, 1874-03-15

that il was not In his power to render himself
and family homeless once more, he exclaimed il
great bitterness:
"Thers! Gcrrit Smith has ruined NOR
He believed this. and never foreavo the mau
who had prevented that trade which would sure
u have made his fortune. Do not all intelligen,
worklnsmen see that there ore auch persons
IN ALL AASKs OF LIFE?
The son ol a millionaire becoDas q pauDer.
One merchant grows rich, aud ninety-nine die
poor One preacher gets large salary: anoth.
err quite as good, is half-atarYed.. Fifty preach
era exc out bare living, while one keeps q
outrage. One mechanic becomes mill
lona;iie, Whlle afty, with equal chances, spend
each months ,wnges as soon as, OF even before,
they arc earned. The difference is not one oi
moral worth: The rich man may be mean, the
poor generous and noble, or il may Be the very
reverse; and, while Ill should feel that :. Worth
makes the man, the want Of it the fellow" no
one should 30 rely on his individual worth as to
neglect all lawful means to increase his power by
the acquisition Of capital and Ill who have the
talent OF acquisition
SHOULD DE FREE 70 USE rr.
It is only by distributing cap1tal that YOU can
prevent its Capitalization. The more capitalists
re have, tue less will their be for each, and the
lcas Capitalization. This would seem to be an
axiom, and it would bo absurd to state it, il
worklugmen did not habitually act on the oppo-
site hypothesis. Every Trades- Union is CON-
blnatlon to prevent any ono OF its members be-
coming capitalist. It is d mutual agreement
that no one Of them will grow rich until they ali
do. The centralidea Of these combinations is
that Of social rolIing-pin, which shall natton
the world out, and press it!down into one grand
prairie but it only aucceedB in crushing the
little hills, nnd forcing the largo ones mp by the
pressure around them. BY the laws OF Union.
al the members are to be equal in wages and
the man OF superior skill and industry throws
an nuf@1 aav
is as II the servants. III tho "
r. SCRIPTURE PARABLE or THE TALESTs.
had Joined . Union, and he with the ten and he
with the five had agreed to share and share alike
With the man who had one. This they would
have had no right to do. as each MAS called to
account for the use Of all that had been given to
him. Had the man witt: tho ono talent used and
improved it, that was au that would have been
required OF him. He 1hu, with nh hve talents,
gained other five, was as worthy as he who,
With ten, gained other ten. Would he have boen
approved b1d he come to reckon thus !: Lord,
you gave me ten talents, to another five, and
to another ono. We mnde q joint stock company
aud divided even. This left me fire talents and
one third. With them have gained other five
aud third. This would simply hare been d
cowardly ehirhfng Of duty. and would have boon
precisely the principles Of . Trades-Union- 4
man is responsible to God for all his gifts, and
has no rightto
:. .< snn1 THIS RESPONSIBILITY.
Now, as large proportion of the members Of
& Trades-U Union as any other clasR Of men haTe
a talent for accmnmulsting m capital. Did they use
it, as they ought to do, without let or hindranco
from any continuation taere would be just that
many moro capitalists, and that much less cen-
trslizatlon Of capital. II all vera FREQ to do
Eheir best, and get the most for their efforts,
capital mover could be centralized. It ls free
dom which distributes, and combination which
oentralizos. = JANE GnEr Sw1ssHE14M.
Among the Shirt.maixcrs.
A report Of the contemplated strike at the fac
;ory OF Wilson Bros, in TIE THrBoNE OF last
tuesday, stated thtt the g;rlB had beon feoeiy~
ng $3.50 dozen for the nachina-work, which
,nabled the industrious to make SCI week.
Believing that all women would bo very indus
rious their industry was so we'll rewarded,
md that all the sentiment expended upon the
,oor sewing-women was sheer nonsense II they
'btalned such good pay for their work, deter
mined to
INVESTIGATE THs MATTER,
nd, Il such we're the facts, not waste any moro
t my sympathy upon women who were getting
1uch better wages than Tho avernge man. All
be loud talk about woman's rights, too. was all
unsense it they we're thus obtaining their rights,
nd were, in the matter Of wages, far ahead OF
ho men; and we had better turn round and
clip the mon to their rights in obtaining payfor
heir services. Accordingly, started ont in
earch of some Of these women, to learn the
acts in the case.
I Was informed that this shirtmaking estab-
shment has the reputation Of being the best in
ne city for working girls; that, while some OF
be rules OF the establishment bore heavily on
10 women, yet they wore actually necessary in
Dme cases to protect the firm from the cars-
,ssnesB OF the shirt-nakers, and, although the I
rn wore very strict, yet they wero prompt in |
aging them their wages. Sometimes, during !
10 winter, they had to wait two weeks for their |
,r that, az it was not 80 much their fault as it /
"a the fault Of the bank-suspepeion. J.
THEIR side OF THE STORY
!, that, SINCE the last Of September, the working
ours have been from half-past 9 until O'Clock; !
Ut they have not worked all this time, as they |
aly worked sufficiently to I'll the orders az they
Lme In, and they would have to wait until Or
,rs came. Many girls have gone tramping
rough the cold and SNOW to that factory every !
y this winter, who have Sat waiting for orders,
,Iae:imes making only one shirt per day.
The average scwins-wonan will make one
1lts. She furnishes her own needles and
rend and the thread and broken needles take
rnethins from the profts,-each needle cost
g7 cents. Very few OF tho women own their
wine-machines, but are paying s5 month On
10 machines they use, which will ba their own
time, as the IS goes towards paying for them.
1ese monthly payments must be met, however
tle work there is for these women to do.
The stitch is gagged twenty-four stitches to
o inch, so that no one can slight their work by
king long stitches, as every stitch must be Of
Q required length, Longer ones subjecting the
,erator to the penalty Of fine.
IT IS Az EXTRAORDINARY WOMAN
40 car make si1 SHIRTS in one day il sho does,
units her for work the next day; and, eyen
pposing she could do it for six days ia tho
,ek, at IS cents shirt it would give her only
3.66. How, then, in the nano OF common
nse, could she earn e21 per week.
The mistake must have occurred in this rnan- !
r: The shi1tmaker takes an order for a dozen
irts to be finished by a certain time, and, in
der to accomplish the work BY the time Bpec1-
d, she is obliged to hire other parties to help
+. In addition to this, she is responsible for
0 finishing. Making the eyelets and button
les, and sewing On tho buttons, is called finish
:. Button-holes large aad small together,
llde with No. so thread, are Is cents per dozen;
elets. IL cents per dozen; and sewing on but
1s. 6 centB per dozen. She may take several ]
1ers In the courne Of the week, and, as mat
Of necessity, hires othe1s to help her do the
tx.
I1he money for the making of these shirts is |