The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-21
A RusY EsrARLIsuNEN


The Pacific Mills is perhaps, the largest c0rpo-
ration Of the kind in New England, aud occupies
thirty-fve acres or ground, twenty-five OF which
are covered with machinery and ten with buildings
used as storehouses. They are at present running
full time, sixty:two and hall hours per week, and
turning out more goods than they ever did before.
When all the other mills in last November made
some reduction in their wages, the Pacific Mills
kept up their original pay roll, and although they
were obliged to warn their hands to expect some
work at three-quarter time they were never
forced to carry out the warning, ana
now state that in the last twenty years
they have not stopped work ten days. This cOrpO-
ration pays out about $4,000 per week In salaries
which are graded at eleven cents per hour to th9
females and fifteen cents per hour to the males.
They also take particular interest In the comfort
room and library for their especial beneft. The
agent OF the mills speaks with PRIDE Of the sanitary
does not average more than a half per cent, and
also that forty per cent Of their employees own their
- BRISK WORK IN THE MILLS .Y a
The Everett Minis are running about the same
force that they employed last year, but in Decem-
Der they found It necessary to decrease the pay
roll about ten per cent The Lawrence WOODEN
Company have made no reduction in their salary
number OF men on their books In January, 1873.
The Lawrence Duck Company employ about $50
The wOmens salaries have been untouched.
AT present this company S overrun with business
and Is working nights, thus making about ten
hours per week additional time. This OF course,
is benefit TO the operatives. they are paid al
berton Cotton and wooIlen Mills are running
about $50 hands, which o slight decrease their
per cen Oh their roll but Anticipate pao
ing 1t on the old basis when business livens.
LABOR SAVING Machinery.
The Washington Cotton and WOollen Mills ts tho
largest corporation Of the Kind In Lawrence after
the Pacific. They have not been doing very
order to put in some new Labor. Saving machinery
They are at present employing about 300 hands.
rms o the IN
Lowell and the neighboring manufacturing towns
Of number Of mill hands seeking for work.
ETFECTS OF THE PANIC.
| The stoppage OF work in these mills ie more
especially confined TO The wooilen depart,
the panic. Large wholesale houses at
that time were left with heavy stock or
d or and consequently the mills became
| crowded with goods which they found no market
for, and had to stop work until &c, business resumed
duced the wages OF their employees about twenty
per cent. At present their cotton mill Is running
with new machinery that turns out the same
amount Of work as in 1873, and Is operated with If
teen hands less than were required last year. The
poration OF the kind in Lowell that carries
out the ten hour principle. They reduced their
wages in January about ten per cent, and are now
running iull time, but with about seventy-hve less
than the number OF hands they had employed last
year. This is mainly owing to the new labor saw
ing machinery, as they manufaCt ure the same
quantity OF goods as they aid last year. NU
THE DESERVING POOR-A PIrIFUL CASE.
There Is q great deal OF distress In Law
renee Notwithstanding the comparative pros
perity OF the manufacturing interests,
and when I entered the of1ce, occupied
Jointly by the clerk OF the Overseers OF the
Poor and the City Missionary witnessed case
well deserving OF charity. mother was asking
for clothing her nine children, drawn up In line
behind her, and ranging in age from about fifteen
to four. 1t appears that her husband is panper
and has been sent to the State Farm, but this
woman Is willing to work, and said, II will feed
them all II you Will assist me with clothing and put
some boots on their feet.n Neither OF the officials,
owever, had any boots to give away and
he little ones went bareIooted out IN
Poor said that this has been remarkably hard
who were really deserving OF charity. In 1918 he
assisted GA persons that 1t Will be seen that In
one month oil 1874 the applications Tor relief were
more than were made In dve months OF 1873. The
destitute appear to be nearly all aborers. az the
operators and mechanics out Of work nave
mostly gone to other cities In search or
emp0yme0S.D The city missionary superintends
private charity that does great deal OF good IN
Lawrence. In 1873 he assisted $50 persons. or an
average OF about $50 per month. ana IN January.
1874 he aided 4lO persons, showing that the appn-
cations for relief were nearly trebled. ..t.r
The labor question IN the East appears to be one
rather hard to solve. Mechanics and skilled Artl-
sans have comparatively little difficulty in obtain
ing employment, but thirty per cent OF the CON-
mon aborers are out OF work. fnl N