The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-02-13

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but ut the same time the Con-
become convinced that most "a
not in position TO turn this aN&1[
their benefit because on acp4
small compensation given them -
compelled to toll incessantlR
to late ut night, and find No tiAi
pare their meals. Coffee, ta0aaa1
meats, cheese and lager beer hmN& -
| for dinner for most Of themi. x
| articles are lust ~ accessihia to tNo
operative.
| Point V-CieAnliness: ti<
The assertion that ''th6 taI1z tS
far exceed the factories n oI2 ree
the Committee cannot fn& nnr
all oases, but wishes to sAy IN
are but factories, but the fkhh4I
the dwelling place Of the assei W
further assertion Of the La tzHx
is less odor, less litter upt hB ~
far grester evidsnce Of carR ANA =
the conditions of the nNsir& ~
tenements, the CommittH ~ '|at Y IN
reject. 4
1st In the tenements ne ntrUn hHE|
cotic containing tobac1o u ~ sesi
grade, a Ohio, Virgini& otc, \ beina
worked; the same Ia caaeA dfi8 cpe3'
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while in factories separate rooms are used
for this work.
I'd. Dirt and litter are congregatively
more III the tenements than in the fac
tories. because more cigars are made there
in proportion, consequently more tobacco
is consumed, thus creating dust and litter
in abundance.
3D. The assertion: There is far greater
evidence of care and pride in the con-
dition Of the apartments in the tene-
ments, don't appear clear in the minds Of
the Committee, whether this comparison
Is meant to distinct between the tenement
shop and the regular factory, or between
the tenement, factory, and the dwelling Of
the factory worker
Taking the first, then the Committee
must call such an assertion an absurdity,
because the factories are but working
places for adults for stay Of nine hours
day, whereas the tenements is the home
of the whole family, and their exclusive
residence. In the second instance the
Committee finds the dwellings Of the fac
tory operative in by far better condition
than those Of the tenement workers Those
indeed look like abodes Of human beings
while those turned into stinking factories,
hardly afford sitting room for visitors, in
many cases, on account Of being overtilled
with working material Even the bed
rooms are filled with such stuff
Concerning the dwelling commodities,
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over the tenement operative, because they
may select their own dwelling place, indie
pendent Of their employer, but the tene-
ment worker must dwell where his employ
er sees fit, aud with the engagement loses
the apartment, and Dics versa. Such has
become the ruin of many a household al
ready; it can also be proven that the tene-
N ent worker has to pay from one to two
dOlla;s more rent month than independ-
ent tenents for the same rooms.
This appears to be one of the p:esumpt-
i've comforts, as seen by the Inspectors!
''fhus In these cardinal points nothing
can be urged against the manufacture of
tobacco III tenements," is the manifest
declaration Of the Sanitary Inspectors
But the Committee is Of opinion that ac-
cording to the foregoing representation,
the tenement cigar shops are a destructive
system, and should be abolished as such,
morally and physically.
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In this behalf the Inspectors say: ssfhe'
factory men work from a. IN. till D. m.
with a short recess Ior their meals, but in
the tenements, being at home, the inmates
can work asearly or as late as they choose +"
The Committee, after . thorough in
vestigation Of the facts here, state that the
tenement workers, on account of the low
wages, and the time consumed in strip
ping and preparing the tobacco, are COM
PEELED ~ toll from IA to l6 hours day to
make out a meagre living.
Point VIl.-Wages.
The compensation Of the factory work
or is usually greater per capita than in
tenements, but by employing every mem
ber of the family old enough to work,
many earn money who would otherwise be
idle, and the aggregate incomesis is greatly
increased, enabling the purchase of many
comforts not within reach Of the factory
worker So report the inspectorsl
The Committee found that the earnings
of tenement worker don't exceed three
dollars per week, therefore all ale COM
PEELED to work to gain scarcely enough 10
live.
In spite of much exploring the Commit
tee has not been able to discover the great
er comfort of the tenement worker But
ON the contrary, they found the factory
workers in possession Of decent rooms, but
the former vegetate in dirty apartments,
filled with factory implements.
Children too young to be trusted from
home, and the disabled rheumatic old per-
sons, instead Of depicting, add to the
aggregate income of the family" SO the In
spectors further report.
The Committee is Of opinion that this
section is more than sufficient to charac-
terize the gentlemen who expressed or ap-
proved the same. because they herewith
deride and SCOT all humanity, and support
and propagate q system which condemns
children of tender age, and downbroken
old persons to wear out a miserable exist
ance in the yoke of an employment scien-
ti6cally acknowledged an unhealthy one,
in which, statistically proven, eighty-seven
per cent. fall victim to consumption OF
the lungs, and such, in a tims, where
thousands If vigorous, healthy, ablebodied
men and women, Of the same trade are
compelled to idleness for want of employ
ment.
The inspectors do assert positively that
''the tenement workers do live under quite
as good sanitary conditions as the factory
workers" The Committee is II opinion
that it has been proven, ststistically and
scientifically, that the vspor and dust Of
tobacco is detrimental to the health Of
those persons working therein; therefore
do they put the question: Can these un-
healthy causes influence the health Of the
person exposed to it nine hours a day as
much as 1t does the health Of those ex xposed
to it necessarily day and night
Upon the question how operates the
vapor, and dust Of tobacco upon children
and infants, do the inspectors reply. THAT