Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-03-21
THURSDAY. MARCH, 81. 1872.
Fewer Hours and Less Work.


One OF the prominent topics of discus
sion and one sooner or later that will EN-.
ter into our politics, is that establishing =
less number than ten hours for legal
Justice OF "A movement at this kind. Ten
hours are a small number enough for
DAYS work, at ordinary kinds OF labor; and
any person well enough to engage for dali
IL labor. can work thi, number OF hours.
without any injury to hi- health.
Tho Physician. Ii he i skillful and has
obtained fair practice has to work with
his brains and his hands. at least fifteen
hours out OF the twenty four. The LAWYER.
for a portion OF the time, knows no ead To-
his work. from carly morn to dcwy eve.
so the merchant that succeeds In busi-
ness has to rise early and sit up late to al
tend to the details OF his business. The
lumberman that operates in our forests
and gives employment to hundreds OF men.
aud large numbers of teams. works more
hours. and harder than any Of his hands,
for in addition TO the labor OF his hands In
various ways, there are the anSicties. the
cares. and the perPlexities Of the whole
business attending upon and harassing
him.
Take ship-buildin- for another instance.
twenty-five years ago good carpenters
were hired at eight or nine shiilings per
dav. aud boarded. and these mechanic>
and none better ever worked anywhere
or At auy trade. used 10 work from seven
to seven for days work; or a a wag said.
worked three tides ior day These
men were as Intelligent and A. healthy A.
mechanics of this day. We would not
advocate a return 10 these discarded Gus
toms buf we d. insist that ten hours of
labor i none too much for DAYS work
=; alnosi any business. II j. none too much
for the physical system. and il is none too
tnuch f,r the wants and needs ofth, world.
Lthor Is bles>ing u maa Father than a
cur-c. snd the only point ab"ut Il that
needs The protection OF law, /, that The
youn. and immature shall not be pat t"
labor too early. IA factories and At other
cx4ctin. work. After thi, point j. settled
why no, let the emplnyer and the employ
rdnaAe their own bargains. A. 10 price and
the number "f hnurs that shall be deemed
di,s WORK: Labor j. master Yet. an,l
viii br far ccuturir- Ia lhi- urw couufrl .
and therefore al the scliciniua 10 .,t az
parties based on the idea ct making eight
OF Xxx hours a legal lay, WORK l. al cfiori
that will do neither laborers nor those
using labor any good
l. has been argued that moro time j.
needed for stud, ard the cultivation al TIA.
mind. ali therefore more hour, should b,
taken from What i noa devoted 10 manu-
ri labor. bat will these spare hours be TIM.
used? There /, 40 such thing in this coun-
try n couipul -ory education for even the
young. and OF course mo way TO compcl
Adults 10 study. 1t the spare lime will be
,peut a TOO much i already. In losiiu.
III doing nothing for thcms Ives. ,hcf
nothing will be yai ,ej. We cannot lc.is.
late 80 As To make men and women, il axe,
.omething else 70 do this. An exehsne.
il is not best thing--thai is, the tlmp.
which We call best. that makes men; i, 1.
not the pleasant things; it is not the calm
experiences Of life; Il i life's rugged cx.
p, ri-uces it's tempest. Its trials. The dis.
cipline of lii. Is here good and there evil
here trouble and there Joy. here rudenc,,
and there smoothness. one working with
the other; and the alternat ions OF the on,
aud the other which neccssitaie adanfa.
lions constitute that part OF cducal Ion
uLs.s al
from an animal. which has no education
The suecss.ful man invariably bear th,
mark OF the stru. giles which, he has had IL
undergo on his brow.