Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-03-29

found in Virginia in great abundance anu
gives employment to considerable hu'n"e' u
people.
Yet, the free list proposed will make large
addition to that existing, and will include come
items of considerable Importance, as TIN IN DATE
or blocks essential oils, jute, charcoal, bleach
ing powders and soda ssh.
Mr.. Morrill, opposed the ten per cent 'e1U0
ton upon wool, metals and manufactures as
found in the second section Of the bill. Inc
tariff on wool, be thought, after thirty-n'e per
cent of the sheep of the country have been
slaughtered, and after four years OF continned
depression aud continual loss 10 the business OF
sheep-Sasing, might be left operative at ess' 10Y
one year. On this point he said
vast majority of the wooden nanuiaetui efs
of he country long since made peace with the
wool growing interests. They have had Tie oene-
fit of gl1t in the wool markets OF the "oFid
and the major part of them do not unfairly seek
TO escape from the pinch which tue present
scarcity has brought about by throwing the our
den of this upon the wool-gro"ers. Inc higu
cost Of cotton and the comparatively low price
Of wool for the past ten years, has created
larger permanent demand FOR wool, as cotton
has been extensively discarded for wooden cloth
ing, and if the business Of sheep huibandry IN
this country should be crippled or destroyed
the prices Of healthy clothing WOODS wcu!d IN 'ne
end be made dearer the world over II ls
agsintt the interests of all branches OF agrlcui-
tuTe, and against the interest OF the Wooien
manufacturer to diminish the supply OF domes-
tic Wcols. To be sure, the reduction is very
slight, and the farmers are NOT here TO protest
sgainst it, but senators will find them al hcne
protesting loudly.
In speaking Of the relations Of the tariff to
American labor, Mr. Merrill gave some interest
ing statistic,, showing how vastly better is the
condition Of the l.boring classes, so-called, in
this country, than in the Old World. He said ;
The people demand such revision of the tariff
SIS will put less money into the treasury. They
DO not want to trust it or US with dollar which
can be spent unnscesssrlly.
But IN removing taxation We do not intend TO
remove il in such a manner as TO deprive the
American people Of employment. We intend to
tax foreign luxuries. and make those who use
;hem Day the tax. We intend to give the work
o! America 10 American WOrkmen. The only
tangible benefit we can confer upon labor IN this
country is by . tsrii that discriminstes in favor
Of American industry. Our country is now, AZ
/, should be hereafter, among all nzticns the
paradise of the working man Not Only does be
here receive much greater wages, but taking
into account the character and quslity Of his
foci. clothing and lodgings, thete, as whole,
are cheaper here than anywhere else lie can
here support his family, and have more left for
their education travel and taste than falls TO the
lot Of any French, German, Italian or English
workman.
So far as what is called revenue reform -
ccuces free trade under its cloak, II coucesls q
dagger aimed At the American lsborer. The In
dental protection given by our tariff and the
main purpose has been always to obtain revenue
has elevated labor throughout half Of the civ
iliz-l world. Employers sbroad have had the
tevere-t competition with u, not sgainst our
products alone. but sgsinst the prices We have
paid and continue 70 pay for labor. They have
bad TO praise TIE waccs, not only Of common Ia
.5rers, but Of skilled Workmen, because
Otherwise they found them ready 10 emigrate
where labor sud skill were more highly spprecis-
ted and better rewarded. The world over, The
American standard has Lifted the wages Of labor,
anu inspired faith ami hope among those who
live by the sweat Of tue brow
Nr Morrill, preceded 10 quote az follows from
recent report, pieentei TO the Brit.sh P4rlia-
uent Of the diplomatic and consular agents
abroad, respecting the condition Of the indus
trial ciasses, and the purchase power Of money
in foreign countries
Prussia, or the North Ge'msn CorhdsFa-
ton
.'Tc sum up the General average Of wages the
daily earning 90 man ia permanent einf 10y L ent
at ordinary lator are %. llJ cents cay n me
rural districts. and 81. cent? a day 10 towns and
cents p
The hours Of labor (iua cloth factory) src
sis'ei thus F.remen aud engineers, 10 hours
suinners and iyers, II hours; al other hsnds
T. hours
One mandatory j. mentioned "where the
machinery Is Kept going night snd day. Toe
women worked IN relays for sixteen hours e,n-
secutiye,y"
Cherbourg, France
The latorcr 10 tie country, y farm lahorer. "a
Llroi for the year, and e led and lodged by hs EN-
ployer receiving at the end q tue term three hun
l-ed francs faD .Cr his services
In the United States any man can earn that in
two OF three months.
