, 1873-12-14
THE LAB0R~Q QUESTION.

THE LAB0R~QUESTt0M.
Tho distinction bctwcon tho r,echnufo and IT,,
day-laborer 10 but nominal In fact, tue 1al,oro
haa tho advantage ovor tho majority Of INC
ohanics, ard does not struggle no hard to lnals
living. It llas boon The custom to look on tn
'neohanic az grade liighor In tho aocnl aca1
than tho day.laboror, from the fact that n mo
chanto Inns lonrnod aonio particular branch O
Industry, Inns given time and thought to lii
work, and haa booomo skilled In his limo Of bust
noas; whtlo tho day-laboror is not stilo,l In IN,
ono branch, as ho Inns not learnotl any trado
and, consequently, in tho cultivation OF lii
faculties, is not up to tho lovol Of tho mechanic
Much las been eaid and written upon
| "ruE DIGNITY OF rApon;"
yet society, with It's high pounding phraso Of the
dignity ol labor upon Its lips, Inns accorded the
laboror lowor dogrco Of estimation than IT las
given to tito mechanic, who uses more brain and
1oss mt1aolo at his work, ,-speakiug ono thina
with tho mouth, anl loudly proclaiming another
In ,lccds.
| But IN truth-nnd nothing but truth will M.
pear In thoso articles. However wholesome
| truth may be, 1t ia not at all times agreeable,
| anu somo, In rocding thom, may fcol thom-
| Solves aggrievea. II they do 1t will 10 az
class. aud bccat,ae Of tho truths set forth, for
! nothing OF personal naturo wi oyor appear.
Pardon this digression, mud our subject will DO
resumed.
ln truth, tho mechanic Is
NOT AZ WE'LL REWARDED.
Tor His peculiar branch Of Industry ns tho 1uy-
1aborcr is for tho versntility Of his work. Tho
trados OF tho carpenter, brioklnyor, plastorer,
and several Other branches OF industry, ccayo
through tho wintor-months, and those artisans
are obliged to be Idle, md uao up tho little
mcanB tloy havo aavod through the busy season,
w]lilc the laboror can gonoraly find employment
OF some kind. As ho IL not particular what kiud
Of labor ho performs, he takcs anything that
may offer, and usually securcs somo work for
the mintor months; while tho difference in tho
wages betwoon mechanics and laborora ia yoarly
growing losa, tho pay of mechanics decreasing.
and tho pay of laborcra increasing. o.
The moolnnto, too, invests q part Of i,is oarn-
ings in tools, aud is compelled, from tit,o 10
time, to pay an cxpresBman for moving thom
from one place to auothor; while tho !aborcr hns
only his shovel, which he eau throw over his
shoulder aud curry anywhere
a mechanic said to me, last summer, IT do
not understand how 1t il that when we eat .,,,r
dinners, l eoo
THE LAnonEn HAS A BETTER DINNER
than can afford to have."
cbf,dron m ~ ysai,dni t,aa,, opAeu. your
ia Jn ~ W., INV a aeso4ty o1essed' which
dwelling in which vo 1ive u,1 uhi1o liohs m hoon. the
Imd a,,66, 49, ,,,n muan Nv nso' Whe ne Aas nono.
nat nnu ,,aa T ~ III you qaestloh: Havo you
co~trootad 1snt u9nsn t1;s summer which you
va = ln to ron,;n, nHa!e siaa out u "orR
ways hayo to do. invariably mortgage 4 part
Of my s'ltnn'or'a wngos for food and coal,n f
(Which the lahorer docs not. lie usually works
aa ot r., T.; ~ a. tue aluofehco tho wlnter
a,, t;a t.,al ,,;ni.a "ae1 afe hoie"hat lower
cnnnrmcut u IN tHo .s;,tnr lo 10 snona iail to find
for rojiof Which vo, wntl,i NJ not ~ 10 'he CITY
1uM Z my iaSe.
- 'nA' .especL tno ApoEor
uo 1,,,r. ,, - l,ni1 ~ IHAs i;..i YOU.
tot ,sn, H. ~ usA rom se authorities
an, tn%s "Atn na n' onsns 20 naSo received for his
vnnno ,,a,' ~ '", ~; a p'uio1' comparatively
of reSra hi ncvnr M 0 o,, uuoa i'; number
rocoiyed moro than iii bn nor ,.nn las never
,iovo r v t,,, ,a ~ ro,s, por wooK Ho IN em-
{ar az, +i.'n 'ua ~ "4 10 nas 'oen WORKING
sn .1;rtar an o I.s moIk , nas necn steady
mt of h;s s,"as Ia has l"s atyeu itaEay, and
lot. upon wieh Just summer lie 5ut ,est su guy r{a
cottaEo.'' '''~1 49, ''A1' @ '3'AS i1s'lo
"IIo Ind not. r. Io un hay hao,, h,aas,, .,:.,.
n,,mnrons nrnocrr in oo,'d ,et netu piessea With
"AhI now sno ynn I aro Ianmh;'a 'ut ln.o aone ~.
the moral you aro ahow;no IT, tat a.n; IT, nn ana
,von1I mt nort viii ~. ho,.s " o nIIsg tanGs.
1ota aul cdttnros ~, na" a''o girls tof al tho
II honnr ~, for ~ vo,,r r1us Is.o n, ,n,,,
md oo III ~, ~ ,;i x'a 10y tose 1or your children,
rood pny IN that vn,. mi, rnito H. - sn A run
Inst nt thfs nraasnt t;,nn ,si;i o3taiiS.
our land allow tic bnnka to toci1 ~, to ,o ~
In their safea and keen It from ~ ciro,nt;mg oF
mon arc elad to obtain Work nt amv ,,,o I'ge,
wolf is Mt the door and gomothinr ;n,,a IT, d;n ~
however littlo That may 10. to driyo tt awnv ~
tle men who l4bor could a1wars nltn;ns t,,o;r
us, dues, Willie they miSt ot ba "ia'h oIIa q 1ner
ficiuato i1 tic lnxurios Of l;fe tbcra wo,, *
but little aotual suffering. Bit AZ tbav a]a fro
auoutly 4"' "' 'A'' ""o Aio-
nrpnArnPn ~ ar, rr,rn c.,,u,
orans md 1nurce. and hnva w vHl.ia' ,,,I.a..,
lrcas. the outlook il yory rioomv n.y. ~ ~ ~.
NV Of the IgraeJllo. w,,ici, raoIs s71,n ~ Wy
lin thut In hre Mail nnt ai.;Ja ;ta Masee ~
light until the 1uolur wora no, ~ n1'S,at
nc the laloror migbt e cnmnnrot;va, Ia,ls'
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