The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-05-03

Is very great, is evinced BY her enormous
trade, which Is more than double that Of
lhe United States. This can only be de-
rived from well-paid labor. Il Is com
mon saying in England that ~the higher
the rent the lower the wages, We refer
for price 81 wages and rate Of hiring Of
the English laborers 10 book, entitled
G Work aud Wages" by Mr.. Bnssey, NJ.
p, and to Mr.. Kebhles' work, entitled
9 The Agricultural Laborer,p also, to the
report Of Mr.. Nudge, United States Com
missioner to the Paris Exposticn III 1857, {
and to the report Of Mr. Kortright, Brit
ish Consul at Philadelphia, published IN
the g Press" December 8, 1871, for infor-
nation as to wages and hiring in England
and France. From these it win be seen
that the English laborer is quite as well
off at the end Of the year as the American,
perhaps better, taking into consideration
his expenses and general line Of living.
For example, factory girl gets from S3,4S
TO 1870 week an English farm laborer,
with his children (under age) gets from
f70 to f100, say from $500 to s575 a
year. In all parts of,England the peasan-
try have money in the saving aanks
The Lancashire laborer has meat three
times day; the Leicester laborer once a
day. In the poorer districts, even Wilt
shire, for example, those who have poor
diet, have money in the bank, so that their
want Of meat, tea and coffee is not from
necessity, but choice-thrift. Kebble
puts the wages of man and his three
sons at E103, about $500. The truth is,
the women and children are workers, and
not idlers, as is the case in most localities
in this country. Mr.. Nudge confirms this
statement. He says Yorkshire workman
will earn sixteen shilling week, about
si.50 In this industry (woolen) he says
"a Yorkshire workman viii consume ami
msl food at least twice day, be respecta-
bly, clothed, have some luxurics, and accu-
mulate savings Mr.. Brassey explains,
and Mr.. Nudge comedies with him in the
opinion that the advantage England has
over us and other countries in the cheap
ness and quality of her productions is in
her great abundance of capital and cor
responding low rate Of interest rather than
in low wages, and quotes the mean rate Of
interest for the last fifteen years to be -
In England, 400 per cent; in France 4.l6
per cent; in the United States, 9.12 per
cent; and quotes, also, the saying of
Burke. The powers of capital are ire
sistible in trade; it domineers, it rules, it
even tyrannizes, it entices the strong, and
controls the weak.
Mr.. Kortright, in his official report,
draws comparison between the wages and
living of an American mechanic, and those
of an Englishman in England. He puts
the cost of living of the American, his
wife and three children, including rent
and clothes, at SLAP per week that of
the Englishman at $500. The wages of
the American he puts at s3.3S per day
of the Englishman, s1.s7 per day. This
is slightly in favor Of the American, con-
both board and wages. The wa
ges of the American, however, he puts
much too high, and the cost Of living of
himself and family too low. SO of the
PENNSYLVANIA farm laborer his statement
az WAGES At s26 40 ner month with hoard
and lodging is at least 5000 above the
rate.
The census returns show that the aver.
ACE Of wages per year received by the
PENNSYLVANIA farm iaborer Of Pennsylya.
n;a i bpt 600 or abopt thirty copts nor
dav when eonnd The AVERAGE wages of
the six factory oneratiyes Is Int s2f7 81
4 soar and az other factories about the
same This Il exclusive of hoard wbieb
a. The low nr;ce of "a 90 Nor weel viii
le.ve tbom hardlr ss0 Ear cloth;ng and
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