here is where the rub comes in. One OF
three things must happen to every man.
Either he spends less than he earns, or ali
that he earns, or more than he earns. Here
is hard pan to start on.
Now. workingmen, which Of these things
shall happen to you! Not what has han
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