, 1873-12-31

labor cloao, too. The result iB, that gratlo
Of material fardly nt for decent bnrn Z bought
tho capitalist, nftor nil hts el,rowtlnoav, la DO.
ci,lcaly tniten III by being. f]le iirat to give n
premium for raacnfity, by letting his work al
hgt'ro whtcl, ho know waH below remuorasiye
price.
Now conloa tho mechanical part. Tho COLI
tractor, II llu hires the msn by tho day, tells
tllom tines aro al, work IL scarce. and that l,o
can't AFFORD to pay good wages, hut Will give Il.
low figure [in point Of fact. exceedingly low
seoing 'lu alternative, 'hay agroe to do 10 for
alo .hoy not ont Of work, md nro not their
Necessities Urging tl'em to ,rcort:
Work. coin!llnncos anl tho twn weeks soon
6!an1est Of pmi!es nayy, ,'Eoye, heye =
big job OIL ilnnt. tt Ia trio; b.lt boforo eau
got my money IN 1t, must got it incloBc1 and
tlion can Rot certiticato aud mike Il draw,
anl make It alt right; hut, as I l!aye d little
money Of my own, Gnu give yo1, $40 npiceo"
(an,1 this whero a24 was promised, for an
trontIng Of caHo wllero hut 2 per i1av III pnjd}.
The noxt two wcohs In but o. ropitition Of tin
first two weoks, with perhaps variation Of III
loss, or, what Ii not uncommon, tho mon do mn
out, until tho building III ii1cloaed. Then 1t iH
"IturraLl, boys! 1 hnve got cartitlcnts. You
Rl'all llaye plonty of money 1'ow." and away
goes tho contractor in great hurry, hl he don't
M appearance next day. but he doesn't Aay n
word na'out money. 6pme ono, more bold than
tho raat, nGltH about his pny. The alHwer is,
Tho owher is ont Ut town."
Tho contractor, in this Instance, is not Tho
loser; brt tho laboring man aud tllo capitalist
are both losorB.
The laborng 1nan loses by tlle Increased prico
he Inns to pay for his BHbsistcuce,- differ
oilco being great botwccn cash md credit, and
atill grcnter betwcon selection and " Holaon'B
o1tnfen H..it9nf 11nu 10
or other~iae), Or nothing.
Tho loss OF the capitalist comes in tho why or
cnrelcss work, born Of deferred payments fof
services rendered.
without souls; for the managers, who look nftor
tho construction of tho large, fine edsfces dodi-
Gated to God, 1.-Two OF tho fat Ut tho land; while
those wllo do their labor. at tho expense Of
health, strength, and onorsy, can scarcoly
Ed ea teessSr s 3eo prefesang aefs s0i Christians ans
will build churches, ami siug, GLORY to God In
tile highest pence md good will to men," and
nevcr for 4 moment have ono thought tint tho
mon who nre toihng day aftor day to rear them
uecessitieB of life. Some mny think tliH an
overtlrawn picture; but If 1t woro pr,llout to do
70. I could nane n church In tho City Of CHI
cago, now about tinished. that had not raid tho
contracting carpenter, NJ to week III. ton days
ago, cent for all he Ind caused 10 ba doneupon
it; mud tho nlon aH u consequences, were nil
working Oil deferred payments, which, like hopo
deferred, make tho heart sick.
Now, my remedy is: DO not uttenpt to build ex-
cept you know that you can ulld siipny us you 20.
Alno, have fair understanding with your con
tractor tint the men employed to do his and
Nonr work shall got tho full value OF their labor
in wages every saturday night. II this were
done you might guarantee thut tho majority Of
tho mechanics -tAogc who do not yisit saloons
daily-w1l1 not bo among those who aeIt for MS.
sistance, oxcopt disaster or miaforsunes that are
common to all Bilonld oyortnke thon,.
10 st,m up tic whole thing IL Il nutshell;
Give living iieo to the contractor, aud let the
contractor ;ve living price, md promptly, to
those ho employs. and nly word for it, you won't
find the need of contributing 30 largely to Re-
Lief aud Aid Societies.
nAyESswoop, III. II. II. l..