, 1873-11-23
~ abused, and defended hnaolf by forco only
to pilo onto a man just bocauso TO wcara whito
oil
JOSEPH ARCH.

tal, who goldom work with tolr halilH. Fro |
1,onty thoy yt, nro rie TO-, men Of uxnriona 1alits
horsou OF tlolr own nofd thor daughters to |
fashionable boarding -Hhoolg, and bring up thoir |
sons to professional llfe. Tho land Ia TILED by |
aSoees q oaS wn I'm Sre nfo Y GsG.t na
mon aro ongagod by tho yoar, and 1.-Two in tho
and hive rs good fare as hlmsof. but tho gront
majority, including almost nil tho n'arrlot mon,
occupy Bmall cottnge8, md arc pnid weekly |
ihouo laborors aro at tho bottom OF tho social
Hcalo in England. Not hnlf Of thcm can road or
write. Mono Of tho1n hnyo a vote. Thoir wages
q wook tho average, until rooontly, being about
elovon. EIovon English ahiltnga Is oquiYnlons,
III our proaont ourronoy: to about % out Of
which rent has usually to bo paid Of two ahil-
or docs not employ the laboror IL bad weather
and during parts OF the wintor. It thus frequent
" happons that man haa to support wlfo and
aix children. to provide thom with food, clotli-
money equivalent to about two Of our dollars.
In England, 1t Ia tr,lo, many articles Of tho
first necessity aro worry much clloaper than with
us. Clothes do not cost moro than q third as
ooafsor kinds arc aboat tic aa,no prieo as in our
own rural dBtriots. But 1t those mon could get
thoir clothca for nothing. how doplornblo tho
condition Of family Obliged to supply all thoir
man must go to bis work BOON aftor sunrise, and
work all day, with much leg8 nourishmont In tho
Way Of mont tflan an American boy OF IL
generally cats at Ills breakfast; In slort, tho
many yours past, among tho most wroschod aud
hopeless Of tho human race.
This know from personal observation. I
have aeon them In their two-roomed cottages,
pinchod and anxious, 1heyo scon them turned
out of thcir cottages In 2 time Of agricultural
distress, whom they would build hovols Of sod in
tho lligh-road for tho shelter of their families.
hive soon t]iom gathered into hugo poor
houaea. Nor aro they, as many suppose, so
but many have very good minds Of their own,
though uncullivatod and almost all OF them
aro poacoablo aud friendly In thcir disposition.
II any ono woro to offor mo tho ownership, In
foo simple, Of tho who1o ieland Of Grcnt britain,
halitod choay by theao oppressed and poverty
Btrickon lnborors, would not accopt the gift.
Tho nero spectacle Of thoEr degpairing poverty,
tho'r Ignorance, their meal. aboae, their horrId
SIMPLIFYING boer, would spoil tho possession Of
parndise itself.
Thero s movement now on foot in England
for tho elevation Of thu agricultural lnborcrs.
Charlotte, q vilfage not far from tho place Of
Shaksponro'a birth, two or tlsroo farm-laborors
eaw Ia local newspaper q 1ettor ,pnrporting to
bo writtou by laborors sotting forth thoir griev-
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firm was not rairly worth llaW q crowtl-a.,out
G5 conts. Thouo mon Of Charlotte, whom thoy
had road tho letter. began to talk tho matter
over. Ono, bol.lor tian tho rost, Baid at length:
sWo ought to,do like tho trndes, and havo
Union. will give something, and sign papor,
Ii you other ollRpn will"
In tlo course of that ovonins oloyon men form
oil themselves into club, signed thoir names,
paid an entrance foo, and oloctod o treasurer.
News Of this action spread from village to vii
lugo, for iu that region thoro ia village every
l,air milo But having got SO far, those poor mon
knew not wl,at to do ,1oxt. All tho laborers in
the vicinity woro excited md oxpoctont, but tho
club had no idoa how to turn this intorost to nc
count. ''0 '
Lot lib talk to loo Arch about It, ',Baiil ono of
tho original eloycn.
Ti,o home of Josopl, Arch wns not far distant,
and llo waa known to oll that country round az
\ local Mothodlst nroacI1or. liz, too. Ind onco
boen {. farm laboror with family to aupnort
mon nina nniiiinrs f. wnolr. Mo and tia wire.
both 1ntoIliront above their class fgle had bop1,
q servant in a riol mans houso, and ho had
learned to road aud writo) found it lard aud
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