Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-04-07
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MSNageN HouaEHoxpEps AssocEAxxeN,
RdsAlons tlans pasi, sAs lstsAi diaedlly ID
honsskeepen IN thaa city and yleinitys hae been
% obtain aaiAslency ot female help ior he per-
fornanca os houAchold ialloFs. NotwithniandinR
the tact thak handnads Of poos mothers toiad and
ahuHad ao tbs extent Of thssf strength fortAe aupa
port oe families, daaghtels equally "a peer, pnt
possessed Of . treble amount Of false pflde p1ai-
hvsly xeinsed 70 la4sen tAe maternal lahore " ae-
ceptig positions as saheipsv in respectable faml-
lies, whtrl they could ohtain good homes and fair
cou1penaatiDn tor GheiH Rhofa Tue Idea 0f being
respeetabls domestic was tepuIsivo TO their Via
ion, sud failing 70 obtain situations more reepect-
able" they waiked like tho iInmoftal Miolwhpr.
alOrsomgthlng aokaEn npsp 2 IN Tho maanwhlle. tax
ing the ability of weary 0theEs TO the utmost for
their support For this reason it was found ne
cesaary 70 obtain foreien help and recently, num
Der Of gentlemen met and organized the @Wii-
mimgtun Houaaholdors aasoeiatiOn,D Tor the par
pOss Of importing foreign help, securing for their
AGENT Ne. +, n. Mslmsten, Swedish resident
ot this city. i
Nj. Naluistsn went Immediately 70 work ana
soon brought over . numbeR Of yonng wUmen from
Sweden, who were promptly furnished with eom-
Portable homes in respectable families Of this city.
The terms OF recurring . servant Of this character
were a. tollowa: the person desiring servant
would deposit In the hands Of the Associaa
tlOn the sum Of $50 to pay the expense of emigra-
the sum of ~ per nonth, 50 Of which was to be
retained every rnouth, for year by the employer,
in repayment Of thspas1nge money .advanced by
him. Latterly, however, the association altered
their terms. by exActing the cams sum from the
person sending for the servant but only requiring
the latter 70 refund 8A6 the aetnai cost Of passage
ia monthly instalmenta the other SIS to 90 to the
association as payment for the contingent expans-
e incurred By bringing the emigrants to this
country. aFa
This plan was viewed most fAvorably by our
citssns and soon about torty or hfty Swedish SER
wants were obtained By familiea in this city. The
wages paid them, " per month, were regrded ~ a
tair rate OF c0mponsaton, "a, for while, they are
aluoss useless. and being entirely ignorant OF our
language require considerable teaching, after the
first year of her sersics has expired, however, and
they have refunded the passage money, they are
at liberty to negotiate foEl better tsrmh.
For awhile the new system of labor worked
smoothly. The Swedes were happy and content
ed, and Acknowledged that they wsrs far better
conditioned than they had been Ia THAR native
land. But soon, however, tronbie arose; q young
Swedish divine from Gettysburg, Pa, Rev. J. A.
DshIeen, came to this city, ana has remained here
for some time for the purpose OF organizing con-
gFegAtion. He soon became acquainted with the
Swedish aeEvantR ana held frequent conversations
with them in regard to their situations. He labor
ed under the impgeAsOu thak they were all requir-
majority of them Ia TINS city have only 10 repay
el5) and told them that Il was too much to pay;
that their passage only cost $40, which was as
much aa they should be required TO refund He
also informed them that ia the cities Of New York
and PhilAdslphia, they could obtain much better
wages than il Wilmington. Such conversations
OF course had q very bad effect, which soon be-
camB apparent IN The conduct Of the servsnts.--
They grew cross and discOntented, and in one or
two cases lsls the service Of their employers with
out Bny Just cause. Matters grew 50 bad that
the Association detsrmlned TO take actiOn and ae-
cordinRiy appointed a COMMITTEES 20 investigate
the causes which produced the dissatisfaction
among the previously contented servants, The
commlttee met on Saturday evening, at the Office
Of Esquire McCaulley, where they were met by
Rey. Mr.. Dahlean, who appeared 70 answer the
charges Of being the cause OF the trouble. After
being subjected 10 aclose examination and round
Of cross-questioning, Mr.. DahIesn admitted that
he had told the servants that their compensation
was too small, and that they could obtain better
elseBhsre. A letter Written By ons servant girl
to anothar Was produced, stating that Mr. Dah-
leen had told the gIrls were paying too much for
their passage money, and that they should get two
dollars par week instead Of two dollars per month
After tie snbstantiation Of other and similar
charges by Swedish witnesses, Mr. McCaulley Of
Tered tha following resolutions q
ResolUed, 3hAt n certain man named J. a.
Dahleen, representing himself TO be minister,
has been from his own admissions tamparing with
the SWedish servants in this country so as TO dis
satisfy khsm, aRd deserves the FeprObati0n OF this
commuatty, and should not receive the public
confidence.
The resolution was adopted and the committee
then adjourned their session. They will present
their report to the Association this evening, at
nesting 70 be held at the Office Of s. F. Belts, No.
6l9 MARKET street.