New-York tribune., 1873-03-06

twotrd- within ten years and Is now very no'ng
able owing largely TO the great Increase ass on IN
before %encnea d ana @.reSns Ise qSe Rev D.
chester who given special stention se 70 s ore not
neaYly so well enforced, and cannot be because %, @
new forms which these vices hhYo ,ia socjety
@ ,niinated I'm tbese practices Extra prices are pa,u
for rooms condition tnat no questions Tbi ri@o /.
tbe nsca TO which they 10 be put. rus @ CIino -
Tndermlnng tho yigor and purity OF society se no6le
blow at its very foundations, ana destroys "' WV "
characteristics or mon and wonsa'
TlIE FORTUNATE FEW.
There have been oooasional Instances OF sctoty opo
ratiyes ritng to the rank Of employers Inc P.no"'
Lieutenant Governor OF the state is . conspicuous D'
tratlon Of the bright possibility when tehe'ob o
raj eloem which 30 often overoass the opcrauNos 9N'
MANY others less fortunate than Mr. Talbot IN exchans
ing tho .fulling mill for the guDernaty q
acquired tho means TO build for thoinseIFes i sce
and c0Dvcpient houses There ded mere nos IoB %
man Of mature age who came to Lowell N he you'll
reagan work at 81 2j per day as ooshhon VPJI ho 70
ami U1s advanced from time 10 tlue III nD eD,. 80
caYn, un az ovcrseer with 81 day-hs maximum maxlit
wages. BY rigid economy, anu ,ueUpment" nolp no
ynnored himself and family OF four children ana let
an estate OF S260o Mt his death III. was caoo ose
snccess was similar in kind though less IN dee eeo; Nh
the other hand, there are cases iKe to h to
sIpport and left the mill poor. broken III nsai,p,
now earns her living by sewing. TIE m'jorlV "i""J'
Some Of the factory boarding houses, especially some
belonging the Merrimao Manufacturing JJnpnny
ho q"r oT them partlcularly sono OF the MID
dlesex Companys wooden buildings, are Dy no "o""'
The ntroiucIion OF Wellmans card-sirpper increased
the ratio OF female male operatives Ia tue
manufacturer The substitution OF slaslles Or uIsoa
machines diminished the number or OperatVes tefu 80,
to perform given service. other iho0E.sdSe 9 PS
tories In tho WOODEN mills there has been les pr
gress though the Substitution o. the yen. ha
9 Marked i2 ~ effect Of rcting tae jaSk;PinnSeTs
aud aqgmentlng the iai dehanI provisions have been
made but not here Ia Fall River ana IN oaeni to.
arc establishments where more cnllIen "a" oper that a
Than ARE reaured to the machinery, IN Oiupi
portion of them may attend factory schooi, "S tde1
Salem is conducted on Inc English = ~ vhch
Tue attendance places OF religious worship VI ctai
there are 30 in Lowell, may be judged o oy nj o,
count made Sunday. April H. lSz, ,% Te he Ave Ronau
Catholic churches had $50, nearly one'""4
o0PERAIIos-LIBRARiEs,
Heretofore there have been various cooperative stores
md trades unions and labor associations Ia LO"el D'
they have all gone the way o. all the earth except 'e
Tonuours League, which was organized In 1866, and
which has had u checkcred existence Sometimes IL mas
counted its numbers by hundreds aud without con,
trolling Influence over legislative elections; 30
zero in influence But for the presence ana ~
certain energetic spirits who have Risen IRON tue
labor class pUtn naEs iouaiuou tc cp TInns Ieagre
the class lr0n which they spru g. tne
would long ago have collapsed No cooperative mani
featuring establishment has ever been started III
In 20 lar as the cotton and wooden manufactures SUP
ply constant employment with regular wages sunicons
That the general oect of these industries usn tho moral
mtc.cnsl social and material condition Of the cOmnu-
nity IS good For wives burdcned with worthless hlls'
bands and dependent children, they PROBABLY iurulsn
he heat refuge Bat in far they bring tORetncr
e In Unequal proportions. without the restraining
and eeyang influence vi tho home, their tendency Is
undoubtedly deieterloIs. = A.,
Lowell has libraries very extensively used by tho
Operatives cent Of the books taken by nen
being novels. There are also put 5ne5o
are moi extensively used by operatives on the WhOe
the condition of the factory employcs OF Lowel VIII
compare ayOrabiy with shat OF oAOr classes OF factory
opcratiyes anywhere. At the same time, there Is room
for inro ycneut many especially by reducing
their hours daily toll and By increasing the idclIIeS
for their intellectual Developments