ma Atta -AAaA4 "a
AL field labor is done by natives. Tho pay Of
olive field .aiu- .s scvenpence fourteen cents per
day with plata food tIndisn corn, soup, &C. fur
uislei hy The proprietor. Row, as the hagusan 10
Peru or California can gain three dol ars 4t'
lives 90 one, and saves two, omsraioR from here ''
attractive.
should think it voull be
Rome
" The ordinary wages q the vorkin-man is three
pau.- thirty cent? day, and women -et Two paul,
twenty cents On good occasions, where there are
heavy weights 90 carry, IL is strange sight e. see
handsome Young women acting a. hricklayers IA
oorers. Tney were extensively employed in the
making Of railways
It's slso stAteI that wages TO the sgriclltu-
raj peasants seldom rite to more than three
pauls, (thirty cents, and that in the mountain
districts one paul (ten csnts) would be cm-
pie Il hardly needed TO be sdiei that they
are in starving condition.
Bergamo, Italy.
The consular agent writes in relation TO
H. ,449 persons employed there in sik, wooden,
linen, and other mills
" Tho aggregate annual amount Of wages was
24l7.l4u france, which would give no more than ex
eluding fractions, two francs thirty eentimes lor;l
four cents week per head sugposing that al! the
mills were working constantly. BY far the greater
number OF them, however, are open during less THAI
SIX months in the year
Belgium, (Aprii IS lo7lJ:
The use OF coffee strongly adultera;ed with chic.
cory is general tea Is seldom drank. sugar Is sell
dom sees. and milk is luxury afforded by only the
better class OF wOrkmen. Very many have Tor their
entire subsistence but potatoes with little grease,
brown OF black bread often bad, a-c or their drink
the tiuc;ure above mentioned.
More than nine hundred thousand persons, enc
Gfth OF the population .Of GUM Inscribed On
tho lists q poor relief The shortly OF the girls
who work 10 the clalpits have great sense Of de-
ceucy, AID seldom marry without having had two
or three children previously IN 1867 thirty-ive
per cent OF the militia Comprising all classes could
neither read nor write"
Many women make nails by hand while their
husbands are away in the summer SESSION at
work, snd many men in the winter do the same
from FIVE O'Clock 10 the morning till eight in the
evening, and earn, at that, one franc fifty CEN
times day, or twenty-eight cents. The number
Of agricultural day lsborers is, males, 1898, l23-
wages, two francs twenty-five centimes, forty
three centt;) agricultural day lsborers, females,
225, 5ll-WAges, one franc, (nineteen cents
But in the winter season wsges are one-third
less
DAILY WAGES
BricHaycrs.-AntWerp 2s 3D.; Netherlands
Is I'd. SAxony, Be-; Louisiana, United Ststes,
So; Pennsylvania, los, $50.
Carpentsrs.-Antwerp, p Sd; versiers. u.
80; Italy, IF; Venice, Bad; Netherlands, Is.
6i; Sax0ny IS; Louisiana, United States, So;
Pennsylvania, Is, (S2 75)
Smiths-Antwerp, 2s5d.. (5Sc;) Verviers,
81, (56c) Italy, IF jOc., (isc;) Venice, . Sd,
(60c;) Netherlands. L. 4d., (52c) Ssxony, p.
Sd, (60c3 Louisians, United States, 81;
Pennsylvania, lis, 81 49,
Let it be remembered thst these wa ges in
many instances are from thirty to fifty per cent.
more than they were only a few years ack,snd